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+# Favorite Foods
+
+- Pho
+- Tomato Pappu
+- Fry-up
+- Vosne Romanee
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+# Short Bio
+
+JD is a former philosophy major. Prior to--in some cases concurrent
+with--philosophy, he was a bass guitar player in different varieties
+of rock-ish bands, an anthropology major, a martial artist, a bartender,
+a wine salesperson, and many other things that may possibly constitute
+a mereological object from which an abstraction of a person may be
+derived.
+
+After attending one too many philosophy conferences at which the 
+desire-belief analysis of 'intention' was defended (from whom was
+not always clear), JD qua Joseph decided the discipline would have
+no problem--for the time being--making progress (or not) on the correct
+analysis of 'intention' without him.
+
+Furthermore, JD recognized that any philosophical writings he produced
+would have less to say about a world whose ontological domain is--perhaps in
+some way--extended daily by the computer industry, if he did not strive to
+gain some experience within, as well as an understanding of, the computational 
+arts. He decided the best way to do this was to 'get his hands as dirty as 
+possible.'
+
+Consequently, JD pursued some introductory coursework in computer science
+while still at university; then continued studies by way of self-learning,
+utilizing various internet resources. 
+
+In the autumn of 2015, JD became aware of the Zipcode program. With piqued
+interst and a strong desire to become a participant in the software industry,
+he applied for the program. He was ecstatic when he learned that he was 
+accepted into the January 2016 cohort.