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Quick Stats:
Born: May 8, 1971
Hometown: Forest City, North Carolina, United States
Height: 5
feet, 11 inches
Weight: 310 lbs (they don't call me BIG T for nothing!)
Bats: Righty Throws: Righty Writes: Righty
Education: East Rutherford (NC) High School 1985-1989
Isothermal
Community College 1989-1991 (Radio-TV Broadcast Tech)
1992-1994 (Pre-Liberal Arts)
Planning to enter Appalachian State University spring 2004 ( I hope!)
My interest include:
Science fiction (Babylon 5, Star Trek, near-future, space opera and Mars-based literature; also alternate
history)
Sports (baseball, American football, basketball, NASCAR auto racing, and sports in general)
Anime (mostly
Starblazers, aka Space Battleship Yamato)
History (US Civil War, Medieval and Renaissance, World Wars 1 and 2, and current
history)
Politics (Democrat, moderate)
Writing (sci-fi fan fiction, general science fiction, non-fictional commentary)
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My past job: worked in retail at Roses Stores, mainly as Electronics Department manager.
My current job: working
in corporate security for Spartan Security.
My future job: teaching history and social science in high school.
My
dream jobs: either morning radio DJ or sportscaster.
Goals for the future:
One year goal: new home for my mom and my aunt, new car for me and a new car for my sister.
Five year goal: graduate from Appalachian State with BS in History, secondary education, and start teaching in high school.
Possible work towards masters in education.
Ten Year goal: Either teaching in junior college or working in student affairs, or still teaching in high school.
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My Personal Favorites
Favorite movies: Blazing Saddles, Monty Python (all movies), Star Wars, Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Caine Mutiny, All the President's
Men, South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut!, and others
Favorite TV programs: Babylon 5, Crusade (B5 spinoff), Starblazers,
Star Trek DS9, Star Trek Next Gen, WKRP in Cincinnatti, ESPN's Sportscenter, Monty Python, Absolutely Fabulous, Red Dwarf,
South Park, Xena: Warrior Princess.
Favorite Foods: Italian, Mexican, French, and, of course, American.
Favorite Restaurants: Arby's, Hardee's, Shoney's, Denny's, Olive Garden, Hard Rock Cafe.
Favorite Books: Mars
Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Great War trilogy by Harry Turtledove
Stars and Stripes Forever by Harry Harrison
Mars and Return to Mars by Ben Bova
Favorite Video Games: Madden series, NCAA March Madness, NCAA Football,
Triple Play Baseball, NBA Football, NHL Hockey.
Favorite Music: Classic Rock, 80's pop and rock, some modern rock,
celtic music, progressive rock.
Favorite Artists/Bands: Clannad, Yes, Emerson Lake, and Palmer, Queen, Aerosmith,
Genesis
Nicknames that I have been known by:
Big T (for obvious reasons)
Voice of the Cavaliers (did baseball PA
Announcing in high school)
Jason Bond (old DJ name from college radio)
snowheel (adapted from Tarheel and
was nickname for fictional college that I "played for when I was a kid)
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