Running, Music, Wes Anderson movies, Buffalo Sabres hockey, Indiana Hoosiers basketball and fantastic wine.
Raising my son to appreciate life, to explore his vast potential, and to become his own person.
Music
Matthew Sweet, Ben Kweller, Jets Overhead, Ben Folds, Neil Finn, Aimee Mann, Fountains of Wayne, Dandy Warhols, Lemonheads, Tori Amos, Liz Phair, Bob Dylan, ELO, Zero 7, The Wailin' Jennys, and Army of Anyone...
John Klemmer, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gilespie, Joshua Bell and Frederic Chiu...
Rushmore, The Usual Suspects, Casablanca, Garden State, The Big Lebowski, The Royal Tenenbaums, Raising Arizona, Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman, Spaceballs. Hoosiers (I was in the crowd scenes) & Breaking Away. John Cusack movies (Say Anything, Hi Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank). So I Married An Axe Murderer, Wedding Crashers and Zoolander.
Television
Aqua Teen Hunger Force:
Books
"Godel, Escher, Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas Hofstader.
Neuromancer and Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.
The Stand, The Dead Zone, The Shining by Stephen King.
Chronicles by Bob Dylan.
Survivor, Fight Club, and Diary by Chuch Palahniuk.
The Men's Club by Leonard Michaels.
Poetry by James Tate.
Heroes
Ernie Banks. "Let's play three today!" He reminds us that, after all, it's just a game...
Matthew Sweet. One of the most underrated and underappreciated singer/songwriters of the last decade+.
My Mom. Raised 7 boys, basically by herself, and we all turned out pretty much OK.
Cathedral High School
Indianapolis,Indiana
Graduated: 1980
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Cross Country team. Marching Band. Brain Game
1976 to 1980
Paul's Companies
Andersen Consulting Chicago, IL US Senior Consultant Technology Services
NOAH A certain 12-year old boy who bears a striking resemblance to me, and will one day rule the universe...
MUSIC Any and all varieties. Haydn to Sinatra to John Coltrane to Led Zeppelin to Matthew Sweet and Ben Kweller. I love it all, and it all has a message for us, if you stop and listen...
POETRY (see Dylan, Bob)
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Running (5Ks to Marathons), golf, tennis... Get your heart beating!
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life." Dean Vernon Wormer.
GREAT WINE Including, but not limited to, the Babcock 2004 Pinot Noir, Cakebread's 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Elizabeth Spencer's 2005 Reserve Chardonnay, and Cosentino's CigarZin. The next time I visit Napa, I may never leave...
LAUGHTER Because life's just too short to be a hater. If you don't know who Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert are by now, you're missing out.
"#1 in the 'hood, G..."
Who I'd like to meet:
Wes Anderson. Just to thank him for making a movie like "Rushmore".
Jesus. Not because I'm particularly religious, but just because I want to cut through all the bullshit of the last 2000+ years and hear it right from the source.
Leonardo DaVinci. Dude was ahead of his time.
That guy from Counting Crows What's his secret? The world may never know...
Forced myself to sit and watch National Treasure the other day, so I could go Homan Hunting when II comes out. Did you get any lines? Are you in any prominent shots?
You're not an asshole Paul. I just think you're kind of a sonofabitch. What happenin'? Planning on doing the Mardi Gras Half Marathon in Feb... we'll see how it goes. I'm down 30 lbs. since last we met...
So was the birthday faery good to you? Happy Belated Sir Paul... hopefully your day was filled with some nice cupcakes, or at least a sweet little cookie to nibble on. I am currently in Louisiana begging for licensure... This message will self-destruct... in 5...4...3...2...
I the lyrics of Jimmy Pop Ali: I appreciate your input. My "Must See's": Police, Tool, the Friday night Jam sessiom John Paul Jones, Ben Harper and ?uestlove from the Roots. As well as White Stripes, Ben Harper, The Lips, Ween, The Roots, Michael Franti & Spearhead.
The "Want to check them out" List includes:Regina Spector, Alexa Joel (Meeeyowww!!! Huge...tracts of land!!!), Widespread panic, Wilco, Ben Kweller, Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon, Decemberists, North Mississippi Allstars, Fountains of Wayne, T-Bone and Mavis Staples.
I will probably get less sleep than lastyear!! (and alot more sunburn!!)
Paulie me Boy-o, Do me a flavor and peruse the Bonnaroo lineup and direct me to worthwhile up-and-comers that I may not have heard yet as I appreciate your musical prowess (or something like that). Do this...in rememberance of me... Thanks Man. (It's Official...) The Doc.
Indiana, our Indiana, Indiana, we're all for you
We will fight for the cream and crimson for the glory of old IU, IU!
Never daunted
We cannot faulter in the battle, we're tride and true
Indiana, our Indiana, Indiana, we're all for you
our cream and crimson school!
IU!
GO HOOSIERS
(damn hawkeyes...Haluska dropped 33 on us)
head's up! cindy's running a 1-900 number these days. I'm going to try to get in on that. I hear that the hours are good, plus I enjoy meeting new & interesting people.
Yo, yo Paulie Walnuts... checked out Kweller's MyWaste site - gotta say, I'm kinda digging it... like Penny on a train... Oh, just noticed it's your current profile track - Far out mannnn...
Yay, glad you got a pimped out room in Vegas. You are so money! Seriously, you deserve a vacation, more than anyone I know. Have a blast and don't geek out too much at the conferences. Just get the CD ROM and head to the pool. Cheers! -A
