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George

So dark the con of man.

About Me

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You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you'll find, you can get what you need. I'm a New York City Man, M-A-N-N-Y. Blink your eyes and honey I'll be gone. Straight shooting Bon Vivant and reformed Conspiracy Theorist. Dirty Old Man-in-Training. No time to play games, too busy living life. Born in the Blue Ridge Mts of North Carolina, grew up in the Allegheny Highlands of Western Pa. I've lived in North Carolina, Southern California, the East Village. Lived w/my wife for 6 yrs in Queens. Now we're living in New Jersey just west NYC.

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Me Pirate Name Is...
Dirty Red Legs What's Your Pirate Name?
You Are Somewhat Machiavellian
You're not going to mow over everyone to get ahead...
But you're also powerful enough to make things happen for yourself.
You understand how the world works, even when it's an ugly place.
You just don't get ugly yourself - unless you have to! How Machiavellian Are You?MySpace Layouts
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MySpace Generators ..You are 100% Pittsburgh.

Great job! There's nooooo doubt about it. You're from Da Burgh. You deserve a reward, so go have an Ahrn City or two. And GO STILLERS!
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You Are 100% American
You're as American as red meat and shooting ranges.
Tough and independent, you think big.
You love everything about the US, wrong or right.
And anyone who criticizes your home better not do it in front of you! How American Are You?
You're 70% Irish
You're very Irish, and most likely from Ireland.
(And if you're not, you should be!) How Irish Are You?
You Are New York
Cosmopolitan and sophisticated, you enjoy the newest in food, art, and culture.
You also appreciate a good amount of grit - and very little shocks you.
You're competitive, driven, and very likely to succeed.
Famous people from New York: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tupac Shakur, Woody Allen What American City Are You?

My Interests

My son, Liam
The United States of America,

The United States Marine Corps,

Football

The Pittsburgh Steelers,

Rugby Football Union (The Eagles and the Irish),

Fishing

Baseball, Hockey,

Other Sports,

Travel,

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History,

Politics,

Art: particularly Art Deco,
(Tamara de Lempicka, my absolute favorite artist)
Surrealism,
(Dali)
Impressionism,
(Monet)
and the Pin-Up
(Vargas, I know I seem a bit randy, but I just love those idealized female images.)
and pondering the Meaning of Life
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Oh and I've been known to drink a little.


You Are Guinness
You know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world.
Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them.
When you drink, you tend to talk a lot.
But your friends tolerate your drunken ways, because you introduce them to the best beers around. What's Your Beer Personality?

I'd like to meet:

and YOU of course!
You have been marked on my profile map!

Ben Franklin, the man was one of the greatest minds ever. We all know about his discovery of electricity. But he discovered and then mapped the Atlantic Gulfstream. He created our first currency, postal stamps and Postal Service. He invented biofocals, musical intruments, and the lighing rod. And of course his involement in the founding of our country.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Music:


Everything from Mos Def to Johnny Cash. From Beethoven to Charlie Parker. From Lou Reed to Coldplay. Although I do tend to shy away from the Bubblegum Pop stuff.

#1. You Can't Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones
#2. All Along the Watchtower, Jimmy Hendrix


#3. Sweet Jane, Velvet Underground
#4. Love Supreme, John Coltrane
#5 Love's Gonna Get Cha, KRS-One

Movies:

Comedies(There's Something about Mary, Duck Soup, Very Bad Things) War Genre(Das Boot, A Bridge to Far, Full Metal Jacket), Gangster(Good Fellas, Pulp Fiction, Once Upon a Time in America), Spaghetti Westerns (High Plains Drifter; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)and Sci-Fi (Star Wars , 2001 A Space Odyssey)
#1: Full Metal Jacket
#2: Braveheart
#3: Blazing Saddles
#4: Reservior Dogs
#5: Kelly's HeroesThe Usual Suspects

Television:

One of the best programs ever on television: Band of BrothersLOST,The Office,The Simpsons;My Name is Earl. Otherwise whatever is on the Discovery, History, NFL or Sports Channels. Going back; Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hogan's Heros, MASH, Monty Python In Search Of, SNL.

Books:

Mostly Non-Fiction, historical/military (House of Bush House of Saud, A History of the American People, At the Righthand of Longstreet, The Civil War by Sydney Shelby, CIA Operations in North Vietnam, A Bright Shining Lie, Flags of Our Fathers) and Philosophy (knowledge, being, and conduct). As for fiction, favorite novels are Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier "The Killer Angels" by Michael Sharra some favorite authors would be Tom Clancy, Dan Brown, James Clavell, Hunter S. Thompson, and of course the later classics (Hemmingway, Stienbeck) and of course who doesn't like this guy.

Heroes:

None, Heros often fail.(too cynical?) Seriously it would be Ben Franklin , Sen.John McCain and Chesty Puller (and if you don't know who that is, ask a Marine) Please help those who have answered the call and given so mucb. Semper Fi Fund http://www.semperfifund.org/The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund provides financial assistance to:Marines injured in combat and in trainingOther service members injured while in direct support of Marine unitsTheir families. ..

My Blog

What if the CSA won at Gettysburg, prt1

Lee's main objective for the Army of Northern Virginia during the Gettysburg campaign was to put pressure on the Union government to sign a truce. With a defeat of the Army of the Potomac and capturin...
Posted by George on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:21:00 PST

Earliest of Steeler memories

  One of my earliest memories is of watching Super Bowl XIV (Steelers vs Rams, 1979). Now I know I'd watched other games with my father, but this is first one I can remember. In the first half t...
Posted by George on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:30:00 PST

Favorite Steeler moments

As a life-long die-hard fan I remember a lot of great plays. To me the greatest plays are when the chips are down the team and/or individuals stepped up and something terrific happened. Especially in ...
Posted by George on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:46:00 PST

Steelers playoff hopes.

As far as I can figure it, this is what we need to happen and this is how I'll be rooting/hoping in the next two weeks. #1 The Steelers need to beat the Ratbirds (it's at home and McNair's hand was st...
Posted by George on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:10:00 PST

first blog,

Link to Rome trip pics. pics Take a look, still in the process of editing, will be ongoing, check back. Tomorrow the Steelers battle Cleveland, we should win, but it's been that kind of season. It do...
Posted by George on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:12:00 PST