Meanderthal (Corporate Services)

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Yahoo! News Member of Computer Illiterati Joins Online World BegrudginglyBy STAN FRAN CISCO, Associated Press Writer
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND - In a landmark event, self-determined computer illiterate, Meanderthal (Corporate Services), behooved his daily existence by signing up with MySpace.com, the increasingly popular Internet website for social networking.
Says Meanderthal, "I figure, you know, what the hell? Everyone else seems to have a site, so why not me?" When asked whom he would like to meet, "Jesus, no one in particular, you know? I'm a pretty laid back guy, but I'm not into the whole online flirting thing. I'm pretty lucky because I'm in a committed relationship with someone I care about deeply and she feels the same way."
MySpace.com hosts over 100 million accounts world-wide, and has a registration rate of approximately 230,000 per day. "Yeah, that's a lot of people”, says Meanderthal, “But I just want to meet those who might have some similar interests.” When asked about the opportunity to make some new friends, Meanderthal expressed reticence.
"I dunno about that. I think I'd be more comfortable just making acquaintances with people that share my views. Friends, man. They just make things more complicated, you know? All of sudden you're expected to 'be there' for somebody you've never met in real life. The Internet can be creepy if you're not careful about it." On a lighter note, Meanderthal decided he would love to meet Carl Sagan, despite the illustrious proponent of Science having passed away in 1996, because his suits were "groovy" and his attitude "far out".
Meanderthal currently resides in St. John's, Newfoundland with his girlfriend and two cats. MySpace.com runs on Microsoft-IIS 6.0 on the Windows server 2003 OS and has recently signed a $900 million contract allowing Google to provide a search facility and advertising on the website.

Movies:

Directors I Like That Make You Think I'm Snobby

Alfred Hitchcock Akira Kurosawa Orsen Welles Martin Scorsese Stanley Kubrick Francis Ford Coppola Werner Herzog Sergio Leone Steven Spielberg Ridley Scott

George Romero Sam Raimi Dario Argento Tobe Hooper M. Night Shyamalan David Cronenberg David Lynch John Carpenter Roman Polanski David Fincher

Spike Jonze Jonathan Glazer Anton Corbijn Michel Gondry Mark Romanek Rob Zombie

Mary Harron P. T. Anderson Christopher Nolan Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino Oliver Stone Wes Anderson Noah Baumbach Danny Boyle Richard Linklater Tony Scott Steven Soderbergh Darren Aronofsky Park Chan-wook Sofia Coppola David O. Russell

Television:

Shows That I Enjoy

24 The Simpsons (Seasons 2-9) Chappelle's Show Curb Your Enthusiasm Mr. Show Seinfeld Da Ali G Show The Office (UK) Twin Peaks The X-Files Cosmos The Big Picture

Family Guy Sex and the City Entourage Deal or No Deal Saturday Night Live Canadian Idol The Bachelor Extreme Makeover: Home Edition American Inventor Wife Swap

Books:

General Comments

George Orwell is such a cliché to mention, despite the fact that he was a good writer.

The only interesting book I've read by Norman Mailer is "Why Are We in Vietnam?"

Charles Bukowski is good in fits and spurts, but I'm not a huge fan of poetry.

I can't get enough of Carl Sagan.

Stephen King writes excellent short stories; however, I have much distaste for his epic-sized novels.

Frank Miller Grant Morrison Alan Moore Dave Sim Paul Chadwick Will Eisner Art Spiegelman Garth Ennis Jeph Loeb Mike Mignola Mark Waid Eric Powell