I'm from small town Kansas, but I spent a year and a half working in big city London. I wouldn't say I have a big city personality (so I don't know why folks tend to take me for a New Yorker): I'm usually pretty un-flashy. But I'm also kind of drawn to big cities, and I'm happiest when I'm living in one.

I'm kind of a throwback: I don't twitter, rarely Facebook, seldom tumbl. It's not that I disapprove of social media...in fact I envy proficient twitterers, prolific face bookers, etc. It's just not part of my DNA; I'm too private. Online dating profiles are probably as close as I'll ever get to starting my own blog.

Friends say I'm odd-ball (in a fun way!), and I do have quirks: I've worn the same kind of shoes since high school; I plow through crossword puzzles; I enthuse (nothing odd there I guess). But they also say I'm a pretty nice, good guy, and not to pile on with the self-compliments but that's probably true. Also, three's my lucky number, so it's probably a good time to wrap this thing up.

I wish I could say I was "living in the moment" but that's not really my strong suit. This is my strong suit [http://bit.ly/bC1svE] (wordplay!). I worked as an editor/researcher for a while after college, but after a while, the material I was studying stopped being interesting. Now I'm in the middle of a quarter-life career change. Ask me about it! I plan on being (update: will be) in a master's program by next fall, and in the meantime, I'm taking classes to build up my academic street cred.

karaoke, mooniness, news trivia, worrying, halloween

My ruthless, take-no-prisoners approach to international diplomacy.

"King of the Hill" is an unfairly overlooked cartoon.

People think "Being John Malcovitch" is gratuitously absurd but it's totally not.

No one reads "Little, Big" because it's out of print.

Pizza pie?

1)a quiet place to live and
2)read my books;
3)knowledge of spring and
4)the possibility of walks;
5)my lucky chair,
6)my fancy, pin-striped pants

the filibuster

unruly

grandpa and grandma love me very much.

Nike motto