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October 29, 2006

Meet the Flockers: John Henry Pakaluk

I am currently a junior at Thomas Aquinas College in southern California. Every student at the school studies the same things: philosophy, theology, mathematics, natural sciences, latin, music, and seminars in politics, ethics, history, economics, psychology, literature, and the rest.

I was born in Cambridge, MA but moved to Worcester, MA when I was two, where I lived until I was 17, living in three different houses. I did another year in Cambridge, then my family moved to the country, Lancaster, MA. They’re back in Cambridge now, but only for a year or two. I tell people I’m from Cambridge but I consider Lancaster to be home.

I work for IVES, Inc. as a lowly data-entry type. I therefore spend a lot of time on the internet researching financial and accounting information (fraud and the like), and also auditor trends, which information I primarily gather from the SEC database. My favorite part of the job, besides the pay, is that the SEC is a client of ours, which speaks loudly and humorously to the incompetence of government bureaucracy: the SEC pays us for their information.

My interests are a virtuous and intellectual life. After that, I’m a lover of music. I play piano and trumpet, both classically and jazzily. I’ve composed in both genres as well. I direct a choir here at TAC that has focused on the choral works of Anton Bruckner and, more recently, on english medieval carols (for Christmas). I’m a season subscriber to the LA Philharmonic.

Finally, in my wanderings over the web I stumble on innumberable things of interest. I doubt my posting activity will go much beyond linking to such things, allowing for some small amount of commentary.

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