The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
If you can fake that, you've got it made.
-Groucho Marx
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. -Groucho Marx | |
The Short Bio:: (Part I. The Very, Very Short Bio/The Bitter Essence of the Thing:) This Disgracefully Aging Gentleman is a man who spends some of his time working, and the rest fighting insane and interminable wars that neither he nor anyone else can explain, let alone justify. (Part II. The Very Short Bio:) This Disgracefully Aging Gentleman is a research economist currently residing in Chapel Hill, NC. His work focuses on applied econometrics and the human resource problems of lower income nations. He is married to a beautiful biostatistician named Trang. He owns two very disobedient bulldogs, and one little brother (who is also fairly disobedient). He spends most of his free time reading, writing, cooking, tending to all manner of holy smoke, and listening to music (with a special emphasis on jazz and classical). He also listens to NPR (and thus has considered all things) and enjoys film. A self-confessed 2nd Amendment liberal (or was it libertarian?), he is resigned to life in the political wilderness. His father has a finite Erdos number (it's either 4 or, more likely, 3: he hasn't bothered to pin it down exactly), and as soon as he can convince him to affix his name to some joint publication, so will Peter. Peter grew up in Albany, NY and, until the end, made great progress there. He dreams of someday establishing an idyllic, heavily fortified ashram on 40 or 50 acres in New Hampshire or Vermont. He also hopes to learn to play the cello. |
Quick Facts:: Name:: Peter Age:: 34 Birth Place:: Princeton, NJ Current Residence:: Chapel Hill, N.C. Ethnicity:: Mostly Irish Hair Color:: Mostly dark Brown Eye Color:: Blue-green Height:: 6 ft 2 in Weight:: Cruelty to a scale is a misdemeanor in North Carolina Religion:: Skepticism Highest Degree:: PhD [Economics] Focus:: Econometrics, Health Economics, Development Economics Occupation:: Research Economist Marital Status:: Married (happily) Spouse's Name:: Trang Spouse's Birthplace:: Saigon, Vietnam Spouse's Occupation:: Biostatistician Pets:: Two English Bulldogs Current Hobby:: Aging Disgracefully Useless Tirvia:: -I'm just a good, patriotic American...like yourself -I have never been to Mt. Rushmore -I like to eat sushi, sometimes even when it seems risky -I have only been on TV -I prefer to fly business/first -I was born in the Year of the Rat -I am a Pisces -I don't believe that astrology, Western or Eastern, provides any useful information about a person -I was born where Einstein died -I have trouble spelling 'trivia' -An acre is 43,560 square feet -I have seen every episode of The Simpsons and South Park -I have read all of Shakespeare's plays -I own an espresso machine -I have no idea how it works -I own a well stocked humidor -I prefer manual transmissions -I once figured out how to manipulate a soft drink promotional involving cash prizes -My first "laptop" was an 'Osborne I' -I was a fan of Amiga computers -My favorite dish from all of Asia is Pho -I have fired a machine gun -I have seen Simon & Garfunkel in concert -I'm pretty strong -I'm also pretty chunky -I own a jeep rigged for serious off-roading -I rarely do any serious off-roading -I once had a conversation with Jesse Helms -I have met several Nobel laureates -My dream car is an early-1970s Ferrari Dino -An E-type Jag would be a close second -My dream vehicle would be an MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter -I'm a fan of Patricia Highsmith -My high school guidance counselor insisted on saying 'diplomer' instead of diploma. -At various points in my life I have had conversational proficiency in German, French, Japanese and Latin -I could manage to lose anything -I didn't really like high school -The only other careers I ever seriously considered were chef, soldier (helicopter pilot), artist and President of Harvard -My favorite cocktail is the Whiskey Sour -I'm also partial to Rum and Coke and White Russians -My father and brother are both mathematicians, and yet I'm surprisingly normal -My favorite city outside of the US is Tokyo -I personally know a Zoroastrian -I have accumulated thousands of Dungeons & Dragons wisdom and intelligence points, so it is pointless arguing with me -I'm a pretty good poker player, especially Hold 'em -I like to wake up at the crack of noon -I once threw a crepe through a wall -My suitemates and I were expelled from our university's dorms for the biggest beer bash (by alchohol volume) in years at our campus -And Princeton Review says that that university is the #1 Party School! -I have allot to learn about Go -I don't think the best Cuban cigars are any better than the best from the Dominican Republic -My favorite single piece of music is Laudate Dominum, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 by Mozart -A close second is After the Rain by Coltrane -Someday I would like to live in Northern Italy -I like cats, though my pets have basically all been dogs -I would rather vacation at a lake in the mountains than at the beach. -I talk too much -I played the electric guitar at one point -I like to drink wine -I like to eat -And I mean really eat -The dude abides. |
Summary:: Now you know more about me than you used to, but less than you thought you did. And what did all of this, this sound and fury, mean, you might ask? As well you should. But even I can't answer that question. |