Vlad (Wlodek) Wielbut 3745 Fieldcrest Lane Ypsilanti, MI 48197 tel.: (734) 644-4796 e-mail: wlodek at umich dot edu

Family name:
Allegedly of Lithuanian origin. Original spelling: Wialbut (changed by a clerical error when great-grandfather returned to Poland from Siberia, where he had been sent for his participation in 1863 uprising.)


Marital status:
Married:
Wife's name: Malgorzata. One child: Matt (Mateusz).


Citizenship:
American (since September 1995).

Favorite books (sampler):
Mikhail Bulhakov's "Master and Margarita"
Joseph Heller's "Catch 22"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
Voltaire's "Candid"
Giovanni Boccaccio's "Decameron".

Favorite music (sampler):
Pink Floyd: "Meddle"
Sting: "Nothing Like the Sun"
Keith Jarrett: "The Koeln Concert"
J. McLaughlin, A. DiMeola, P. DeLucia: "Saturday Night in San Francisco"
Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"
Genesis: "Wind and Wuthering"
W. A. Mozart: "Requiem"
Vangelis: "Voices"
Josh Groban: "Closer"

Favorite films (sampler):
"The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover"
"Bridges of Madison County"
"City Slickers"
"Pulp Fiction"
"Little Big Man"
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
"Dune"
"2001: Space Odyssey"

Political views:
Independent with a strong libertarian tilt
Opposed to: racism (in any direction), socialism, censorship

Religion:
None. Cultivates highly abstract and fuzzy ideas in the spiritual domain.

Enjoys:
Books (especially those related to current events and trends in the world)
Bicycling
Ocean (beach and waves)
Music (all kinds, as long as it sounds good)


Dislikes:
Television
Mass sport events
Fanatics of any sort
Political correctness
Bleeding-heart liberals and left-wing lumpenintelligentsia
Religious fundamentalism (any and all, but Islamic in particular after September 11, 2001)