Perry is a minor blip in 21st-century American journalism, a field he majored in at select Bay Area colleges mostly because it sure beat English Lit. In 2004, Perry won the Associated Collegiate Press "Reporter of the Year" award. Although that honor earned him enough to pay rent that month he was not, alas, immediately awarded a staff position at The New York Times. Today, he remains fascinated with obscure words like "impecunious" and aspires to one day write a dictionary. Perry is a contributor to FunCheapSF and spends his time with thrifty zeal.