Players Club of Swarthmore – Swarthmore, PA

JM: “Maybe I’m Amazed.” The lyrics emphasize how confusing and overpowering love is:. When you’ve found a love that fills you up, you want to spend your lifetime finding all the reasons why it works so well. Plus, Paul McCartney’s voice.

JM: I was once visiting NYC and killing some time between a Broadway matinee and an evening concert. I sat at one of those tables in the area near Times Square and read a book about the end of the world, and something about the combination of the two made the experience so immersive. So, while Times Square might not actually be my favorite spot, it is the spot of my most vivid personal experience in NYC.

JM: Cavanaugh’s in Rittenhouse Square. The servers there know me and what I like, and always recommend great beer.

JM: Maddie Pipe, I love you because you are hope and joy. You’re the future of our family, and I couldn’t be prouder to be your uncle.

JM: Sarah McLaughlin in fourth grade. We had to do some kind of project together that involved making a duck from modeling clay. We hung out for three out of four afternoons for one week. It was magical.

JM: Joss Whedon. We could talk about the early days of Pixar, all his brilliant but cancelled TV series, musicals, Shakespeare…I think Joss Whedon and I would be friends.

JM: Music. I could not and do not go a day without listening to some kind of music.

JM: I’m a big fan of Memorial Day. It has all my favorite things: The Shore, summer beers, grilling and friends.

JM: Puns. It must be the English major in me, but I love wordplay.