Jim Laris

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Communications or Media
Occupation Retired Newspaper Publisher
Location Altadena, California, United States
Introduction Just a 70-year-old guy who's still lanky. I'm back writing a weekly column called Cigar Smoke. It appears once a month in the Pasadena Weekly.
Interests Traveling, Baseball, Hockey, Boxing, Scrabble, Crosswords, Reading, Movies, Fried Foods
Favorite Movies Ordinary People, Pulp Fiction, Bull Durham
Favorite Music Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Dire Straits, Lyle Lovett, Merle Haggard, Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
Favorite Books Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Moby Dick, Semi-Tough.