People who get me know this... I'm skeptical of exuberant displays of happiness. !

My career path... Journalist, writer !

My spirituality... Atheist !

Letters after my name... B.A. !

My relationship status... In a relationship !

My political views... I dislike partisanship of any stripe. !

A link to great art... http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/mediaplayer.asp?ean=095115844328&z=y !

A link to funny video... http://www.metacafe.com/watch/531940/dear_sister_snl/ !

A great song... "Hey Joe," by Jimi Hendrix !

An awful song... "God Bless the U.S.A.," by Lee Greenwood !

A great movie... "Mean Girls" !

An awful movie... "Time to Kill" !

A great book... "The Master and Margarita" !

An awful book... "Everything is Illuminated" !

An awful company... Capital One !

Delicious food... Pizza !

Terrible food... Pizza !

A great person... Clifford Brown !

An awful person... Matt Lauer !

What Ive been up to lately... Working !

What drives me crazy... Ivy Leaguers !

What makes me glad to be alive... Cellular Respiration !

My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !

My ethnicity as I define it... White !

Gender... Male !