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Porter

Welcome to my home on the web.

About Me


follow ppalmer21 at http://twitter.comI grew up in Greenwood, SC. While in SC, I taught special education for 8 years. I married at 21, and divorced at 31. I quit teaching, divorced, moved to New Hampshire and got a tattoo all in the the same year (2001)! I met Bill and Jarred in New Hampshire and now we live in San Antonio, TX. I work for the folks that bring us all the Discovery Channel, but have nothing whatsoever to do with television. I am an education assessment consultant. They allow me to telecommute. I think working from home is the bees knees! We have a dog (Bexar- pronounce bear), a cat (Toula), and a purple lobster (Warren). Most evenings, you will find Bill and me hanging out on our back deck enjoying some cocktails and tobacco products. We like to watch for deer and just be together. The path has been long, winding, and sometimes even broken, but it led me to this place with this wonderful man and a son. I couldn't be happier.

My Interests

I have no interest in the supernatural. I also have no interest in what others believe about the supernatural as long as their belief does not involve intolerance of those who disagree with them.

I'd like to meet:

people who inspire me.

Music:

A3, A Perfect Circle, Arlo Guthrie, Audioslave, Beethoven, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Black Eyed Peas, The B-52's, Bad Religion, Barenaked Ladies, Beck, Ben Folds, Billy Idol, Bobby Goldsboro, Bonnie Raitt, Bowling for Soup, Bread, Coldplay, Coven, The Clancy Brothers, Charlie Daniels, CCR, Cyndi Lauper, Chris Isaak, Chairman of the Board, The Crystal Method, Damien Rice, The Dominoes, The Dresden Dolls, Darius Rucker, The Drifters, Etta James, The Embers, The Eagles, Elvis, Fatboy Slim, Fisher, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Sinatra, Gershwin, Garbage, Green Day, George Jones, Hootie & the Blowfish, The Isley Brothers, Israel Kamakawiwo`ole, Johnny Cash, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, Jake Shimabakuro, Jeff Buckley, JJ Cale, Jimmy Buffett, Joan Baez, John Berry, Keane, Kanye West, k.d. lang, The Killers, Lisa Marie Presley, Lou Rawls, Meat Loaf, Marilyn Manson, The Mills Brothers, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Murphy Lee, Morrissey, My Chemical Romance, My Morning Jacket, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, Mozart, Nirvana, Nina Simone, The O'Kaysions, Outkast, Patsy Cline, Pharrell, Pink Floyd, Prince, Pondering Judd, Presidents of the United States of America, Pete Seeger, Puddle of Mudd, Queen, R. Kelly, Ray Charles, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Scott Mckenzie, Shaggy, Showmen, Seven Nations, Simple Plan, Sublime, Sum 41, The Swingin' Medallions, T Graham Brown, The Tams, The Who, The White Stripes, Vertical Horizon, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yellowcard, ZZ Top...

Movies:

Field of Dreams, It's A Wonderful Life, Harvey, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Gone With the Wind, Undercover Brother, My Big Fat Greek Wedding... comedies mainly

Television:

Robot Chicken, CSI, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Unit, Star Trek TNG, M*A*S*H, Dharma and Greg, Grey's Anatomy, The Boondocks, The Sopranos, The Nanny, Deadliest Catch, Trading Spaces, CBS Sunday Morning, Pee Wee's Playhouse

Books:

Anything by: Ambrose Bierce, Zora Neal Hurston, Ayn Rand, Viktor Frankl, Kahlil Gibran, Memorable Reads: Man's Search for Meaning, The Bible, A Million Little Pieces, Wicked, The Tipping Point, The Notebook, The Da Vinci Code, Something for Joey, The Devil Wears Prada, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Art of War, Who Moved My Cheese, Harry Potter, The Prophet, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, I Am the Cheese, Atlas Shrugged, Flowers in the Attic, Gonna Read: The World is Flat, My Friend Leonard, Blink, Angels and Demons

Heroes:

MLKjr, Thurgood Marshall, Ghandi

My Blog

I’ll be home for christmas (Bing Crosby)

On Friday, William, Jarred, and I will leave San Antonio and drive to Biloxi, MS. My gambling "habit" has some advantages, because we will stay for free at The Grand Boloxi that night and then drive t...
Posted by Porter on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:44:00 PST

Aloha `Oe (Queen Lili`uokalani)

Ok, so I got like NO input on the ideas for a tattoo. I was all decided upon the sun until the day before my scheduled appointment. During the week in Hawaii, I had several people actually discourage ...
Posted by Porter on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:58:00 PST

1 week and counting

Well gang, in one week I'll be in Hilo, HI for the first night of my 16 nights away from home... OK, I know that two weeks on 4 islands of Hawaii sounds fun, but you cannot begin to know how much I ha...
Posted by Porter on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:09:00 PST

I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Scissor Sisters)

I made new friends on this last trip to Nashville. Usually my work trips are filled with work. This trip, I went to the Bluebird Cafe and heard four songwriters perform. It was one of the most amazing...
Posted by Porter on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:22:00 PST

This makes me want to teach again...

Share this with teachers you know....
Posted by Porter on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:09:00 PST

On music of Japan

Well, I like sushi. I LOVE chopsticks, and I have a couple of friends who are af Japanese decent. This is not enough to have qualified me as anything close to experienced when it comes to the music of...
Posted by Porter on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:53:00 PST

More Than a Feeling (Boston)

It is hard to believe that I live with a man that plays classic rock on the radio for a living, and that only today did I learn that Brad Delp died. When we lived in New Hampshire, I had the pleasure...
Posted by Porter on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:51:00 PST

a little anecdote

This weekend, I was at the christiansandwichplace having lunch by myself. At the table beside me, there was a family including a mom, dad, early teen daughter and not quite teen son. They were discuss...
Posted by Porter on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:36:00 PST

My x's

Put an X where it applies to you...YOU ARE[] 5'2 and under[] 5'3 -5'6"[X] 5'7" - 6'0[] 6'1 and upNATURALLY[] blonde[] redhead[x] brunette[] dirty blonde/brownish[] dark brown[] black[] orange[] kind o...
Posted by Porter on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:50:00 PST

I'll Be Home for Christmas

I'll Be Home for Christmas Category: Blogging   I had to go to Nashville for business Dec. 10-13. So, I booked my return flight to San Antonio for Dec 18 so I could rent a car and drive to S...
Posted by Porter on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:18:00 PST