NDNation Profile for IRISHNYER

Height: 5'10

Weight: 200 lbs.

Alumni Status: 1990, 92MBA

Location: formerly NYC

Favorite Baseball Team: The New York Metropolitans

Natural Enemies: Skunkbears, Trojans, Golden Eagles

Athletic Ability:

Retired from fencing after 44 years, 37 as a coach. Back into doubles beach volleyball. Onto pickleball, archery.

Sartorial Style:

Athletic wear most days. I work from home and then go to practice.

Favorite Beverage and Consumption Freq:

Tea. Guinness.

Political Philosophy:

Growing up in NYC - liberal on most social issues. Wall Street 28 years - I firmly believe in small government and laissez faire, which isn't what today's GOP represents.

Religious Philosophy:

Raised Roman Catholic. Pretty much don't care about organized religion anymore. Live by the Golden Rule. I think whatever God is out there is good with that.

Musical Favorites:

80's alternative, De La Soul, Metallica, 70's disco. Full confession: My favorite karaoke genre is Country.

Favorite Quote from an ND Coach:

"Save Jimmy's ass for me!" - Lou Holtz, ND-Miami '88, right before the team rushed out of the locker room. Also, "I'm going to take that rusty saber from that wall and rip you a new one," - Mike DeCicco, warning me (and many others) to get the grades back up.

Miscellaneous Data:

I am a New York bagel, Chinese food, and pizza snob. Chicago pizza is not pizza. It's a casserole.