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Height: not enough | Weight: too many lbs. | Alumni Status: other x 2+ | ||||||
Location: NW Illinois | Favorite Baseball Team: Chicago White Sox (weeps), and the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
Natural Enemies: Michigan, SoCal, PedoState, Jack Swarbrick, Brian Kelly, the Packers, the cubbies, and Iowa. | ||||||||
Athletic Ability: | I get out of bed daily! Some days that is an athletic feat (Eight years ago, the pain management doctor said I was 58 with the body of an 85 year old and would never get better, and just hope to maintain.). I excel at interval napping (intentional, or otherwise [severe sleep apnea and insomnia does that to you]). |
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Sartorial Style: | Comfortably Casual. Business casual, or better, for funerals and weddings. I own many ties, but prefer not to wear them, or tie them. |
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Favorite Beverage and Consumption Freq: | Propel Electrolyte Water Beverage (Berry) Silk Almond Unsweetened Vanilla, 30 Calories Spring Water Daily |
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Political Philosophy: | Classic liberal republican, with a lowercase l and a lowercase r. (see below) I was an undergrad and graduate student of a Graduate Assistant to Professor Leo Strauss. I studied under two other professors also students of Professor Strauss. I am a Straussian. I am not a Neo-Con. I am not a Republican, Conservative, Democrat, or Liberal. I am a classic liberal republican, but an independent voter. |
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Religious Philosophy: | Pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic (although not religious about it); influenced by intellectual interests in idiosyncratic and syncretic blends of metaphysical traditions and philosophies. | |||||||
Musical Favorites: | Classic rock; instrumental jazz-rock-pop-funk-fusion; jazz ensembles and bands; concert bands and orchestras; classical music; and limited, but not much, smooth jazz. Pre-D.C.I. and early D.C.I. Drum and Bugle Corps repertoires. I avoid urban, rap, most heavy metal and techno, grunge, country, modern era pop (shudder), and almost all contemporary attempts to "make" music. |
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Favorite Quote from an ND Coach: | Lou Holtz: "Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired." | |||||||
Miscellaneous Data: | I lurked on NDNation from the time of the C4C. I have followed the University of Notre Dame as an institution, and its sports teams (particularly football), for 58 years. Hati Hijau is Indonesian/Malay for "Green Heart." |