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Home Town
Williamsville, New York
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Current Reading
"Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across
the American Divide"
by Tony Horwitz
(Reading Archive)
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On my IPod
"Unapologetically"
Kelsea Ballerini
"Desperate Man"
Eric Church
(Music Archive)
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Sports Team Loyalties
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Buffalo Bills
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San Antonio Spurs
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Florida State
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Syracuse Orange
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NCAA Football
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NCAA Basketball
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Kansas Jayhawks
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Buffalo Sabres
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Georgia Gymdogs
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Buffalo Braves
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Penn Quakers
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NCAA Basketball
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(franchise moved)
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Favorite Chicken Wings
Wings, Suds & Spuds
Moon Township, PA
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Duff's
Amherst, NY
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BuffaLouies
Bloomington, IN
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Ten Bells Tavern
Dallas, TX
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Second Tier: Anchor Bar (Buffalo); The Chicken or the Egg (Long Beach Island, NJ); Nando's Peri-Peri (Washington, DC)
Pretty Good Regionals: Casa di Pizza (Sarasota, FL); Native New Yorker (Tempe, AZ); Toons (Chicago)
Favorite Current Television Shows
The Blacklist
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Blue Bloods
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ABC Suncoast News
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Stumptown
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Chicago PD
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Total Divas
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Big Brother
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Legends of Tomorrow
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Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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Victoria
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Nancy Drew
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Lucky Dog
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Funny You Should Ask
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Brockmire
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Honorable Mention: Tessa & Scott; Good Talk w/ Jeselnik;
Riverdale; The Goldbergs;
Life in Pieces
Favorite Developed Characters
"Alex Danvers"
Supergirl
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"Jimmy Shive-Overly"
You're the Worst
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"Ginny Baker"
Pitch
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"Marty Deeks"
NCIS L.A.
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"Rebecca Logan"
Greek
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"Tessa Virtue"
Tessa & Scott
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"Paul Briggs"
Graceland
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"Jeff Bingham"
Rules of Engagement
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"Ellie Torres"
Cougar Town
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"Sofia Rodriguez"
Young & Hungry
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"Doug Guggenheim"
House of Lies
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Favorite Vintage Television Shows
The Fall Guy
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Fresh Prince of Bel Air
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Veronica Mars
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The Shield
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La Femme Nikita
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Rules of Engagement
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I'll Fly Away
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She Spies
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In the Heat of the Night
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Dr. Katz
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Jack & Jill
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The Muppet Show
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Silk Stalkings
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Cougar Town
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Big Bang Theory
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House of Lies
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You're the Worst
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Parts Unknown
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The Americans
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The Good Wife
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Honorable Mention: Justified; Perception;
Greek; Young Riders;
Hell on Wheels; The League;
Game of Thrones; Magnum P.I.
Favorite Non-Chain Restaurants
Peter Luger
Brooklyn
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Eleven Madison Park
New York City
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The Drover
Omaha, NE
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Coco Pazzo
Chicago
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Johnny's Pizzeria
Cheektowaga, NY
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Honorable Mention: Gibsons (Chicago); Firehouse Brewing Company (Rapid City, SD); Union Square Cafe (New York City)
Nirvana (New York City); 8th Street Steakhouse (Steamboat Springs); Thai Aroma (Chicago)
Favorite Actors and Actresses
Amanda Peet
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Peter Gallagher
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Marina Squerciati
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James Caan
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Missy Peregrym
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Tom Selleck
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Patina Miller
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Natasha Henstridge
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A.J. Cook
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Anson Mount
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Saoirse Ronan
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James Spader
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Bianca Kajlich
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Vincent D'Onofrio
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Sutton Foster
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Honorable Mention: Claire Coffee; Kathy Bates; Larry David;
Chloe Bennet; Tony Shalhoub;
Maria Thayer; Rutina Wesley;
Dilshad Vadsaria; Zoe Lister-Jones; Ali Larter
Favorite Vintage (closed) Restaurants
Zed's Ethiopian
Georgetown
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Cité Grille
New York City
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Opera
Chicago
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Au Mandarin
New York City
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Sophie Truck
West Philadelphia
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Honorable Mention: Magic Moment (Siesta Key, FL); Brother Jimmy's Bait Shack (Yorkville, NYC); Chart House (Fort Myers, FL);
The Brown Derby (St. Pete Pier, FL); Thai Star Cafe (Chicago); Hop Haus (Chicago); Friar's Table (Buffalo)
Favorite Movies
The Patriot
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Shenandoah
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The Game
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Cold Mountain
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Elf
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Strange Brew
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The Ring
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The Thing Called Love
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What's Love Got
to Do With It
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Night Falls on
Manhattan
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Blade Trinity
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12 Years a Slave
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Semi-Pro
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Stick It
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Green Book
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Honorable Mention: Oh Brother Where Art Thou; Columbiana;
The Spanish Prisoner; Enemy at the Gates
Favorite Fast Food
Popeyes
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Pinks Hot Dogs
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Potbelly
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In-N-Out Burger
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Bojangles
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Honorable Mention: Arby's; America's Dogs; Roy Rogers
Favorite Books
Coming of Age in
Mississippi
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Where the Red
Fern Grows
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The Story About Ping
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Jefferson's War
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Favorite Comedians
Anthony Jeselnik
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Iliza Shlesinger
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Nikki Glaser
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Jon Lajoie
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Dragon Boy Suede
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Honorable Mention: Steven Wright; Mitch Fatel; Dennis Miller;
Sarah Silverman
Louis C.K.; Lewis Black; Wanda Sykes;
Katie Haller
Best Pizza
Powelton's
West Philadelphia
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Gino's East
Chicago
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Grimaldi's
Brooklyn & Hoboken
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Il Panificio
Sarasota, FL
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Pasta La Pizza Baby
Gulf Gate, FL
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Favorite (Non-Sports) Columnists and Bloggers
Lewis Grizzard
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Alexandra Petri
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Bret Stephens
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Nate Silver's 538
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Dr. Sarah Britten
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Favorite Athletes
Danielle Rouleau
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AJ Burnett
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1988 Blizzard Defense
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Jamie "Fury" Reed
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Inge de Bruijn
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Andrew McCutchen
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Jenn Stuczynski Suhr
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Mikaela Shiffrin
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Anthony Rendon
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Caroline Doty
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Tre'Davious White
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Jodi Boam
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Alex Morgan
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Susan Salazar
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Chris Paddack
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Honorable Mention: Alina Popa; Ted Washington; Bailey Shuck;
Daniel Briere; Cindy Landolt; 1999 Sabres;
Christmas Abbott
Jim Kelly; Drew Bledsoe; Sherman Douglas;
Shannon Courtney; Thurman Thomas;
Garrett Jones; Holland Davis Canter
Sarah Backman-Rotunda; Jason Grilli;
Penpraghai Tiangngok; Theresa Ivancik;
Rachel Campbell; Kawhi Leonard
Areas of Historical Study
Hapsburg Dynasty
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Congress of Vienna
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Ecumenism
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Antebellum South
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Legacy of the
Dunning School
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Favorite Chain Restaurants
Grand Lux Cafe
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Pappadeaux
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P.F. Changs
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Uncle Julio's
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Chart House
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Other Cool Things and Random Interests
Roto Baseball
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Legos
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Zubaz
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Statistics
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Weightlifting
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Animal Welfare
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Songwriting
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Home Design
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Snow Skiing
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Environmental
Restoration
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Copyright © 2014-20 Stephen J. Bierer - All Rights Reserved
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