People who get me know this... I'm very eclectic with a love of old folk ballads. !

My career path... Journalist... until recently I was a newspaper reporter, now I'm a freelance writer. !

My spirituality... I was raised Catholic, but am something of an agnostic with vague spiritual leanings. !

My relationship status... Divorced !

My relationship saga... I've been single a while, my life is a bit chaotic and I never seem to meet someone who clicks. !

My political leanings... slightly left !

My political views... I'm a bit left of center, but mostly I believe the People's contract with the government should be just that, a contract. We pay money, in the form of taxes, and it should provide services we couldn't get otherwise. !

A great song... Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen !

An awful song... Next Time He Cheats - Carrie Underwood !

A great movie... Bringing Out The Dead !

An awful movie... Four Rooms !

A great book... Coyote Blue- Christopher Moore !

An awful book... Is there such a thing? !

Delicious food... Sushi !

Terrible food... McDonalds !

A great person... Teddy Roosevelt !

An awful person... Rush Limbaugh !

Proudest thing I ever did... I finished my first marathon in November of 2008 !

Best time I ever had... Playing music as the house musician for an Irish pub in Upstate N.Y. !

Worst time I ever had... Going through my divorce !

What Ive been up to lately... Trying to get my freelance writing career off the ground !

What drives me crazy... People who don't use turn signals !

What makes me glad to be alive... My daughter, music, friends !

I believe this... There is no reason, no deep hidden plan behind the events in our lives. Things happen, it's up to us to give them meaning. !

My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !

My ethnicity as I define it... Catholic Euro-American !

Gender... Male !