SeaByrd
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Professsor of English, Retired |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | Liberal, yellow-dog Democrat with a Ph.D. in American Literature and a work history as a director of Computer Services for a large Texas State Agency. Serious, unapologetic tree-hugger. |
| Interests | Austin Sierra Club trip leader and Executive Committee member, Teaching Literature at college level, hiking, kayaking, biking, swimming, gormet cooking, Sufism. |
| Favorite movies | Lawrence of Arabia, Men In Black, 2 days in the Valley, Strange Days, The Big Chill, The Long Goodbye, The Big Easy, The Last Seduction, The Name of the Rose, Midnight Run, When Harry Met Sally, Nadine, Vampires, The Maltese Falcon, The Rocky Horror Picture show, LOTR. |
| Favorite music | Willie Nelson ballads, Django Reinhardt guitar jazz, Ottmar Liebert, John Coltrane, Jazz ballads, Susan Tedeschi, Blues of just about any kind, some bluegrass, Yo Yo Ma, anything by Mozart, Carlos Nakai flute. |
| Favorite books | Moby Dick, Lolita, Cat's Cradle, The Monkey Wrench Gang, A Walk in the Woods, The Awakening, A Door Into Summer, Chimera and The Sot-Weed Factor, On the Road, Cry the Beloved Country, The Maltese Falcon, The Sun Also Rises, The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, The Poisonwood Bible, The Kite Runner, Special Topics in Calamity physics, Confederacy of Dunces. NON-FICTION: Theodore Rex, American Theocracy, The Looming Tower, The Tao. |
When you spilled the milk, did it look like the moon?
Those who know will not answer; those who answer do not know.