Name:
George Robert (bob) Tarr
Age: 25 ... you don't get
old until you feel old, right?
Birthplace: Saint Paul,
MN ... but it was June, so there probably wasn't any snow on the ground.
Hometown(s): Until 5th
grade -
Cherry Hill, NJ
Since then -
Moorestown, NJ
Current location:
State College, PA
"When I was in
college, I visited a school, I think it was Penn State, where
everything you saw for
four hours you could milk"
--Jon
Stewart, The Daily Show
Current occupation:
Professional Student --- 18th grade
Future occupation: Meteorologist
(no, NOT a weatherman)
Height: 6'4"
Weight: If it's summer
and I'm swimming a lot - 180-185 lbs... otherwise about 185-190
If it's 2000 and swimming's over - let's just not talk about how much I
weighed then, OK?
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Blue
Shoe size:
16 ... yikes!
College(s):
Undergrad:
College of the
Holy Cross, Woo-town, MA (math & economics major)
Grad school:
The
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
More randomness (some
questions "borrowed")
Meaning of life:
Things and/or stuff
Favorite movies: The
Godfather, Scent of a Woman, The Shawshank Redemption, L.A.
Confidential, Dead Poets' Society
Comedy
division: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Muppet Movie, opening
scene of Amazon
Women from the
Moon", opening scene from "Old School"
"She's
thirty yards away, you're still single"
--Beanie
Favorite music: The
Doors, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin
Not
dead/geriatric: Garbage, Bad Religion, Dire Straits
Favorite songs: "Love Her
Madly", The Doors; "Paint it Black", Rolling Stones; "All my Love", Led
Zeppelin
"Negative
Love", John Wesley Harding; "Romeo & Juliet", Dire Straits
Favorite sports team: The
Flyers edge out the Cubs in this category
Favorite Nascar driver:
You've got to be kidding
Favorite TV shows:
Married w/Children, Boston Public, Ed, The Practice, The Simpsons,
Family Guy
(note the LACK of reality TV)
3 Things important to me:
LOYALTY, putting friends/family ahead of everything, being in shape
3 Things not so important:
What the general population thinks, gossip, makeup
Favorite food: Nana's
meatballs, a big ol' steak if I haven't had one in a while, chicken
hollandaise
Favorite ice cream: If
you can't go to Italy ... mint chocolate chip at Bassett's in Philly
(Reading Terminal Market)
Favorite cheesesteak:
Pepper Jack cheesesteak at
Rick's
Steaks (also in Reading Terminal Market)
Favorite
Muppet: Have to go with Animal here ... or maybe
those two cranky old guys up in the balcony
Best giant inflatable cow on a roof:
This one
Best city in the world:
Philly!
Best relatively unknown food:
The panzarotti
Most embarassing moment:
You can't be embarassed if you don't care!
First car: Driven - '93
Buick LeSabre (a.k.a. "The Boat"), Owned - '99 Chrysler Sebring (a.k.a.
"The Cop Magnet")
In my future I see...:
Ownership of multiple dogs and at least one horse
Favorite vacation:
Wandering around Europe w/Steve and Homey
Favorite vacation spot:
International - Interlaken, Switzerland; Isle of Capri, Italy
National - Vegas; the Jersey Shore
(especially renting a place in O.C. w/my boys)
Sunrise or sunset: Upset
pick here - sunrise, just b/c I see it less frequently, so I appreciate
it more
Best swimming moment:
Patriots '98; finishing the 10K while sick, '02
Best moment of my life:
Don't think this one has happened yet
More to come... probably...
In the meantime, if you've got more bob trivia you want on this page,
just let me know!

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