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MC

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About Me

"Dilittante and Gentleman of Leisure"
(d.h., "Beruflicher Taugenichts")

Diver, Musician, All Round Great Guy, A Legend in my Own Mind.

My Interests

Diving (commercial and recreational)- Music - German stuff - Traveling

I'd like to meet:

Everyone I'd like to meet has died already!

Music:

All kinds, from Classical to Oom-Pah to Dixie to Country.

Haven't heard any Rap or Hip-Hop I particularly care for, but if you catch me in the right mood, I'm open to suggestions.

Movies:

Men of Honor
Excalibur
Beowulf

Television:

Can't really get excited about anything on the tube.

Six Feet Under was good.
Deadwood was excellent.

"Reality" shows really put me to sleep.

Books:

Class 29 by John C. Roat
US Navy Diving Manual

Pretty much anything by Stefan George, J.v.Goethe, R.M.Rilke or H.Hesse.

Heroes:

Above all, my parents, Lance Call and Harriett "Tuffy" Call.
Almost anyone I've met from their generation.
Chesty Puller
L.v.Beethoven
J.v.Goethe
Lancelot du Lac
Alexander the Great
Arthur Lehman
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
Stonewall Jackson

Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg

My Blog

Plaisir d'amour ...

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,Jean Lenoir c. 1780 Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie!J'ai tout quitté pour l'ingrate Sylvie,Elle me quitte et prend un autre...
Posted by MC on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:55:00 PST

Du schlank und rein

"Du schlank und rein wie eine flamme ..." Das Neue Reich  "Das Lied"   (1928)Stefan George  (1868 - 1933) --> --> Du schlank und rein wie eine flamme Du wie der morgen zart und li...
Posted by MC on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:39:00 PST