I grew up near Green Bay, and moved to Madison's isthmus 7 years ago for college, where I graduated with a degree in Math. I love living downtown: it's where I work, it's where I play, it's where the teams who do nothing but disappoint me season after season compete.

Right now, I work for an insurance company, which is giving me solid job experience to become an actuary. Ideally, I'd like to work at a health insurance company to fix health care.

In the future, I'd love to analyze The Big Picture - think stuff like Freakonomics, or what Nate Silver's been doing for both baseball and politics. I'd love to be the guy who surprises the world with some brilliant insights about things they took for granted.

In my off-time, I like to jog, cook, read, lift weights, go out to eat, and check out live events of all sorts.

Hitting 20 through 15 in Cricket. Don't expect me to hit a bullseye, though.

My favorite books are the Callahan series by Spider Robinson. They're all about a bar where the most important motto is 'Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased.' I still thumb through my copies, 10-12 years after my first read. I hate to use the word 'inspirational' to describe anything with so many puns, but it is.

My favorite shows that are on right now: 30 Rock, Mad Men, Venture Bros., Burn Notice, and South Park. Historically, Futurama (coming back! maybe? kinda yes?), Mr. Show, Flying Circus, Veronica Mars, Newsradio, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Arrested Development.

As much of a cliche it is, I'm part of the 'anything but country and heavy metal' crowd as far as will-not-get-super-pissed tunage. I listen to a lot of Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Beatles, Talking Heads, MF Doom, Rolling Stones, Clash, Kinks, Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, a smattering of jazz, and whatever song's next on the Rock Band setlist.

Favorite food: my scrambled eggs. I make 'em nice.

My cell phone
Badger tickets - why must college sports have the longest fucking offseason?
My limbs - all four, I don't play favorites!
My one kick-ass skillet
Almonds
The fantasy sports leagues I have with my friends. Even though I'm never going to win any of them.

Science - Not anything particular, but I like to know more about how the world around me works.
Math - Love me some numbers!
My next actuarial exam - they are not fun times.
Sports - anything Badgers primarily. One of the big reasons I haven't moved from the UW is a constant need to be among the Crease Creatures.

Out socializing! I spend enough time not having fun at work with people I only kind of tolerate. Doesn't matter if it's just hanging out at a friends house, going to a bar, checking out a show, I don't have to wake up at 7 the next morning. I take advantage of that fact.

I'm not dishwasher safe.

You want to grab a burger and a beer and goof on life for a few hours sometime.