INTRO PROFILE

[Haggridd]

I have been posting up a lot today, please forgive me.  Pursuant to 
the rules, here is my profile:

Name:  John Kusalavage, M.D.

Nicknames:  Haggridd, Potions Master, Jojokumd

Age:  54

Family:  Divorced, two lovely daughters (non-custodial), now living 
alone.

Home:  Reared in NYC, been all over since adulthood, recently 
retired from the practice of Obstetrics & Gynecology   (I note that 
the Brits address gynecologists as "Mister", not "Doctor"), recently 
moved to Aiken, SC to rusticate.

Birthday & place of Birth:  February 19th, 1949 (but I am as 
compleat an Aquarian as one could find.  All the planets were in the 
house of Aquarius the year of my birth), St. Claire Hospital, 
Manhattan, NY

Education:  Medicine, with an intense interest in history.

Things we my want to know about you:  Politically, I consider myself 
a libertarian conservative-- e.g., Free markets rule!, hawkish on 
defense, laissaez-faire on social issues. Keep the government out of 
the library, the theaters, the publishing houses and the bedrooms.

First contact with Harry Potter:  Christmas, 1999.  I bought a boxed 
set of the first three books for my girls. I read them too, of 
course, and then i was fortunate enough to hve GoF come out so soon 
after I had read the others.

Favorite Potter things:  Book was PoA, but OoP is really growing on 
me after two readings and a listening.  Character is Hagrid, with 
the Twins tied (they have pulled ahaead by leaving Hogwarts early to 
open the joke shoppe)  Liked the PS/SS movie, was appaled by the 
things Columbus did with CoS.  I love my "Filk Maven" badge courtesy 
of Frankie.

Extent of Potter obsession:  Mild.  But my mild may be 
another's "out of their mind".  I have recently started writing 
filks, and I am truly obsessed by this.  I organized the 1st annual 
Pickled Toad Awards, bestowed during the recent Nimbus 2003 
convention.

Other interests:  The theater, from both sided of the proscenium.  I 
have played Amos from "Chicago" (to rave reviews), Sancho from "Man 
of La Mancha", and FDR in "Annie" and "Annie II". among other roles.
All music except Country.

Reading interests:  Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. John Rebus 
mysteries by Ian Rankin, the McCullough biography of John Adams,the 
Robert A Caro biographies of Lyndon Johnson. any alternate history 
books-- most recently by Harry Turtledove.

recent listening:  Sondheim's "Follies" so I can appreciate Caius 
marcius's latest filks

Recent viewing:  Tomb Raider-- don't bother!

Haggridd