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Douglas Matthew Mouton

Age: 39

Occupation: General manager of Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant and drummer for The Plagiarists

Place of birth: Houston

Q. When did you move to Routt County and what brought you here?

A. Feb. 1, 2002, in order to open the Rio in Steamboat Springs.

Q. What's the biggest risk you've taken recently?

A. I recently drove a borrowed minivan from Austin to Houston in the middle of an ice storm while sharing the road with a lot of people who were unfamiliar with driving on solid ice.

Q. Describe your morning routine.

A. I get up at 6 a.m. and cook breakfast with my oldest son, Kemper. Then I drink coffee and he drinks pirate coffee (juice).

Q. Has a book ever changed your life? What was it and why?

A. Many have: "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," by Hunter S. Thompson, because of the openness to various stimuli; "Nine Faces of Christ: A Narrative of Nine Great Mystic Initiations of Joseph, Bar, Joseph in the Eternal Religion," by Eugene E. Whitworth, because of its openness to religious beliefs; "The Pillars of the Earth," by Ken Follett, because of its openness to Historical Fiction, and many, many more.

Q. What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?

A. When you are experiencing something that gets you down, step back and observe the whole situation closely, and try to learn from that experience even if it is extremely painful.

Q. What did you want to be when you grew up?

A. A petroleum geologist (as was my father).

Q. If you could invite any four people to dinner, who would they be and what

would you talk about?

A. Ben, C.J., Denny and Tom and I believe we would discuss William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" and how man reverts there are to an uncivilized way of life when placed in a primitive environment, and how this relates to the annual gathering to review the Sports Ilustrated swimsuit issue.

Q. In the Meatloaf song, "I'll do anything for love, but I won't do that," what is that?

A. Go on Fear Factor.

Q. If you could go back in time, to what event or time period would you go?

A. I would prefer to go into the future out of sheer curiosity.

Q. What is your favorite thing to do in Routt County?

A. Get the family out on the lake and play music.

Favorites

Book: "On The Road," by Jack Kerouac

Song: The Clash, "1977"

Color: Purple

Food: Crawfish Ettoufee

Movie: "Repo Man"

Magazine: Flyfishing