"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are: I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."
Lives in York, sounds like he should be a southerner (but most definitely is not), obsesses about the time when he used to be good at cross country & sport in general 'back in the day," loves messing around on the piano but currently isn't particularly good at it...blah blah blah... oh and he burns bagels like a bad-ass.