Journeys of Jack Tripper

Hi. I'm Tim. Welcome to Journeys of Jack Tripper!

Why Jack Tripper? A few reasons. The late John Ritter was freakin' awesome, and we had the same birthday. So I always admired his character on Three's Company, and when I moved here to Florida in 2004 I lived in a house with two gorgeous sisters: a smart, sensible brunette and a ditzy blonde. It just seemed to work.

I'm a maverick doctoral student and occasional musician/comic. My music can be listened to and downloaded here. I also have a myspace and a music myspace. Check 'em out.

Where am I from? I'm a Florida resident since August 2004 (in New Tampa until July 2006, and the Countryside area of Pinellas since). Before that, I lived in Zanesville, OH; Ann Arbor, MI; Athens, OH; Tiffin, OH; and Napoleon, OH born and raised.

I am and will always be an Ohioan, no matter how much they let me down in this and any future elections.



For the four years before I moved to the Sunshine State, I coached a speech and debate team and was a professor at a small liberal arts college in eastern Ohio. It was nice. Now I'm a doctoral student at the University of South Florida in the communication department, focusing on American contemporary cultural traditions.

I spent several years teaching public speaking and poetry performance in a prison, and I'll be writing about that someday as well.

I like my Volkswagens and Macs and I own a house in Ohio which is for sale (no it's not i sold it on new year's eve 2004). I play the Yamaha P-80 piano and the Wechter Pathmaker guitar.

I'm morally bankrupt. I like my beer Labatt, my bourbon Evan Williams, and keep a fully-stocked winerack, though I don't really drink wine that often. If you like wine, email me, come visit, we'll drink heavily.

Ohio University '99. Go 'Cats. Eastern Michigan MA '00.

Read Philip Gourevitch's We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda. I can't recommend it enough.

Other solid books I've read recently: Loewen: Lies My Teacher Told Me
Wilson: Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World
Kissing: Running from the Devil
Giles: Chick for a Day
Stone (ed.): Close to the Bone