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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)
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