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Brian

Speedz' Space

About Me

Career waiter and bartender, trainer, teacher living in Boston area. Have trained 300+ people in the restaurant and catering field, taught portrait sculpture, and fundamentals of catamaran sailing. Lover of music,+ all the Arts, Nature, and Beauty in all it's forms.


My Interests

Sailing; Kayaking; Music; Birding; Drawing; Sculpture; Literature; Films and Video; Catering and Banquets; Human Resources and Training...

I'd like to meet:

People with similar interests, those that might help me develop another career...Artists of all kinds...

Music:

Favorites include: The Beatles; Van Morrison; Jethro Tull; Donovan; Youngbloods; Hendrix; Santana; All Clapton incarnations; David Wilcox; David Johnston; Eva Cassidy; Amy Correia; Ramona Silver; Mindy Smith; All of Motown; Carol King; Sade; Police and Sting; James Taylor; Kyler England; Sarah McLachlin(?); Shawn Colvin; and my soul nourisher, ONE THIN DIME;...I love jazz and classical too, but I reside in folk, folk-rock, pop, and rock...

Movies:

Shakespeare In Love; All of Chaplin; Shakespeare's Plays...To Kill A Mocking Bird...All the films from the thirties and forties...

Television:

The Agatha Christie's Poirot Mysteries starring David Suchet; West Wing;PBS ; Numbers; Brothers and Sisters; Men In Trees; Tavis Smiley

Books:

Sophie's Choice; The Prince of Tides; The Water is Wide; All Creatures Great and Small etc...; All of Shakespeare; Tolkein's Trilogy; The Wind In The Willows;

Heroes:

There are many, and yet never enough.

My Blog

"Like What You Do..."

I was up late last night helping my 92 year old friend with Alzheimer’s. It was a problem of elimination. I had some things to do before going to bed,  much more planned for today, and ther...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:12:00 PST

Turning On

Most of my life has been an unconsciouus experience, both psychologically, and in terms of feeling connected to what I'm doing, and turned on or really alive.       Saili...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:03:00 PST

Time

It's Monday, and tomorrow it'll be Sunday. At least that's how it feels...No time to sit back!...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:23:00 PST

Sailing Beachcats Links

Just thought I'd put a couple out here if someone finds a spark of interest:     www.catsailor.com , www.thebeachcats.com . With those two, you can find virtually any info you want related t...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:54:00 PST

Chance Meetings/How I Got Here

It was a night in September. I stopped in at a favorite pub, because a band I've come to love (One Thin Dime) was playing there. The drummer, John Sands is an old and dear friend. When I talked to him...
Posted by Brian on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:52:00 PST