Name:

Tom Ersin

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108

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April 20, 2009

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Metro Detroit Area

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Managing Editor | Writer

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theTomWeekly.com

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Kaplan University

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-------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: [ http://www.theTomWeekly.com ] I'm Managing Editor and Writer for theTomWeekly.com (an online magazine), which features commentary, politics, satire, current events, critical thought, humor, critical thought humor, and more. It skewers. It provokes. It laughs, cries, slices, and dices. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: [ http://www.TomErsin.com/AllSongs ] I also own a guitar and sing a little. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVITIES: Creative and journalistic writing (and, of course, reading); biking; running my dog, Bob Barker (he runs, I walk); politics; music; current events; movies; and saying, "Excuse me, would you please take that call out to the lobby?" -------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTATIONS: "Go sell crazy someplace else; were all stocked up here" (Brooks & Andrus, 1997). / "It depends on how you define 'alone'" (Clinton, 1998). / "A journey of a thousand miles . . . is a long frickin ways" (Ersin, 2009). / "I can only speak to myself" (Bush, 2005). / "Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?" (Hawking, 1988). / "For NASA, space is still a high priority" (Quayle, 1990). / "Marriage is a long-term commitment--but a tattoo, that's for life" (Ersin, 2008). / "I say tomato, you say cây cà chua" (Levinson & Markowitz, 1987). / "Those who fail to learn from redundancy are doomed to repeat it, again" (Emanuel, 2007).

Movies:

To Kill a Mockingbird (Mulligan, 1962), Mr. Holland's Opus (Herek, 1999), This Is Spinal Tap (Reiner, 1984), My Dinner With Andre (Malle, 1981), The Pursuit of Happiness (Muccino, 2007), Good Morning Vietnam (Levinson, 1987), Best In Show (Guest, 2000), Driving Miss Daisy (Beresford, 1989), What the Bleep Do We Know!? (Arntz, Chasse, & Vicente, 2004), All the President's Men (Pakula, 1976), Elmer Gantry (Brooks, 1960) -------------------------------------------------------------------- TV SHOWS: The Daily Show (not for my news), The McLaughlin Group, The Colbert Report, HBO Documentaries, Saturday Night, Live (though they're experiencing an entertainment lull), The Closer, Frontline, Six Feet Under, PBS Documentaries, The Academy Awards, Chappelle's Show, This Week with George Stephanopolous, Big Love, 60 Minutes (old faithful), The Grammy Awards, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and a dollop of occasional animated relief

Music:

Steely Dan, Maroon 5, John Mayer, Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, Tower of Power, Alicia Keys, Al Green, Ray Charles, a narrow slice of classic accentuated backbeat (e.g., The Who, Beatles, early Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Police), and a second helping of classic soul/R&B (e.g., Aretha Franklin; Motown; Earth, Wind & Fire; James Brown)

Books:

The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, 1925), Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig, 1974), Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (Franken, 2003), The Road Less Traveled (Peck, 1978), Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (Dannen, 1991), The Winds of War (Wouk, 1971), Misquoting Jesus (Ehrman, 2005), Poker According to Maverick ("Maverick, " 1959), Crossing to Safety (Stegner, 1987), People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (Peck, 1983), The Power of Now (Tolle, 1999), I'm OK--But Who Moved My One-Minute Cheese Parachute While Playing People Games and Then Pulled My Own String Into Your Erroneous Zone--You're OK (Anonymous Jokers, 1970-2000)