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About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	retired
Location	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Introduction	I am a retired single gay male. I've always been pretty Left in my politics (yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU and proud of it), and am somewhere around the atheist/agnostic/free-thinker end of the religious spectrum. I like to think I have views and opinions on a wide range of subjects. Hopefully some of them, at least, are original and worth reading. Readers of this blog may post their comments, but please try to keep them on the subject. (Please note: Posting a comment may require that you be logged in with a Google account.) Anyone who wants to contact me with more personal comments, please feel encouraged to do so. This blog now displays my email address.
Interests	cars, gardening, classical music, operetta, archeology, Asian art,photography, wine, cooking, architecture, investments, language, general social affairs
Favorite movies	Blazing Saddles, Auntie Mame, The Blue Angel, Casablanca
Favorite music	Abiding favorites are Handel's Dettingen Te Deum, R. Strauss' Don Juan, Schubert's Trout Quintet. In general the late Romantic classical composers plus a few Baroque composers like Handel Bach and Purcell. And of course the big romantics like Beethoven. I also like the popular songs of the 20s/30s like Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, etc.
Favorite books	Love mystery novels. Some of my favorite ones have been John Mortimer's Rumpole stories (and I loved the PBS dramatization "Rumpole of the Bailey" on "Masterpiece Mystery"). Other mystery writers I have read and enjoyed were Georges Simenon and Agatha Christie. Other writers I've read multiple books by are Kurt Vonnegut, Iris Murdoch, Kingsley Amis, and Armistead Maupin.