mildly agoraphobic. moderate social anxiety disorder. obsessive-compulsive disorder (waning with age). generally unsociable and indifferent. rather introverted and reclusive. pretty sure i have asperger's syndrome. greedy. a tad narcissistic. often accused of being contemptuous (by vapid imbeciles). selectively generous. manipulative. a bit too impatient for my own health. ambitious. restless. occasionally irritable. i own several businesses and am also lazy.

important stuff and things

making money

i haven't the slightest idea.

books:
mostly non-fiction. lots of biographies and business books.
random bookshelf sampling of favorites:
titan (rockefeller bio), den of thieves, the selfish gene, the grand chessboard, managing brand equity, the house of morgan, the fountainhead, bill graham presents (autobio), hard drive (gates bio), dark genius of wall st (jay gould bio), the quants, treasure islands, world's best tax havens, landing page optimization, king of oil (marc rich bio), market wizards (series), reminiscences of a stock operator (jesse livermore bio), the art of intrusion, social engineering, fatal system error, kingpin (max butler bio), the anatomy of buzz, the long tail, the cluetrain manifesto, the paypal wars, new asian emperors, secrets of the tomb, the oligarchs, merchant of death (victor bout bio), comrade criminal, the japanese mafia, the big score (robert friedland bio), predators ball (mike milken bio), the art of war, book of five rings, the snowball (warren buffett bio), the intelligent investor, mcmafia, the lean startup, game-based marketing, behavioral economics, the wisdom of crowds, crowdsourcing, viral loop, brand sense, wikinomics, steve jobs (bio), the alchemy of finance (soros). ok, i'll stop here.

films: documentaries. also fan of stanley kubrick, sidney lumet, wes anderson, john woo, ridley scott, early scorsese, sergio leone, john boorman, aronofsky, kurosawa, etc.

music: super-eclectic. recent random sampling from ipod in alphabetical order:
andres segovia, aphex twin, bad brains, beastie boys (pauls boutique), brmc, bo diddley, bob dylan, brian jonestown massacre, chemical brothers, ccr, the cure, dispatch, eminem, hank williams, iggy/stooges, bach, jayz, jimi hendrix, johnny cash, joy division, kanye west, kraftwerk, zeppelin, libertines, beethoven, mgmt, motorhead, my bloody valentine, nwa, new order, nin, nirvana, notorious big, oasis, ozzy (w/randy rhodes), pink floyd, pixies, polygon window, psychic tv, public enemy, queen, rem, ramones, replacements, stones, rush, smiths, sonic youth, stone roses, tom petty, uberzone, velvet underground, the who, willie nelson, mozart.

food: anything worth eating. i'm a bit of a food snob.

stuff

playing table tennis

you feel like it