Skerre

Doug, "taking a rest" picture by Ian Harwood, spring 2002

Brief Bio

I was born in Denver, Colorado, USA and I was raised in the Denver metropolitan area, living in a couple of the surburbs (Lakewood and what is now known as Centennial). After winding through the Littleton Public School system, I graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1999. I then headed off to the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY (in the western part of New York state). After four years there, I graduated with a BA in Linguistics. Most recently, I have moved to California and am now in the PhD program in Linguistics at Stanford University (See my work page for more).

For further biographical details about me related to particular interests of mine, see this page (for conlanging/linguistics) and this page (for music)

Other Interests

• Sports
  • Favorite Sports: (American) Football, Baseball (I generally prefer team sports)
  • Favorite Teams: Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies, Stanford's teams
  • Sports played (years in parentheses): football (in 9th grade, one of the more interesting decisions I made in my life), basketball (grades 3-8), baseball (grades 1-3), and swimming (grades 1-6).

• Humor
  • Kinds of Humor: Jokes, Puns, In-Jokes, Sarcasm, Repetitive Humor (I'm a much better audience than comedian)
  • Current Favorite Comedy TV Shows: The Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, and That 70s Show
  • Past Favorites: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Home Movies, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Are You Being Served?, Seinfeld, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Saturday Night Live.

• Science Fiction
  • Franchises: Star Wars, Star Trek, and Spider-Man
  • Author: Philip K. Dick (his books and the movies made from them)
  • Other Science Fiction Work: Dark City, The Handmaid's Tale

• Other interests: History, geography, anthropology (broadly construed), and trivia

A Few of My Favorite Things

• Favorite Kind of Football Play: the Field Goal Attempt
• Favorite Baseball Play: Inside the Park Home Run
• Favorite Animal: Seal
• Favorite Star Wars exchange:
  Chewie: (roars)
  Han Solo: I'm sure he[Lando]'s forgotten about that by now.
• Favorite Food: Lefse (Norwegian potato pancakes)
• National Flag with the Coolest Design: The flag of St. Lucia