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Mark

I am here for Friends

About Me

Hiking is just walking where it's okay to pee. Sometimes old people hike by mistake.-Demetri Martin

My Interests

I am interested in... well, I'm not really. I'm pretty apathetic on the whole.

I'd like to meet:

Bill Buckley... 1925-2008."Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi"

Music:



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Movies:



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Television:

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Hannity and Colmes, Mythbusters, Modern Marvels, Psych, Chuck, and the Venture Brothers.

Books:



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My Blog

Idols (why? why do I care?)

Until this season, I have never watched American Idol. I like to see artists make it big who spent years playing in their garages and in seedy nightclubs before hitting the big time, an...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:42:00 PST

Fw:fw:fw: (how many people forward this crap!)

Luke and I were discussing a particular type of email the other day: the "joke" email. There are a few common features of this (usually) forwarded email that you may recognise: 1. This email has been ...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:18:00 PST

Six more weeks!

Just a few quick notes... Saturday morning, Punxatawney Phil, the world's most famous rodent/weatherman, saw his shadow; therefore he predicts six more weeks of winter. In contrast to his gloomy predi...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:38:00 PST

Power to the Government!

Happy New Year! As of this writing I am stuck, at least temporarily, at home. The City of Richmond now owns the former high school complex behind my house, and felt the need to customize the building ...
Posted by Mark on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:21:00 PST

Moo-shoo Mania!

  Today was a rather eventful day. I loaded into a van in Ft Scott after a pretty good night's sleep, and to home we went. One small complication; a windshield wiper flew off near Pleasanton, Ks....
Posted by Mark on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:33:00 PST

I has a job

I'm back to work! It feels good, I tell ya. No more game show network for me. Some of you might think it would be great to take a few months off work. Let me tell you though: all that time with nothin...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:15:00 PST

Dari B

  I went to the eye doctor today to get a checkup and pick out some new frames. On the way back, I felt a little hungry...it was past lunch and I hadn't had anything to eat. Lucky for me, I was c...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:40:00 PST

ouch.

Well, I am off my feet and off work for a while. Seems that you should be careful when reaching for items on your coffee table. I was performing the difficult and dangerous task of picking up the remo...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST

Washout!

I feel rather fortunate because I got to take a week off of work! (My job will compensate me for being available.)  I was unable to go because the tracks...miles of them...washed out when th...
Posted by Mark on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:29:00 PST

musica

So it happened that Luke and I were in Independence the other day and decided to check out the record store. I asked him to recommend some new music to me. I went with Interpol's "Turn on the Br...
Posted by Mark on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:08:00 PST