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son of puddleglum
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Occupationdilettante
LocationCanada
IntroductionAll the pessimism without any of the bravery. Two things I'm not pessimistic about: I believe in God. I believe in redemption.
Interestsreading books and magazines, Books and Culture, electric bass guitar, fiddling, also fiddling around, listening to baroque music.
Favorite moviesSingin' in the Rain (the high point of cinematic exuberance), Casablanca, The Right Stuff, Sergeant York, Sense and Sensibility, Beauty and the Beast(Disney), Minority Report, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Stalag 17, the Great Escape, Toy Story 1 and 2 and 3, Pride and Prejudice (the one with Olivier),Shawshank Redemption, The Incredibles
Favorite musicJ.S. Bach, Beethoven, Handel, U2, the Beatles, the Sundays, Sibelius, almost every song on Time-Life's 70s Music Explosion, Sixpence None the Richer(especially This Beautiful Mess),Lenny Breau
Favorite booksthe Brothers Karamazov, Till We Have Faces, Lord of the Rings, Fahrenheit 451, Great Expectations, The Great Divorce, Chronicles of Narnia, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Weight of Glory, Crime and Punishment, David Copperfield, Confessions of St. Augustine, Reason for the Hope Within (Michael J Murray),

In the dream where you show up to school naked, why do you never go swimming?

Mama said to never pee in the pool. And I never did. At least, nothing can be proved.

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