Almae Matres:
2004-05: UC Santa Cruz, M.A. Education
2001-04: New York University, B.A. English/American Literature
1997-2001: St. Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco)
1988-97: Discovery Center School (San Francisco)
Jobs:
Since 2007, writer/editor/various for SportingNews.com.
Previously: radio producer/voice, teacher, freelance writer.
Work Samples:
See links to writing and other work here.
Locations:
2010-present: Concord, NC
2007-2010: Charlotte, NC
2007: San Francisco, CA
2006: Gilroy, CA
2005-06: San Francisco, CA
2004-05: Santa Cruz, CA
2001-04: New York, NY
1983-2001: San Francisco, CA
Welcome Communications:
Tips, complaints, recipes, bon mots, kudos, lucrative job offers, and treasure maps.
Computers:
Outmoded iBook, Windows 7 netbook, and Android phone.
Tattoo:
Stylized number eight, between the shoulder blades.
Instruments:
Six-string acoustic Epiphone, twelve-string acoustic Simon & Patrick, six-string Stratocaster, and upright piano.
Roommates, past and present:
Brother, Eric B., Fudge L., Neil D., Frank R., Aaron G., Ben V., and The Official Wife of DavidAArnott.com.
Bow Ties:
One blue-white-black, one orange-white-black, one faded red-blue plaid.
Sports Fandom:
San Francisco Giants, Charlotte Bobcats, San Francisco 49ers, and U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team.
First Writers to Pop Into Head:
Klosterman, Hemingway, Talese, Posnanski, Morrison, Hornby…
Hero:
Roberto Clemente.
Family Pets:
Dog: Mr. B… turtle: Beastie… rats: Hot, Spot, Spot Jr., Cut-along, Robin, Mars, Nestle, Hershey, Bullet, and three others whose names escape memory… cats: Marley and Charity.
Least-Liked Word:
Festival.
TV Series Watched In Their Entirety:
Quantum Leap
Friday Night Lights
Yearbook Quote That, Unfortunately, Was Uttered Several Years After High School Graduation, but That Would Be Recommended to Any High School Senior That Solicits A Yearbook Quote Suggestion:
“If y’all see me in the news, and I make the news for something that I ain’t got no business making it for, don’t bash me. Say it was a young guy living.”
— Clinton Portis
