Cranky Hank
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| Introduction | I'm one of those people Bill O'Reilly refers to as "stoned slackers." As usual, he only got it half right - I spend at least 15 minutes a day on productive (non-slacker) activities such as fomenting my "unCanadian" ideas and values. |
| Interests | Arts, Economics, Philosophy, Making Art - drawing and painting, Visiting art galleries and museums, Hiking, Climbing, Sailing, Paddling |
| Favorite Movies | Disney - Lion King and Beauty and the Beast - outstanding production design and animation, Amadeus - ahhh, Mozart!, The Matrix - what is real?, Lord of the Rings - more outstanding art direction and a pretty good story to boot, The Da Vinci Code - if you've ever driven in Paris how can you not get a rush from the chase in a Smart Car scene? |
| Favorite Music | Diana Krall - music to paint by, Lee Aaron - what can I say she's the Metal Queen, Carol Welsman - Swing Ladies! Swing!, Sophie Milman, Julie Crochetiere - wonderful R&B out of the greatest city in Canada, Feist - is there any tune more catchy than 1234?, Vixen and Whitesnake - music to accompany yardwork and shovelling snow, Mozart |
| Favorite Books | The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz, The Trial by Franz Kafka, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes, Essays in Understanding by Hannah Arendt, On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt, Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl, The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Da Vinci Code (we're all entitled to some fluff in our lives |