About Dashiell

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Location:
United States
Primary occupation:
lately- boat captain
Dream occupation:
paid actor, writer
Hometown:
west hartford CT
Schools attended:
Shenandaoh Conservetory
I like:
big butts and I cannot lie. Just kidding, I like silly things, old time radio, music, water (boats, bathtubs, barefoot rain romps), the way Bugs Bunny dances, laughing, funny faces that my wife makes
Favorite writers:
Dashiell Hammett, Salinger, Richard Bach, W P Kinsella, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Favorite books:
I'll update this. I'm currently enjoying reading Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known by Don Knotts with Robert Metz, forward by Andy Griffith/ A Berkley Boulevard Book.
Favorite newspapers:
Based on the funnies: Chicago Trib. (get fuzzy, cavin & hobbes + peanuts reruns, blondie, I read em all.)
Favorite magazines:
If you went by what is in a pile on our living room floor: National Geographic, Smithsonian, ESPN, Vouge- these were obtained by wasted frequent flyer miles- do we actually read them? no. want some?
Favorite music:
oh, turned on by so many types of music, but I have to say live music is my favorite. When I hear good live music I become an instant groupie, wish I attended more of it. Find: Kate Callahan-folk.
Favorite movies:
It's a Wonderful Life, Raising Arizona, The Blues Brothers, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Punch Drunk Love, the Graduate, last movie that shockingly inspired me: My Date With Drew- check it out.
Favorite TV shows:
the Office (US&BBC), Monk (although I fear they may have jumped the shark- but Tony Shalhoub is still brilliant), House, Antiques Roadshow, Svengoulie, Guilty pleasures: Gilmore Girls and Smallville.
Favorite teams:
grew up with the NY GIANTS, wife is from the Steel City so I also opened my heart to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Current home teams: Bears&Cubs, and my hometown weeps the loss of the Hartford Whalers.
Favorite quote:
"Say brainless, don't you know where coconuts come from?"
Gender:
boy
Religion:
Guilty Catholic