Pool Participant Profile: John Couch

A warm sweater is always a practical Christmas gift

Birthplace: 48.424181,-89.269656

Current residence: 44.608011,-63.479921

Profession: http://www.forces.ca/en/job/navalcombatsystemsengineeringofficer-82.

Wife: http://www.facebook.com/johnandstephaniecouch.

Children: 2.28 (Daniel, Hannah and ?).

Church: http://www.fhfbc.org.

Nickname: Sofa. [Editor's note: Also known as "Commander Couch" around these parts.]

Number of years as pool champion: Two, as far as I can recall.

Favorite NFL team: No firm allegiances (Bills 1988-1993, Packers 1993-1999, Browns 2000-2010ish). [Editor's note: Looks like John is once again looking for a new favorite team.]

Most hated NFL team: No reason to hate anyone.

Favorite NFL studio personality: Chris Berman.

Most annoying NFL studio personality: Michael Irvin.

Favorite sport: Hockey.

Favorite athlete: I like Joel’s Tebow pick, anyone singing “Our God is an Awesome God” during warm-ups is worth cheering for.

Christmas wishlist: Anything practical.

Favorite movie: Life is Beautiful.

Favorite TV show: Arrested Development.

What three items would you want if you were stranded on a deserted island? Bible, emergency position-indicating radio beacon, and do we have advance notice as to the expected climate? Should it be an Arctic climate, I’m going with extreme cold weather clothing. For temperate and tropical climates, I will chose a knife as my third item.

What would you do if you won this year's pool championship? Haven’t quite decided what I am going to do, probably nothing dramatic, maybe retire. [Editor's note: Bulletin board material for Patrick? He said, "what I am going to do," not "what I would do."]

Why does e=mc(squared)? Because we don’t yet have a better way to account for energy-mass equivalence.