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Derek the Sane

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

I was born in the midst of a Nor'eastern snowstorm. The women of my clan always give birth in the wintry conditions; it toughens the freshly-birthed children. And we don't allow weak children.Since then it's all been downhill.You might've noticed one thing- I'm sane. I felt I should put that out there. Avoids confusion in the long run.

My Interests

Critical Thinking; Current Events; History; Military History; Politics; Reading; Theology; Zeitgeist

I'd like to meet:

I've decided to replace this rant with a sort of general blankness. It's too difficult to summarize the kind of person whom I would like to meet, so I'll leave it open to all interested applicants.

Music:

Aberdeen City, La Guardia, Muse, Seal, Silversun Pickups

Movies:

Brick, Citizen Kane, The Fountain, Good Night and Good Luck, The Good Shepherd, Grosse Point Blank, Half-Nelson, History of Violence, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Lucky Number Slevin, Munich, The Prestige, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Snatch, Spy Game, The Way of The Gun

Television:

Californication, Dexter, House, Mystery Science Theater 3000

Books:

About Face, A Bright Shining Lie, American Gods, The Baroque Cycle, Cryptonomicon, Diamond Age, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Gates of Fire, The God Delusion, Good Omens, Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu, The Hitchhiker's Trilogy, The Hotel New Hampshire, The Jeeves Series, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Neuromancer, Neverwhere, The Number of the Beast, On Infantry, One Percent Doctrine, Platinum Grit, Snow Crash, Starship Troopers, Starship Titanic, Steel My Soldier's Hearts, Stranger in a Strange Land, Strategy, Street Without Joy, Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Winning Modern Wars

My Blog

Getting My Gun Off (Crossposted from Facebook)

So as I mentioned on this here note wall whatsit, I recently turned 21. Being as I'm a resident of the United States, that made me eligible to buy a handgun. Being a libertarian, a personal responsib...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:42:00 PST

New Details Surface

"Vice President Dick Cheney cursed at Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, in a confrontation on the Senate floor while members were having their annual group picture taken earlier this week... Accord...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:17:00 PST

Holy Crap Movie

So.On my brother's recommendation, I recently watched a movie.  A movie by the name of 'The Way of the Gun'.  This movie- released sometime in the year 2000- features Benicio Del Toro and R...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Fri, 26 May 2006 09:21:00 PST

When Shall We... One... Meet Again?

Thursday good?  No?  Not good for me either.  Friday?Seriously, though.  Stuff and the like.All right, off to kind of a weird start.  That's okay.  I can pick this up and...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Tue, 02 May 2006 10:35:00 PST

Wha-cha-cha!

I couldn't think of a good name for this.Basically I just wanted to point to the existence of my Livejournal; given that this has 118 views ever, and that has maybe three, I'm hoping I can transfer m...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:01:00 PST

Wombats

Wombats are fascinating creatures.  They're greatly underrated.  Unbeknownst to most people, wombats have incredibly delicious milk. It's prized in over thirty-seven countries and the packa...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Mon, 05 Sep 2005 03:40:00 PST

Quiz and Stuff

I made a quiz for you on QuizYourFriends.com.  Click on the link below or paste the bastard into your browser: http://www.quizyourfriends.com/yourquiz.php?quizname=0507170 21029-382391 Looks lik...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Meditations

When we interact with our environment, we change both the environment and ourselves.  The primary change within the self is the development of neural pathways and the interconnection of neurons.&...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Mesopotamian Mercantilism

Time is the only dimension (of the directly-perceivable four) to have a defined 'forwards' and 'backwards' that is commonly relative to all living things. Discuss.
Posted by Derek the Sane on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

First Thingy With The Posting And Suchlike

Yeah... I have... oh... half an hour or so to walk down to the Biology Lab and start some flies breeding in an experiment whose successful prosecution and outcome will determine a pretty damn good par...
Posted by Derek the Sane on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST