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Bio ... the Cliff's Notes version

You can link to my official biography. Or you can find out the real story:

Political affiliation: Unaffiliated. I was a Democrat more than 20 years ago.

Favorite subjects to write about: Local politics, growth and planning issues and community leadership.

Favorite television programs: HBO's "The Wire," a richly textured police drama set in Baltimore that casts its characters as real, multidimensional people (what a novel idea).

Favorite movies: An underrated Paul Newman courtroom drama, "The Verdict"; the deservedly praised 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee's novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," with Gregory Peck; and the big little Oscar hopeful, "Sideways," a sad, funny comedy about mid-life that gives its audience credit for thinking.

Favorite hobbies: Model trains, N Scale.

Pets: One dog, a Lhasa apso named Pepper.

Cell phone: None. I don't believe in 'em.

Favorite book: Ralph Ellison’s great American novel about race and identity, "Invisible Man."

Favorite music: Old stuff, including Earth Wind & Fire, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, Chaka Khan and of course, P-Funk.

Guiltiest pleasures: Oldies radio, because it's everything most of radio isn't today (eclectic); the "Alien" movies; Diet Mountain Dew.

Favorite memories about growing up in Greensboro: "The Old Rebel and Pecos Pete Show"; Lee Kinard telling us school was canceled because of snow; the miniature train in Country Park; playing in the full-sized replicas of fighter jets at A&T.

Most embarrassing moment: A male college student's worst nightmare: Falling out of an elevator as a woman I was trying to impress was watching.

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