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yooperprof

yooperprof

  • Sex: Male
  • Location: Unspecified
  • Occupation: university educator
  • Status: has holes in most of my sweaters.
  • Member since: Nov 2005
  • Login status: Online

About me

Solitary wanderer through life, traveller, dreamer, art-lover, music-lover, seeker. Educator who is constantly being educated.

My work

Associate professor of History (British, European) at a minor provincial university in one of the cold blue states.

Fast facts

  • At the movies I like to see:Meryl Streep
  • Last movie seen:Julie and Julia
  • Music I listen to:Mum, Shirley Horn, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Sondheim musicals, John Adams
  • Best album right now:"Dayvan Cowboy" by Boards of Canada
  • Favorite author:John Updike, A.S. Byatt, Simon Schama, W.G. Sebald, Czeslaw Milosz
  • Last book read:Last Night at the Lobster
  • I wish I could:scuba dive
  • Favorite travel destination:Chicago, Copenhagen
  • On my vacation I..:see my friends who I wouldn't see otherwise :(
  • If I won 1 million dollars, I would:update my bathroom
  • If I were a super hero I would:update my bathroom
  • Fashion I rather not see again:baseball caps worn backwards
  • Food I like:strawberry raspberry cheesecake
  • I don't like:birthers