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Schools (Other):
North Kingstown High School, Smith College, IES Vienna, Senate Page School
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College/University:
Smith College, Attended 1999 - 2003, Class of 2003, Bachelor's Degree
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Occupation:
Executive Assistant/ Freelance Writer.
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Affiliations:
The Cupcake Mafia, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn Public Library
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Hobbies and Interests:
Writing, Knitting, Baking, the five hour brunch, the Weekend New York Times, Ultimate Maid of Honor, Crossword Puzzles, Netflix, mo' Germans mo' problems, extoling the virtues of overlooked new fiction, Deutsche Bahn, buying milk then watching it expire in my fridge
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Favorite Books:
Nero Wolfe mysteries, Duchess of Nothing, The World to Come, The History of Love, Pastoralia, Kitchen Confidential, What's Not to Love? Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Wake Up, Sir!, The Undertaking, You Shall Know Our Velocity, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Everything Is Illuminated, Fraud, The Time Traveler's Wife, Kavalier and Clay, Miracle of Castel di Sangro, Middlesex, Travel Narratives, Essays by Sedaris, Vowell, Burroughs, Hornby Fiction by Irving, Lethem, Palahniuk, Mysteries by Dibdin, Camilieri, Nabb, Hill, the small cannon of Italian-American literature, Tomie de Paola, Maurice Sendak, Chris Van Allsburg
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Favorite Movies:
Flirting with Disaster, Moonstruck, Primary Colors, Muppet Movie, Comedian, Thumbsucker, Junebug, In America, Rushmore, Garden State, Election, Igby Goes Down, Clue, The Spanish Prisoner, When Harry Met Sally, My Big Fat Greek Wedding [no shame I have], A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting, The Anniversary Party, Cinema Paradisio, Rize, The Big Chill, The Royal Tennebaums, Frida, Amelie, Punchdrunk Love, Secret Lives of Dentists, Field of Dreams, The Godfather
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Favorite Music:
The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, The Magnetic Fields, Damien Rice, Billy Joel, U2, Counting Crows, The Gin Blossoms, Pat Benetar, Ben Folds, Barenaked Ladies, Stephen Soundheim, Jason Mraz, Carly Simon, Paul Simon[ Carly and Paul: no relation], James Taylor, Iron and Wine, Paolo Conte, Louis Prima, Michael Jackson, Robbie Williams, Sting, Jill Scott, Ryan Adams, Motown, anything unreasonably popular in the 80's
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Favorite TV Shows:
I don't own a television because I can't be trusted to watch responsibly.
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Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius
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About Me:
Girl sleuth.
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Who I Want to Meet:
The only guy in Brooklyn who is not in a band. I know you're out there, pal.
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Cupcake writes a mean blog, listens to NPR, and introduced me to the wonderful world of "A Prayer for Owen Meany" ... She also endured my three and a half hour karaoke extravaganza where she knew none of my friends. Strangely, she chose not to sing .. oh well, maybe next time!
You look really hot in that friendster picture. Keep fighting the good fight!
Your friend,
Tavis
Its an eponym, named after a fictional cartoon character named Caspar Milquetoast, invented by the American illustrator Harold T Webster in 1924. The strip was called The Timid Soul and appeared every Sunday in the New York Herald Tribune up to his death in 1953. Mr Webster said that his character was the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick.
The name is just a Frenchified respelling of the old American English term milk toast, an uninspiring, bland dish which was created from slices of buttered toast laid in a dish of milk, usually considered to be food for invalids. Theres an even older foodstuff, milksop, which was untoasted bread soaked in milk, likewise something suitable only for infants or the sick.
P.S. Nancy was the ill Fire Captain for Park House.
degree day (granted, she baked them
for me in my own non-airconditioned
apartment), and she found me a
salaried job with benefits when I felt like
giving up on my life in New York. She
always makes me laugh but I know
she'd be there to listen if I needed to
cry. We met at a leadership program,
but I've been following her example ever
since. Brooklyn is nicer with you in it.
This chick is as cool as they come. She's
wise, witty and frank, knows how to bake a
mean cookie, but yet, for all her literary
acumen, harbors aspirations to write a
children's board book. (Yeah, total word
count of 12, and chew-proof). So, if you're an
agent, pick her up. (Or, if you're a guy
looking to feel the might of pithy intellect, cute
hair, and want a really good brownie, send
resume and cover letter).