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DENNIS A. MAHONEY is the kind of guy you’d respect if he’d done something really impressive.

He was born and raised in Troy, NY, home of Uncle Sam and the 3rd largest cemetery in the United States.

When he was two, a waitress dropped a bowl of olive oil on his head.

His grammar school report cards graded students on “Desk Neatness.” He scored F’s.

Dennis has delivered newspapers, produced microfiche, filed routing slips, entered data, and worked as a TV researcher. He was a soda jerk for seven years. He rarely dated.

He is currently a copywriter for a publishing house in Westport, CT, the affluent community that drove Martha Stewart away with sticks and torches. For now, he likes his job. He lives elsewhere.

Dennis drinks coffee. He quits smoking twice a year. He is happily married. He favors green. He enjoys weather. He wears the same shoes every day.

He eats alone.

If you want to know more about Dennis, read I.D.

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