Hugo Schwyzer is the eponymous blog of a community college history and gender studies professor, animal rights activist and Episcopal youth minister with a passion for Christ, chinchillas, trail running, poetry, gender justice, country music, and reconciling contradictions.
Email me at hbschwyzer@gmail.com
See Flickr photos here.
My old Typepad blog was deleted October 2007.
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Pertinent — and not so — Data:
Education:
Carmel High School, class of 1985
Bachelor of Arts, UC Berkeley, 1989
Master of Arts, UCLA, 1991 (Medieval History)
Doctor of Philosophy, UCLA, 1999
Miscellaneous:
Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, Cottage Hospital
Birthdate: May 22 (12 Iyar)
Myers/Briggs: ENFP, married to an ESTP
Favorite color: Green
Favorite animal: chinchilla
Favorite dog breed: three way tie between dachsunds, Chesapeake Bay retrievers, and pommies
Favorite Movie: Widow of St. Pierre
Favorite Music: Bluegrass, alt.country, folk. Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, David Allen Coe, Gram Parsons, Randy Travis, Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard, Tift Merritt, The Weepies, Aimee Mann, Ani DiFranco, John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, Indigo Girls, Uncle Tupelo, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Ryan Adams, Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton, Be Good Tanyas, Loretta Lynn, Caedmon’s Call, Shawn Colvin, Jennifer Knapp, Joan Baez, Wailin’ Jennys, Dar Williams, Jackson Browne.
Favorite poems: Merwin’s Vixen., Auden’s Runner
Marathon PR: 3:13:51, Pittsburgh 1999
Favorite shoe: Asics Trail Attack (dirt), Asics Speedstar (pavement)
Favorite sports teams: Newcastle United, Exeter City, Cal Golden Bears football, Atletico Nacional, Duke women’s basketball, UCLA softball.
Favorite actor: Billy Crudup
Favorite actress: Toni Collette
Favorite spots on earth: Snowdonia National Park, Wales; Carmel and my family’s ranch, California; the rolling hills of horse country, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Favorite jeans: Sacred Blue
Where I shop online and where you should too: Moo Shoes
Where I get a lot of my calories: Vega
What I drink when I want something sweet: Virgils.
Where I box: Classic Kick Boxing
Living Heroes: Pete Seeger, Ingrid Newkirk, John Stoltenberg, Marcia Hovick, Neal Barnard, Jerry Vlasak, Gary Francione, Scott Jurek, Paula Radcliffe, Richard Mouw, Ron Sider, Michael Kimmel, my family.
Favorite psalms: 102, 37 (1-11)
Favorite NT verses: Romans 12:1-2, John 16:12-14 John 21:15-19, Romans 8:38-39, Phillippians 4:4-7, 1 Peter 3:13-17
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