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I AM »» An assistant/goalie water polo coach at my alma mater, Macalester College »» Always on the lookout to speak Spanish whenever possible »» A perma-athlete, always involved in at least one rec league sport »» Originally from Vermont and Washington, now a Minnesota transplant with the accent to prove it »» Married to a patient, analytical partner who luckily is a much better cook than I »» Someone who favors biking and public transit whenever possible »» A forever fan of the movies The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, and The Sting »» Finally recovered from getting lost in Disneyland on a high school band trip, in the pre-cell phone era (terrifying!) »» Someone who enjoys trying healthy/unusual dessert recipes »» Happy I joined the BT family and have a challenging job that is never boring
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»» Helping to build a home on every possible continent – lucky for me Habitat for Humanity does not build in icy Antarctica »» A yogi living a whole foods, plant-based life »» Going to see the Northern Lights this year and someday the mountain gorillas »» Afraid of heights, public speaking, GMOs and a border wall »» Sickly addicted to true-crime dramas and therefore never getting married – can you believe the husband did it AGAIN? »» Sponsoring five elementary school students in Haiti
»» A car guy, through and through, whose goal is to save the manual transmission »» A Massachusetts expat who used to have a hardcore Boston accent »» A former competitive gymnast who trained for 10 years »» A proud father of two awesome girls who love to dance »» A husband to a doubleIvy-League-educated, loving wife whose brownies should be world famous »» Someone who knows that single track trails on his mountain bike are his happy place »» Tech and social media savvy
»» A baseball fan who has spent many a day or night at the friendly confines aka Wrigley Field, and I AM old enough to have seen Ernie Banks play at 1B »» A hiker of portions of the Inca, Hermit, North Country, Appalachian and Oregon trails »» Getting into podcasts. Suggestions? »» Grateful that Mark Rust hired me
»» A clothes horse »» A Middlebury alumnus who lived in Madrid for a semester during junior year
I AM »» A black man who loves his wife, children, grandchild, family, and himself »» A seeker of mastery of self and life »» A meditator »» A poet – composing and consuming poetry »» A “conspiracy theorist” who looks beyond the surface of things and events – what is most visible is often never what’s most important »» A bibliophile, especially loving books about history, religion, self-mastery, law, mystery, military, spy novels, biographies, and Sherlock Holmes »» A fan of jazz, old-school R&B, neo-soul and funk music »» A questionable but joyful golfer »» An avid movie-goer – lover of action thrillers, psych and suspense thrillers, and comedy movies
»» Crazy about rock music and was ready to liquidate »» A trial lawyer who one day will lay down his sword his 401(k) to see the Led and shield, down by the Zeppelin reunion show at riverside, and ain’t gonna the O2, if I won the ticket study war no more after lottery that. Yes, I love Negro Spirituals, and I will not fight beyond my prime.
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