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Schools (Other):
U of Chicago, Wesleyan U, Medill School of Journalism, U of Oregon, SIT
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Occupation:
Public Policy Tinkerer and Calendar Maker
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Affiliations:
Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, Logan Square Walks
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Hobbies and Interests:
foraging, biking, backgammon, swimming, hootenannies, old time radio, creating educational toys, seasonal eating, snow shoveling, small museums, honey, hiking, helping good people get elected, saturday newspapers, street performers
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Favorite Books:
A Wild Sheep Chase, Haruki Murakami; Native Speaker, Chang-Rae Lee; Accordian Crimes, Annie Proulx; Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey; Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco; American Pastoral, Philip Roth; Wanderlust, Rebecca Solnit; Travels With Charlie, Steinbeck; mystery novels and short story collections on tape for fun and a slew of those nonfiction books that explain how things work or why salt/irish/germs saved/ruined civilization....and lots'o'magazines like Atlantic or Dwell
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Favorite Movies:
I'm everybrow. I'll appreciate any movie that does what it sets out to do well. Time Bandits, Raiders of a Lost Ark, Underground, Down by Law, Delicatessen, Nashville, Swiss Family Robinson, The African Queen, Brewster's Millions, Love Actually, Three Kings
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Favorite Music:
Spoon, Dusty Springfield, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Staple Singers, margot & the nuclear so & so's, the Kinks, Magnolia Electric Company, John Prine, David Bowie, Sibelius, Wilco, Cash, Dylan, 70s Reggae
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Favorite TV Shows:
Check Please!, The Wire, Cracker, Simpsons, Veronica Mars, House, Meet the Press, Jeopardy!, Arrested Development, M*A*S*H, Shows With Exclamation Points, Conan O'Brian, Colbert, Little House on the Prairie... and Radio: This American Life, Prairie Home Companion, On the Media, X Minus One, anything with Orson Welles
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Testimonials and Comments for Ben
long time and he still shocks me, even
when he's not trying! He's the
bestest of friends you could get. He
will take you places you though
impossible or too fun, or too comfy,
or to ridiculous, but there you are
and you're in damn good company.
Follow this man. Give him a
toothpick, and he'll give you the
world. Really...try it. I love this
man!
towel-snapping technique won him the
All Time Greatest Bug Killer award in
Europe. He's quite good with a water-
gun as well. Ben! We salute you!
something is funny -- and I don't just
mean LOL, but really and truly funny --
his laugh makes him seem like the most
Special person in the world.
blankets, Yes, steal. One pays for the
temporary use of a blanket, not to
possess it indefinitely, right?
Anyway, I applaud his crafty endeavor
of constructing a quilt from the
remnants of these sordid, soiled
polyester wraps. I just hope he
washes the finished product before he
sends it to grandma.
up." He's great in front of big crowds
and behind closed doors. No matter what
he cooks, he throws in everything but
the kitchen sink, and it tastes darned
good. He is the sweet to my savory.