: About Me

For the past ten years I've been having the same dream. It takes place in small mid-western town and has a heavy "Rockwellian" feel. Randy Newman and I are competing in a three legged race against two other teams consisting of Barbara Walters with Forest Whitaker and Sandy Duncan with Shimon Peres. Like always Randy and I leap from the finish line with a grace and agility rarely seen in this sport. We cannot be stopped. Soon we are well ahead of out lesser competitors. Just as we nearing the finish line Randy taps me on the shoulder, stops running and starts flossing his teeth. Every time - he does this. Every time - we lose to Duncan and Peres. I can't help but feel I'm missing something. Over and over and over I have this dream!

My passion is ...

Very much like an amoeba.

I know too much about ...

Lighting, coffee and music theory.

My parents always told me ...

"Watch your mouth young man!"

My childhood ambition ...

First a ninja then a rock-star.

My favorite memory ...

Unintentionally "snubbing" Art Garfunkel

Why I write ...

I do not feel I have a choice. I must.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

They Might Be Giants and This American Life

My first job ...

A warning I did not heed.

My best moment ...

I once juggled four eggplants in the isle of a market before the produce manager frowned at me and said, "THIS IS NOT A CIRCUS!"

My inspiration ...

Most likely brought on by delusions of grandeur.

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