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<h1>About.</h1>
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<img id="aboutimg" src="/images/loveland-frog.png" alt="an artist's
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rendering of the Loveland frog monster" width=944 height=850
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<p>I grew up in South Dakota, and early in my working career was a
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pharmacist at my father's store. But deep in my heart, my true passion
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was politics. Pretty soon I went back to school and earned a bachelor's
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from the University of Minnesota, and a master's from LSU, both in
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political science.</p>
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<p>I then returned to U of M, planning to earn a doctorate and become a
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professor, but life had other plans. I married my wife of 43 years and
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raised four children. I ended up heavily involved in Minneapolis
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politcs and served as mayor for four years. </p>
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<p>After this, I was elected to the United States Senate. I was the
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leader of several important initiatives, and eventually was tapped to
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be my party's vice presidential nominee. We then cruised to victory in
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the general election.</p>
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<p>However, largely due to the public's disdain for the bloodshed in
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Vietnam, my running mate did not seek re-election. I then launched my
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own campaign, and was able to secure the party's nomination, but the
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war hung around my neck like an albatross. I ended up losing the
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election to Richard M. Nixon. Afterwards I returned to the Senate and
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served until my death in 1978.</p>
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<h2 class="cleared">Favorites.</h2>
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<h3>Albums.</h3>
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<p><cite>Oceanic</cite> - ISIS</p>
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<p>Effortlessly glides between beautiful instrumentals and
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head-banging metal. Even if you don't like harsh vocals, do me and
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you both a favor and listen to Weight - it's instrumental.</p>
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<p><cite>Panopticon</cite> - ISIS</p>
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<p>Like Oceanic, but a little more instrumental and a bit fewer
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harsh vocals. If that sounds better to you, try this one first.</p>
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</li>
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<p><cite>Ants From Up There</cite> - Black Country, New Road</p>
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<p>Gorgeous modern rock album. Basketball Shoes is one of the
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greatest songs ever made.</p>
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<p><cite>Ashes Against the Grain</cite> - Agalloch</p>
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<p>Atmospheric metal. Love the guitar riffs.</p>
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</li>
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<p><cite>In Rainbows</cite> - Radiohead</p>
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<p>If you only listen to one Radiohead album, it should be this
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one. Probably one of the greatest indie rock albums ever.</p>
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<p><cite>Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness</cite> - Smashing
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Pumpkins</p>
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<p>A double album that's all over the place sonically in the best
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way possible. I may never forgive Hot Chelle Rae.</p>
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</li>
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<p><cite>Flood</cite> - Boris</p>
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<p>This album is actually just one 70 minute song (in four parts).
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Very long. Very slow. Largely instrumental. Not for the
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impatient.</p>
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</li>
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<p><cite>Solace</cite> - Jakob</p>
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<p>Very pretty instrumental post-rock.</p>
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<p><cite>Emergency & I</cite> - Dismemberment Plan</p>
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<p>Indie/math rock with some of my favorite lyrics from any album.
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Basically no misses. At any given moment I probably have the
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keyboard riff from The City stuck in my head.</p>
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<p><cite>The Downward Spiral</cite> - Nine Inch Nails</p>
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<p>Probably the most violent, depressing album I've ever heard.
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That being said, oddly catchy.</p>
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<p><cite>Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven</cite> -
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor</p>
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<p>Even if you're not into long, instrumental pieces, you should
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listen to Sleep. Just once. For your own sake. Also an incredible
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band to see live.</p>
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<p><cite>Stage Four</cite> - Touche Amore</p>
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<p>A screamo album about the singer losing his mother to cancer.
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Heart-wrenching, catchy, and beautiful all at once.</p>
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<p><cite>Mirror Reaper</cite> - Bell Witch</p>
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<p>Another album that's actually just one long 80 minute song, in 2
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parts (or 4). You'll know if it's your thing after the first 7
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minutes or so, if not sooner.</p>
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<p><cite>Sunbather</cite> - Deafheaven</p>
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<p>Blend of black metal and shoegaze. Simultaneously pretty and
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heavy.</p>
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<p><cite>Somewhere Along the Highway</cite> - Cult of Luna</p>
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<p>More atmospheric metal. No misses IMO. Feels wrong to call out
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just one track, but Dim has one of the greatest buildups I've ever
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heard.</p>
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<p><cite>This Will Destroy You</cite> - This Will Destroy You</p>
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<p>More very pretty instrumental rock. If you've seen Moneyball,
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you'll have a Leo-DiCaprio-pointing-at-the-TV moment listening to
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this.</p>
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<p><cite>Siamese Dream</cite> - Smashing Pumpkins</p>
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<p>A classic. Some incredible guitar solos. Think I prefer Mellon
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Collie overall, but Mayonaise is an all-timer.</p>
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<h3>Movies.</h3>
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<p>2001: A Space Odyssey</p>
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<p>The prettiest movie I've ever seen. You could take every frame
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of it and hang it on your wall. Slow paced, but that isn't a bad
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thing.</p>
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<p>The Dark Knight</p>
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<p>One of the greatest superhero movies of all time.</p>
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<p>Spider-Man 2</p>
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<p>The other greatest superhero movie of all time.</p>
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<p>The Big Short</p>
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<p>My guilty pleasure movie because I'm worried it makes me too
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close to having the same tastes as a finance bro.</p>
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<p>Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure</p>
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<p>Much funnier than I expected.</p>
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<p>Inglourious Basterds</p>
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<p>Favorite Tarantino. The opening is one of the most tense scenes
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I've ever watched.</p>
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<p>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</p>
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<p>If someone tells me they don't like this movie, I write them off
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as having a terrible taste in comedies.</p>
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<p>Napoleon Dynamite</p>
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<p>Knew I would enjoy it from the very first scene.</p>
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<p>Clerks</p>
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<p>Some great dialogue and acting. Now every time I see the number
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37 somewhere, I think "... in a row?".</p>
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<p>My Cousin Vinny</p>
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<p>Knew people gushed about this movie, but it was even funnier
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than I expected.</p>
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<p>The Departed</p>
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<p>A great thriller.</p>
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<h3>TV shows.</h3>
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<p>Nathan for You</p>
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<p>Possibly the funniest show I've ever seen. The first episode
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might seem dumb. Stick with it for at least two or three more
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episodes, it improves quickly.</p>
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<p>Veep</p>
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<p>Also possibly the funniest show I've ever seen. Has some of the
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most hysterical, most vulgar, most incredible one-liners ever.</p>
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<p>Community</p>
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<p>One of the most unique and creative sitcoms you'll ever watch.</p>
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<p>Arrested Development</p>
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<p>A classic. Thinking about it, similar to Community in a few ways.
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LomnFmhdPE">Please tell your friends about this show.</a>
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<p>It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</p>
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<p>If you haven't heard of this one, you must have been cut off
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from the outside world since at least 2005. In that case, I've got
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bad news about basically everything that's happened since then, but
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at least you can catch up on this show.</p>
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<p>Workaholics</p>
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<p>Very similar vibes to IASIP.</p>
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