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Ten Things You Should Know about John Abbott:
1. Prince Charles gave him windsurfing tips at a luncheon in Houston.
2. His Australian Shepherd, Coby, is named after Kurt Cobain.
3. While a student journalist at the University of Florida, he received the Cattle Quarterly’s “Best of Beef” award for a story on the angus industry.
4. His master’s thesis explored the use of vampirism in Byron’s “Oriental Tales.”
5. He had a near-death experience at a Led Zeppelin concert in Tampa in 1977 when a torrential downpour forced the band off stage and the crowd stampeded.
6. He wanted to be an oceanographer or a secret agent when he grew up.
7. He has a headless mannequin in his office named “Emma.”
8. He has coached junior racquetball for more than 15 years, and produced one state champion.
9. One of his favorite smells — besides his mother’s pasta sauce — is the moldering, slightly dusty odor of a used record store.
10. He still regrets his decision to sell his 1969 Firebird convertible.
CREDITS:
Design: Maggie Kawaoka
Tea and Sympathy: Teresa Ruano
