Brad
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| Location | Champaign, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | At the moment I'm an advanced doctoral candidate working in the University of Illinois's German department. As a blind graduate teaching assistant, I'm always finding out the interesting sides of people as we interact. It's interesting. I'm blogging because it's interesting, it keeps me up-to-date, and it may be that I'll say something interesting or valuable to someone else. If I have, never hesitate to tell me so. Comments and reasoned criticisms are welcome. Other than that, I play chess regularly, travel when time and money allow it, cook when I'm not too tired for it, and I'm an avid, unabashed star trek nut. |
| Interests | Chess, star trek, the bible, travel, philosophy, languages and linguistics, cooking, rock music, shortstory writing. |
| Favorite movies | The star trek films except for Star Trek 2009, Ten Things I Hate About You, The Green Mile, The Godfather, Meet the Fockers, Meet the Parents, Munich, The Harry potter series, and The Sum of All Fears |
| Favorite music | Nickelback, Evanescence, Oompf, Rammstein, Matchbox 20, Brian Adams, Metallica, Lynnard Skynnard, ACDC, Aerosmith and U2 |
| Favorite books | Far far too many, but here are a few: the Bible, various and sundry star trek novels, Brian Haig's Sean Drummond series, Nelson De'Mellville's The General's Daughter, Frederic Forecythe's The Fist of God and The Dogs of War, Randy Alcorn's Lord Foulgrin's Letters, C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, also his books Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce and the Narnia Chronicles, Aristotle's Nicomachian Ethics, Aristotle's Politics, Plato's collected works, Shakespeare's collected works, most of John Grisham's books, particularly The Chamber, Street Lawyer and the Rainmaker, James Patterson's Alex Cross novels, and the vast majority of Stephen King's novels and short stories. |
Which is easier to make a model airplane out of and why: a banana peel or a wet sock?
It depends on the type of plane and your own skills, also your level of boredom.