All about yourself!

[LastMcGovernite]

It's possible I did this many years ago, but still...

Age: 33
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Just celebrated my 4th anniversary
Race/ethnic composition: Polish/Swedish/German
Religion: Mainline Protestant
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 150ish?
Location: Singapore
Birthplace: Albany, NY area
Languages: English
Political Orientation: Card-Carrying member of the Christian Left
Occupation: History Professor
Favourite Book: Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Favourite TV Shows: Master of None, Jeopardy, Bojack Horseman, Star Trek: TNG
Favourite Movies: This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, the Disney animated canon
Favourite Bands: The Beatles, Elton John, Chicago, CSNY, Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls, Janelle Monae
Favourite Politicians: George McGovern, Amy Klobuchar, Hubert Humphrey, Ed Muskie, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Paul Henry, Mark Hatfield
Favourite President: Jimmy Carter
Favourite Sports team: Golden State Warriors- dating back to the Run TMC era.
Your other interests: Making tortellini soup, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, NBA history, Disney World
Year Joined Atlas: 2009 I guess?

[LastMcGovernite]

I’m sure I filled out some version of this several years ago...

Age: 37
Gender: Male
Sexual orientation: straight, but a gay icon
Race: White
Ethnicity: Polish, Swedish, German
Hair color: Darkest possible shade of blond
Eye color: Blue
Favorite color: Mustard Yellow
Relationship status: Married
Handedness: Right
Languages: English, a bit of Spanish, trying to learn Hindi
Location: Rochester, NY suburbs
Where was I born: Albany, NY area
House District: NY-25
Siblings: One younger brother
Favorite movies: Help!, A Mighty Wind, An American Tail, Big Fish, Last Jedi
Favorite TV shows: Star Trek: TNG, Bojack Horseman, The Good Place, Parks and Rec, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Favorite podcasts/radio shows: Rock Hall Watchers, Welcome to Nightvale, Retro Walt Disney World, Running Mates
Favorite Musicians: Beatles, Elton John, Chicago, CSNY, Indigo Girls, Janelle Monae, Brandi Carlile, Jimmy Buffett
Favorite sports team: Golden State Warriors from back in the Run TMC days
Favorite food: Falafel, quesadillas, veggie kofta, ziti
Occupation: Glorified adjunct for an American university’s satellite campus in Singapore
Party: Democrat
Political Orientation: Religious Left
Favorite American city: Denver, Portland in Maine, Saratoga Springs, Sioux Falls
Favorite International Cities: Singapore, London, Edinburgh, Quebec City
Favorite presidents:  Lincoln, both Adamses, Obama, Carter
Least Favorite Presidents: Trump, Bush 43, Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Calvin Coolidge
Favorite Inactive or Dead Politicians: George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, Ed Muskie, Walter Mondale, Mark Hatfield, Birch Bayh, Mo Udall
Favorite Active Politicians: Obama, Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Joe Biden, Julian Castro, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg
Other interests: Rock and roll hall of fame, Disney World, Jesus seminar/critical bible studies
Potent Potables: old-fashioned, scotch, UK Strongbow (not the swill they serve in America), Honey Brown Lager and Genessee Cream Ale

[LastMcGovernite]

What the heck...

Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1983
Hometown: Dilapidated Rust Belt Town, Upstate NY
Ethnicity: Half-Polish, Quarter-Swedish, Quarter-German
Relationship status:  Married for 10 years
Sexual orientation: Straight
Religion: As theologically liberal as you can get while remaining in Christianity.
Employment: Stay at home dad hoping to get back into academia

Eye color: Blue
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180 lbs
Smoker: No
Tattoos/Piercings: None
Glasses: Yes

Potent Potables: Abelour scotch, Old Fashioned, Baco Noir, Palmoas, Genessee Cream Ale
Favorite presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, John Quincy Adams, James Garfield
Favorite Also-Rans: George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, Hillary Clinton, Robert LaFollette, Wendell Willkie, Henry Clay

Favorite current politicians: Elizabeth Warren, Peggy Flanagan, James McGovern, Jon Tester, Julian Castro, Michelle Wu, Catherine Masto-Cortez, Raphael Warnock, Deb Haaland, Gretchen Whitmer, Paul Tonko
Favorite Places I've Visited: London, Singapore, Scotland, Agra, Adirondacks, Vermont, Bali, St. John's USVI


Favorite TV-Series: Star Trek: TNG, Bojack Horseman, RuPaul's Drag Race, classic Simpsons
Favorite movies: Not really a movie guy but Lord of the Rings, A Mighty Wind, Help!, This Is Spinal Tap,
Favorite songs: Heaven When We're Home (Wailin' Jennys), In the Passage (Dan Fogelberg), Here Comes the Sun (Beatles), Ballad of a Well-Known Gun (Elton John), Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits), Southern California Wants to be Western New York (Ani DiFranco), When the Ship Comes In (Peter, Paul & Mary), Q.U.E.E.N. (Janelle Monae), Temptation Eyes (The Grass Roots)

Other fun facts...

- My parents were at the Miracle on Ice game in 1980
- I was an acquaintance of George McGovern, talked to Gary Hart and Jim Abourezk on the phone, and saw Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Mike Rounds, Colin Powell, Harold Ford Jr, John Kasich, and John Thune speak in person.
- I played keyboards at the gayest church in Asia for several years, despite being a straight, white guy.