mab

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Law
Occupation Attorney
Location St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Outlying Islands
Introduction Native St. Louisian. Kicked out of town for four years to attend college. Devout eater of greasy food. Alt Country snob. I believe reading is good. I believe in the power of a good diner to heal our country's wounds.
Interests Religion, Family, Music, Friends
Favorite Movies The Godfather, I, II and yes... even III, A River Runs Through It, Harold and Maude, Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, Office Space, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Casino, Rounders, Steel Magnolias (does that make me gay?)Yankee Doddle Dandy, Hi Fidelity, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Animal House, Caddy Shack, Stripes, Slap Shot, Little Miss Sunshine, The Hustler and Cool Hand Luke.
Favorite Music Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Will Oldham, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, James Mc Murtry, Okkerville River, Ani Di Franco, Lightning Hopkins, Grateful Dead, Old 97's, Built To Spill, Cracker, Dinosaur Jr., Drive By Truckers, Tom Waits, Fountains of Wayne, The Frames, Frank Black and the Pixies, Gillian Welch, Graham Parker, Greg Brown, Hank Williams, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Sun Volt, Johnny Cash, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and The White Stripes. On the other hand I hate....Cold Play, Widespread Panic (and jam bands generally along with whatever monosyllabic rock band is saving rock and roll thise year (i.e. the strokes, the hives, the the....), Big Hat country music (i.e. George Strait, Toby Keith, Keith Urban...), rap and hip hop though I do occasionally listen to Jay Z's Grey Album though i will never call it brilliant. i do not care any longer for Reggae but noticed when my son got my album collection out of the attic that I had an extensive reggae collection.... times change.
Favorite Books A Farewell To Arms, Less Than Zero (Madisson Smartt Bell), White Man;s Grave (Richard Dooling), The Panic Hand (Jonathan Carroll) Anna Karenina, The Razor's Edge, Straight Man (Richard Russo), The Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor, Cold Snap (Thom Jones), My Idea of Fun (Will Self), White Man's Grave (Richard Dooling), Bonfire of the vanities, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, All the Pretty Horse (Cormac Mc Carthy), Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street (David Payne) The Truser Press Record Guide, Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace) Slaughterhouse 5 and Catch 22, The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen.. too many good books