Writer. Native Nutmegger. Cynical idealist. I spend too much time watching people chase balls around fields.

Reporter, currently covering Capitol Hill. It's a pretty good deal - I walk to work and get to cut in front of tourists.

Making people feel at ease. Juggling. Writing a nut graf. Parallel parking.

My long eyelashes and crushing handshake.

Books - anything by Hunter Thompson, Tom Wolfe, or John Updike. For more contemporary stuff, Michael Lewis, Chuck Klosterman, George Saunders, or George Pelecanos.

Movies - anything involving Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, the Coen Brothers, Philip Seymour Hoffman, or Harvey Keitel. Also, Good Will Hunting.

Shows - Breaking Bad, The White Shadow, Chewin' the Fat, Louie, Archer.

Music - The Doors, CCR, U2, Dylan, Radiohead, Weezer, The Kinks, Chili Peppers, Springsteen, Jack White, Oasis.

Food - Chicken pot pie.

- Notepad and pen.
- Los hermanos Gronkowski. ¡Roberto es fiesta!
- MLB TV.
- L.A. Woman.
- Matt Berry's voice.

how to find opportunities to use the phrase "beyond my ken" in everyday conversation.

Out somewhere. Probably Columbia Heights or H Street. Every now and then I try to be a grown-up and go to a formal party or something, but I just end up spending the whole time thinking about that episode of the IT Crowd.

I can't feel the top of my right foot. Stomp away.

You'd like to know more than what's in this pithy profile. Or are up for some semi-competitive Skee Ball/Big Buck Hunter/shuffleboard.