Little Toy Robot

I was born in New York, grew up mainly in Florida, went back to New York for college, and it looked like I’d be there all my life. But then someone lit a fire under my ass and I made a quick move to Atlanta and then on to Chicago.

So now I’m in Chicago.

“Little Toy Robot” is a nickname I made up around the time my brother got in trouble with his employer for blogging under his own name. I like robots.

I love to read. Some of my favorite authors are Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Jeff VanderMeer, China Mieville, Mervyn Peake, M. John Harrison, Kim Stanley Robinson, Cynthia Ozick, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Bruno Schulz, Zoran Zivkovic, Vladimir Nabokov, Witold Gombrowicz.

A list of my favorite books would place these three near the top: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon, The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson, and The Enquiries of Dr. Eszterhazy, by Avram Davidson.

My favorite nonfiction writer is Lawrence Weschler. My favorite comic book author is Alan Moore.

Music is a huge part of my life, despite being partially deaf in one ear. All-time favorites include: Uncle Tupelo (and its offspring), Big Star, Pavement, Silver Jews, XTC, The Flaming Lips, Beulah, Jellyfish, Yo La Tengo, The Decemberists, Quasi, Velvet Underground (and both Lou Reed’s and John Cale’s solo work).

I love baseball. I also love playing fantasy baseball. I am a Yankees fan. When I was growing up, the Yankees weren’t a good team and Don Mattingly was my hero. I am sympathetic to teams in cities that I’ve lived in, such as the Florida Marlins and the Atlanta Braves.

This entry was posted on Sunday, January 8th, 2006 at 10:45 am and is filed under general.