Bronte Media

So I have finally surfaced from a sea of email, rss and conferences following the holiday season. Things are really started to take off with Homethinking which is great but unfortunately not great for my life.

In the danger of letting a thread die though, and the kindness of Mike and Charlie to include me in theirs, here are five things you might not know about me:

1. I am not a girl. Yes, despite my parents giving me a name that in 90% of the western world is a female name, I am actually a male. Granted in Eastern Europe, where my family was originally from, it’s not a girl’s name either.

2. In high school, I played in a regional table tennis tournament because a kid who actually qualified pulled out and my science teacher was organizing the event and needed someone to fill in. I didn’t win a game but in my interview for a University scholarship that is all the interviewer was interested in talking about and in the end I was given a $10,000/year allowance and met some of the best people in my life from the course. Somehow, I attribute some of the path I have followed in life to that fateful day of table tennis.

3. I will compete in almost anything. There is a demon inside of me that doesn’t necessarily want to win but beat someone with an equal passion for beating me. In a marathon if I came second last and the person I competing against came last, that would be OK with me. During 2005, I frequently played competitive drunken connect four at 4 am at a local hot dog place with my friends. I was never defeated.

4. I love sport. I love Basketball, Baseball, Rugby and Cricket. I even play cricket in New York. My ultimate goal is to own a professional basketball team in my home town of Newcastle, Australia before I am 35. Call me mini-Cuban.

5. I obsess over the life of Rupert Murdoch and his family. His passion for media is simply amazing and his pragmatism a lesson for anyone. I even believe that people should be given the choice of watching Fox News.

So there you have it. If I am correct Nate, Gary, Jay, Aaron and Ross have not been tagged yet.