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Tommy AKA Valpocade

If you ever figure out the secret of the universe, don't tell anyone or it's all over...

About Me

.. Im 36 years old and I live in Portage and Valparaiso Indiana.My Name is Tommy and I live in Portage and Valparaiso Indiana. I am medically retired from the USAF and I help care for my Grandfather one of my favorite people in the world. I enjoy retrogaming and classic arcade as well as all video games. Politically Im pretty conservative and a lifelong Republican, a sustaining member of the Republican National Committee, a member of the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans. If you are of the liberal mindset dont let my politics turn you off to me it is never personal. Im still a kid at heart, still love MTV. Im from the generation of the first cast of The Real World. I love feeling nostalgic about the 80s it truely was a wonderful time to grow up. It seems like just yesterday I was 19 and joining the Air Force and 24 and getting out, 12 years later I have to realize that while Im not old Im not quite a kid anymore either.

My Interests

Right now I am very into my You Tube Channel. You can view my videos at You Tube under User Valpocade. I bowl every monday night with my Dad and that is always fun. I have been a roller skater since I was a kid but I dont like inline skates, I prefer the old quad type ones. I was a very good speed skater when I was younger. I also love digital photography and traveling. Las Vegas is my favorite city and I like to go on vacation there 3 or 4 times a year. I love hanging out with friends which I must say I have not done enough of recently. I have always been a history buff and I love Astronomy especialy cosmology and cosmogony. The origins of the Universe is an awesome thing to ponder.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to met Ann Coulter just because she is wild,

I would like to meet Caitlin TheHill88 :) Drew Barrymore and any Chicago sports figure who I havent met yet. Go Bears! Go Cubs! Go Bulls! Go Blackhawks! I met Caitlin and Ben TheHill88 and boh3m3 in Huntsville Alabama! :)

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Music:

Music I like: My interests in music are wide open. I do not really migrate toward one genre. When I was a kid I was a huge Kiss fan as many my age were. When Kiss Alive came out I was 5 years old . So if I have to list some artists that I especially like here goes RUSH, VAN HALEN, DEPECHE MODE, ERASURE, PLACEBO, JOURNEY, GUNS N ROSES, PEARL JAM, FAITH NO MORE, COLDPLAY, MADONNA, ERIC CLAPTON, PETER FRAMPTON, BAD COMPANY, ENIGMA, CHARLIE DANIELS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, WEIRD AL YANKOVIC, MIKE AND THE MECHANICS, THE MOODY BLUES, DEEP PURPLE, I like Indie as well but thats alot of picking and choosing there are tons more that I didnt list but I could type all day.

Movies:

The Outsiders, The breakfast Club, Star Wars, Eat My Dust, Goodfellas, Casino, The Last Starfighter, The Goonies, Explorers, Titanic, Top Gun, Flashdance, E.T., Rounders, Space Camp, Star Trek IV, Leaving Las Vegas, Fools Rush In, Honeymoon in Vegas, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Mad Max Beyond Thuderdome, Tora Tora Tora, Patton, The Green Barets, and many many more.

Heroes:

I grew up in the 80s when high tech was Atari and Cable TV.

I grew up in the 80s when high tech was Atari and Cable TV. I wish the new generation could have seen that world. We loved Arcade games roller skating and it was a proseprous time. My greatest hero is Ronald Reagan. I remember being 10 years old and having a teacher tell me that "America's best days are behind her" and Jimmy carter saying the country was in "Malaise". It was very depressing and then Ronald Reagan came along and so "No! America's best days lie ahead". President Reagan helped heal the wounds of the Vietnam war and made it ok to be patriotic again. His philosphy of peace through strength hastened the end of the cold war and his pro growth economic policies created the longest sustained period of economic growth since John F. Kennedy.

My Blog

My Thoughts On Life With An Elderly Person

Anyone who knows me knows that I care for my 82 year old Grandfather and stay with him almost all the time. He has been a rock in my life since I was very small and I can honestly say that my lif...
Posted by Tommy AKA Valpocade on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:22:00 PST

Viva Las Vegas in 11 Hours

Well here I am finishing packing for the big trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in fabulous Las Vegas. I really do need this trip as I have not been on vacation since April. My Grandpa will mi...
Posted by Tommy AKA Valpocade on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST