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jgray

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

born in scotland, raised in nashville, play drums & piano, own a house, like super modern architecture and furniture, read as much as i can, have 2 dogs, can't tell if i am the silliest/goofiest or most serious person i know, but i do wear underwear on my head as much as possible.

The Wedding - Part 1

The Wedding - Part 2

My Interests

funny faces, accents, dressing sillily, playing music, reading, backgammon, racquetball, watching movies, food, argyle socks, relaxing, most anything involving naked people, words, NPR, sleeping, showering, costumes, smooching ... and occasional butt chomping

I'd like to meet:

libidinal, liberal, libertine, librarians

Music:

Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind & Fire, Commodores, Sly & the Family Stone, Billy Preston, Al Green, Lewis Taylor, the Meters, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Jamiroquai, Remy Shand, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Timmons, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Oscar Peterson, Supergrass, Iron Maiden, Hall & Oates, Serge Gainsbourg, Prince, Tom Waits ... and the one and only Leon Redbone

Movies:

City of Lost Children, Amelie, Delicatessen, Holy Grail, Withnail & I, Young Frankenstein, Princess Bride, Being There, Murder By Death ... anything with Peter Sellers, by Terry Gilliam, the Coen bros, Pedro Almodóvar, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, or Christopher Guest

Television:

nope

Books:

Neal Stephenson, Haruki Murakami, Tom Robbins, Stephen Fry, Noam Chomsky, Mercer Mayer, John Irving, Milan Kundera, Ayn Rand, JK Rowling, Michael Chabon, Gabriel García Márquez, the blokes who wrote Holy Blood-Holy Grail ... and, ok, I fully own up to having a crack-like addiction to Dan Brown books.

My Blog

Hitched

So, ummm, I just got hitched to Shalene France, now Shalene France Gray. Our officiant had a 12 inch fu manchu, elevator shoes and an afro. Pretty cool.
Posted by jgray on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:38:00 PST

What's in a word

So I was walking down the hall in the office and overheard something that made me pause and reflect. My conclusion: I don't wear blazers or slacks. But would I under a different alias, such as co...
Posted by jgray on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:36:00 PST

Daily Moment of Zen

I can't speak for everyone, but I have come to realize that what makes a good day ... you know, everything above the happiness baseline ... is really just the sum of the small, positive, daily ev...
Posted by jgray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ummmh ... yummy

so despite my aversion to it as a kid, i have become strikingly fond of peanut butter and jelly. not sure how long this one will play out, but meanwhile i'll continue to have sticky fingers.
Posted by jgray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

George Bush is still an idiot

i am trying to warm up to the guy, but he is like Alfred E. Newman without the humour.
Posted by jgray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

George W. Bush is an idiot

Just in case you haven't figured it out for yourself, G.W. Bush should not be president. He is just not suited for world leadership. Not sure i would even trust him to cut my grass.
Posted by jgray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST