Tail Wagging the Dog
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Observer of humanity |
| Location | Salt Lake City, Citizen of the World |
| Introduction | Lover of literature, history, and thought; disgruntled idealist and news junkie; fascinated with how cultures and societies work; dog and cat owner; Myers-Brigss INTP for whatever that's worth; admirer of Zen Buddhism and its aesthetic; goal is to awaken young minds so that they begin to "see into the life of things" {Wordsworth} |
| Interests | the Tao, the Dharma, Public Radio, Thoreau, Transcendentalism, history, literature, poetry, philosophy, religious studies, hiking & backpacking |
| Favorite Movies | Girl in the Cafe, Dead Poets Society, Spring Summer Fall Winter...Spring, Lost in Translation, Black Robe, Y tu mama tambien, Sex and Lucia, The Motorcycle Diaries, Life as a House, Lawrence of Arabia, The Matrix series, Name of the Rose, Twelve Monkeys, Gattaca, Jeremiah Johnson, Apocalypse Now, Wag the Dog, The Pianist, and too many others to remember |
| Favorite Music | Bob Dylan, Iron and Wine, Johnny Cash, Lucinda Williams, Natalie Merchant, Jack Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, Cowboy Junkies, Nelly Furtado, Victoria Williams, Crash Test Dummies, Norah Jones, Kate Bush...and on and on |
| Favorite Books | Walden, Tao te Ching, anything by Annie Proulx, The Liar's Club, The English Patient, Nineteen Eighty Four, The Stranger, Brideshead Revisited, Running with Scissors, Jesusland, Running After Antelope, memoirs in general, apocalyptic fiction |
Do you believe that forks are evolved from spoons?
Clearly because recently they found the missing link -- the spork. It comes in two intermediary species: plastic and titanium. This, of course, supports Darwin's expectations.