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Nathan

What the hell, damn guy!?

About Me


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My Interests

Driving, cooking, eating, travel, music, film, books, American football, drinking, solving mysteries with a dog out of a van, the history channel, the nude female form, the study of religions, Yoo-hoo, the business climate in America, how far is up, the fecal coliform count at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach, the weird television program that replaced the teletubbies, new cuisines, and Bertolt Brecht, but really not much else.

Music:



I have recently decided that an eclectic taste in music with very specific highlights on certain artists or sub-genres represents a healthy melodic attitude. Before, when the question, “What kind’a music do you like,” I believed the answer, “I like everything except…insert cliché music genre here” was an expectable answer, or the even more vague, “I like everything.” Unfortunately, there is a lot of shitty music out there (i.e. this country’s fascination with American Idol), and every genre has their prodigal sons that you can’t hate outright. For example, people always say, “I like every kind of music except country.” Given the choice, I would rather listen to country than most music on the radio, and I really don’t care for much country. How can someone just generalize and wipe an entire musical variety off of their cultural playlist? Think of all the influence country-western music has had on pop-music in general. Not to mention, everybody loves Johnny Cash - you show me a person who doesn’t respect the Cash, and I’ll show you an asshole.

Movies:

Dog Day Afternoon, South Park the Movie, the Die Hard trilogy, Barbarella, The Goonies, Red Dawn, anything with Mary Kate (but not Ashley –that bitch!), Army of Darkness, The Insider, Busty House Wives IX, I don’t know, a lot of stuff… excluding Costner, Bruckheimer, and Disney, all of which I feel owe me at least $8.50 each.

Television:

The Family Guy is/was/and is again the best show on television… I really enjoy Adult Swim, CNN Headline News, and the History Channel but for the most part, if its on a major network and its not syndicated or the news, I don’t bother, unless it has 'The' and 'Simpsons' in the title. I once heralded MNF as the best show on TV, but that too, has passed.

Books:

King, Bradbury, Orwell, Harper Lee, anything about Cuba or the cold war, Harold and the Purple Crayon, psychology, sex, political satire, the Thomas Guide and cook books.

Heroes:

Gee, this getting an itsy bit personal now. What are we, applying for the Church of Scientology? Is the next question about my felony charges, or do you just want to skip to my offshore account numbers? ….my dad

My Blog

Police State 2008

If you're diggin all this government-is-out-to-get-you propaganda, then feast your eyes on the works of  Alex Jones, doing for government conspiracies what Art Bell did for, well, government cons...
Posted by Nathan on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:33:00 PST

Happy Tax Day!!! (did you file?)

Not only did we get two extra days to file this year (Happy Patriots' Day, DC), but apparently, we didn't even have to file! Kudos to my roommie for neglecting this apparent federal fraud for so many ...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:54:00 PST

Busted - A film every Domestic Terrorist should watch

Thanks to Rich Tyler for this one: "Most people don't know their basic constitutional rights, and those who do usually waive them in the face of police intimidation. Worse, police rely on people's fea...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:20:00 PST

Oil, Smoke & Mirrors

For Bob: I was driving last night listing to NPR's latest fund drive.  They were playing excerpts from the following film.  Bob had told me about this video, I just never got around to liste...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:10:00 PST

Twiggy

Twiggy The Water Skiing Squirrel It has been years since The Des Moines Sportshow has seen Twiggy the Water Skiing Squirrel. Twiggy will be doing daily shows and is sure to please crowds of all ages....
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:51:00 PST

Frontline's "Is Wal*Mart Good for America?"

I recently posted several clips from Frontline's special on Wal*Mart. The following is from Frontline's website; a link to the episode follows that.  I highly recommend taking 40 minutes and a hi...
Posted by Nathan on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:49:00 PST

The Bachelor Party in Photos

        Many photos and comments have been posted regarding the recent activities at the wedding of Bobbie and Josh Harrold. I decided it's high time I put the record strai...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:19:00 PST

Bob & Josh's Wedding Approaches

Greetings friends.  Josh n' Bob's wedding is approaching, so I have put some info for everyone on my site, the link follows:   http://shakeitsgreat.com/Updates/joshswedding/index.htm   ...
Posted by Nathan on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:49:00 PST

Another (Lame) Wal*Mart Lawsuit (This one is for you Josh)

     from: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2004-12-11-walmart-music_ x.htm "Wal-Mart sued over Evanescence lyrics HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which promotes itsel...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:02:00 PST

The Greatest Moment in Television History

It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on TV.But, where are those good ol' fashion values on which we used to rely?Lucky theres a Family Guy!Lucky theres a man who positively ca...
Posted by Nathan on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:52:00 PST