Andrew Jaffe: Leaves on the Line

Today’s internet meme has been passed to me by Gia, so, yep, more bloggy rubbish for you, and more about me than you wanted to know.

Four jobs I’ve had:

• University Lecturer and Astrophysicist
• Bookstore clerk
• Book, comic and music reviewer for New City News
• Atmospheric chemistry researcher at GISS, whose director has an excellent habit of telling the truth

Four movies I can watch over and over:

• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• Some Like it Hot
• Annie Hall
• House of Games

Four places I’ve lived (although the last iterations have had “liked”):

• Fort Lee, New Jersey
• Chicago
• San Francisco
• London

Four TV shows I love:

• Northern Exposure
• The West Wing
• The Muppet Show
• Twin Peaks

Four places I’ve vacationed:

• Mendocino, California
• Bevagna, Umbria, Italy
• The Lot Valley, France
• The Grand Canyon

Four of my favorite dishes:

• Sushi
• Ribollita
• Cantal cheese (raw milk only), a baguette and some tannic red wine
• Sticky rice with leaf (dim sum from Ton Kiang)

Four sites I visit daily:

• ArXiV.org
• New York Times
• Google, of course
• Dave Winer’s Blog

Four places I would rather be right now:

• A swanky cocktail bar sipping a martini
• At a concert by the Mekons
• San Francisco
• In orbit

Four bloggers I am tagging (you’re it!):

• Barry
• Rachel
• Marc
• Adriana