Likes: Diet Coke, margaritas, reading the newspaper, the music of Mark Snow, proper grammar and mechanics, snarky commentary, television, Benjamin Cardozo, laptops, "Headlines" on Leno, Jill Hennessy.

Dislikes: Rudeness, chronic lateness, cell phones, phone bills, dialup, needlessly litigious people, students pursuing advanced degrees who nevertheless fail to understand correct apostrophe usage.

Favorite Shows: Crossing Jordan, SNL, Jeopardy!, and anything with the phrase "Law & Order" preceding the colon.

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BEN: The truth will set you free. It won't always make you happy.