CDs On My Shortlist:
- Gorillaz, "Gorillaz"
- Groove Armada, "Vertigo"
- Beastie Boys, "In Sound From Way Out"
- AfroCelt Sound System, "Volume 3: Further in Time"
- Cibo Matto mix (courtesy of my brother the DJ)
- Josha Bell, Edgar Meyer, et al., "Short Trip Home"
- Various, "Dreamworld: Essential Late Night Listening."
- Chicane, "behind the sun"
- Transglobal Underground, "Rejoice, Rejoice"
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Stuff I Do:
- work in my day job as a software engineer
- paint t-shirts with abstract squares
- make art from trash and junk
- with my wife, foster parenting
- collect boxes and bottles
- with my wife, help prepare couples for marriage
- teach Junior High CCE
- play tennis and racquetball when I can get a game
- moonlight in the exciting world of futures forecasting and research
- shoot hoops in my driveway
- volunteer as a Science Fair Judge
- volunteer for the Art Car Parade
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Children who have lived in our home:
- GirlZilla: our permanent biological kid
- Cody: a very temporary foster baby (3 weeks)
- Mr. Freshpants: our once foster, now permanent adopted kid
- Thing1 and Thing2: toddler twin foster children (13 months)
- Petunia: our current newborn foster baby
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Pets we've had:
- Scooter, grumpy elder statesman of the Clark Pet Delegation (living)
- Missy, neurotic dog (ran away)
- Cleo, Guinea Pig, closest thing to a houseplant an animal could be (died)
- Ever-fluctuating number of cannibalistic fresh-water fish
(Girlzilla's aquarium, known in
fish circles as the "Dachau in the Deep", was liberated by PETA Commandos and now sits empty in
the garage.)
- Rolly, sloppy happy mutt dawg (living)
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Books I have started reading and never finished:
- Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
- White Noise, by Don Delillo
- The New American Bible, Various
- Godel, Escher, and Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter
- Maus, by Art Spiegelman
- Mating, by Norman Rush
- The Mezzanine, by Nicholson Baker
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Movies I want to see:
- Slam Nation
- Ghost World
- Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie
- Party Girl (again)
- Rififi
- Yi Yi
- Lantana
- Wendigo
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Favorite Artists:
- The Art Guys
- Cy Twombly
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Agnes Martin
- Mark Rothko
- Howard Finster
- Sam Francis
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Favorite Places in Houston:
- The Orange Show
- St. Paul's Catholic Church
- Project Row Houses
- The Menil Collection
- Brasil
- NotSuOH
- Blossom Street Sculpture Garden
- Rothko Chapel
- The Art Car Museum
- Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
- Jade Buddha Temple
- Daily Review Cafe
- Central Market
- Whole Foods Market
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Women I've Dated:
- Kathy Tucker, 3rd grade (took her to the skating rink. it counts.)
- Paulette Franz, eighth grade
- Cindy Tutt, eighth grade
- Susan Koester, twice in ninth grade
- Jennie Rexer, ninth grade
- Tracy Borneman, ninth grade
- Terry LaCroix, ninth until junior year grade
- Susan Koester, through first half of senior year
- Carol Anderson, prom date while Susan and I were broken up
- Susan Koester, summer after senior year
- Heidi Hebner, who became Heidi Hebner Clark
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Places I've lived:
- San Bernardino, California (where I was born)
- Ogden, Utah (until I was three)
- Houston, Texas (through Kindergarten)
- Fairborn, Ohio (through 2nd grade)
- Dayton, Ohio (through 4th grade)
- League City, Texas (through 6th grade)
- Clear Lake City, Texas (through high school)
- Austin, Texas (through college)
- Clear Lake City, Texas (1988-2001)
- Taylor Lake Village, Texas (2001-present)
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Magazines I Take:
- Utne Reader
- Raw Vision
- Art In America
- Esquire
- World Press Review
- Catholic Digest
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Magazines I No Longer Take:
- Scientific American
- Wired
- Harper's
- Atlantic Monthly
- Commonweal
- First Things
- Granta
- U.S. Catholic
- Doubletake
- National Geographic
- George
- Boy's Life
- Highlights
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Cars I've Driven:
- 1980 Subaru Station Wagon
- 1979 Ford Fiesta
- 1978 Mazda GLC
- 1979 Honda Civic
- 1988 Mazda 323
- 1989 Ford Bronco II
- 1980 Chevy Malibu
- 1996 Mercury Villager
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Favorite Poets:
- e.e. cummings
- James Tate
- Pablo Neruda
- Miller Williams
- Jorie Graham
- William Carlos Williams
- Wendell Berry
- Mary Oliver
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Favorite Meals:
- Pad Thai
- Farfalle with Pine Nuts and Feta
- My Wife's Country Salad with Apples and Pecans
- Martha's Vinyard Salad (the way Cavanaugh's used to make it)
- Broccoli in Garlic Sauce
- Vietnamese grilled chicken on vermicelli w/ spring rolls
- Post(tm) Raisin Bran
- Spinach and Garlic Pizza from Star Pizza
- Just about any entree at Daily Review Cafe
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