JJ Ross

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About me

Industry Education
Occupation now retired and unschooling
Location North Florida
Interests Power of Story, public policy and communications, the logic of failure, cognitive psychology, the saxophone (interested in it, can't really play it)
Favorite Movies Mindwalk; Strictly Ballroom; Pirates of the Caribbean; Birdcage; Inherit the Wind and all Hepburn-Tracy; mysteries, allegories and time travel movies; Harry Potter of course, along with identity and coming-of-age movies generally
Favorite Music Musical theatre! - Ragtime, Les Miz, all of Sondheim especially Into the Woods, Candide, Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Favorite Books Harry Potter, Narnia Chronicles, Philip Pullman and other classic kids' books (started my career as a school librarian); philosophy as fiction (Pirsig, Adams, Atwood, even Rand)