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About Me

I'm just a regular dude. I get my strength from the sun, just like everybody else. I'm a painter/ cartoonist/ writer. married to an awesome chick named Kelly....

My Interests

splitting atoms, lifting heavy things, stickers, breathing, smelling old comic books, listening to loud noises, collecting Morton Salt labels, ignoring my dog, writing stories in which Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and I fight flying saucers that have been called to Earth by Jimi Hendrix, I also have many, many more interests.

I'd like to meet:

THE FONZ!!! Jimi Hendrix!!! and these guys...

Music:

Van Halen, King's X, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Styx, Boston, Ratt, Dokken, Def Leppard, Jimi H., old Aerosmith, AC/DC, KISS, Ozzy, Night Ranger, Ronnie James DIO!!!, RA, Whitesnake, Queen, Maiden, Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, BLS, Night Ranger, The Sword, Killswitch Engage, Scorpions, Grand Funk Railroad, Stevie Wonder, Sammy Hagar, Alice In Chains, Kansas, Steel Dragon, Slaughter, Skid Row, Heart, Creme, The Who, Elton John, The Stones, Steppenwolf, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, Motley Crue, Foghat, the Doobie Bros., Steve Miller Band, Free, White Lion, XYZ, Pantera, Ted Nugent, Peter Frampton, Luigi Zaninelli... and the list could go on for years...

Movies:

Dazed and Confused, Rock Star, Almost Famous, and probably a few more that I can't think of right now...

Television:

The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Hong Kong Phooey, Hee Haw, Family Affair, The Electric Company, The Superfriends, Welcome Back Kotter, whatever's on VH1 Classic, old movies where men in hats and pants pulled up to their chests say, "SAAAYYY!", and some, not all, programs that are hosted by a lepruchan.

Books:

Going Out, Going Steady, Going Banannas! (BANANNA magazine Guide To Dating), National Audubon Society Field Guide To Trees, Reader's Digest 1970 Almanac and Yearbook

Heroes:

dUg, Ty, and Jerry of KING'S X. The Fonz, Steve Barthelme, Jim Meade, Luigi Zaninelli, The Superfriends, Uncle Mike, Wiley Crosby, Wilton "Noot" Parnell, Rodney & Frank. "Downtown" Steve Brown, Bill Evans (even though he's a bit sneaky, aw hell... the whole Scooba-Tech Maintenance crew (even though they'll never see this), Big Bird, Groovy Mike Hinton (wherever you are)...

My Blog

Even now, I'm being influenced by Jimi

Maybe time is a circle. The past overlaps now. People weaving in and out of each other's lives, influencing and creating new things from the old. Nothing is born in a vacuum. Something happens because...
Posted by Russ on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:36:00 PST

"The Society of The Free and Easy"

I remember when Ben Franklin wanted to start a club and call it "The Society of The Free and Easy". My buddy Steve Walsh and I laughed at him, but not just because it was a dumb idea; Ben was a bit of...
Posted by Russ on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:17:00 PST

My untrustworthy eyes

I've seen this add on myspace that is constantly interrupting my movements, telling me that I "won't believe my eyes!" Well, I've got news for the bozos who keep screaming that at me: I stopped trusti...
Posted by Russ on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:20:00 PST

gypsies and hobos

"Who here likes to get a little bit high, right here?" David Lee Roth asked the crowd. No one responded. There was total silence. David Coverdale blamed himself, saying, "It must be the gypsy in me", ...
Posted by Russ on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:41:00 PST

A Quentanglement beats a Quentagram every time

My good friend Mr. Thorton made a Quadrality ( the 4th sucess in a line of sucesses) today. He made a funabuluntly granobulous (am I using that word correctly?) triad of Iron Maiden cds for "Maiden Mo...
Posted by Russ on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:56:00 PST

The most magnificent pumkin - for Scott

I and my friend Mr. Thorton saw a pumpkin today. It was a magnificent and spectacular pumpkin. I was shamed by the brilliance of the pumpkin. Mr. Thorton told me that the pumpkin says more than I coul...
Posted by Russ on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:45:00 PST

Gimix

I remember when Superman was killed back in ..93. I thought it would be interesting to see how future generations would adapt to a world without Superman. But then, the corporation brought him back to...
Posted by Russ on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:40:00 PST

Stevie Nicks

I guess it was in the fall of 1988 when I bought that ..76 white Firebird. It had belonged to Stevie Nicks, whom I had dated in high school. She lived a few houses down from the bar I used to freque...
Posted by Russ on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:31:00 PST

Lyrics to one of my favorite Sesame Street songs

In an old and far off place, there was a lower case "n". Lonely and cold, she would stare off into space, and it was known that she would cry now and then. Lower case "n", standing on a hillThe wind i...
Posted by Russ on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:28:00 PST