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Mr. Flips

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About Me


What is your inner animal spirit?
Bear
You are incredbly territorial. You are mean but gentle to those younger relations or children. Hibernation means sleeping in during the winter months.
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Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.If you are interested in more of how I think and what I do check out my current and past blogs but here are the basics.I am a divorced father of two and at the moment a blue collar worker. I am currently in the middle of a career change and going to school again. I love my children and love being a father. I have been re-evaluating and reconstructing my life over the past year.

Since this is about me I will use pronouns about me frequently. I am a very deep person. I like to see all sides of a person. I am a happy, playful, scary looking at first, smart, useful, knowledgeable, overly-caring, sarcastic, creepy, witty, -insert more adjectives here.and recently more ambitious person. I can make light of almost any situation. Sometimes my humor is sick and twisted, but always manages to get either a good chuckle or an, I can’t believe you said that. But I know the appropriateness of my surroundings.

I have many stories and have experienced many things. I love to ask questions. Sometimes I offend but I am a curious individual. However I do not pry. If someone doesn't want to answer I will not ask again.

I am a reader and a movie buff. Not a real bar hound or drinker but I do enjoy going out to see live bands occasionally. I have worked in bars for many years but I’d rather be the designated driver.

I am an uneducated, educated individual. I have not completed college but I am self taught in my field. On experience and knowledge but no degree I made it to a Wall Street Insurance company running thier computer network.

I read 2 -3 books at a time. And as I wrote to someone right before I updated this, Thank God for A.D.D. I love to speak to people that can keep up with me intellectually if not surpass me. But not on a snobby way. I can keep up conversation on most subjects from History to Current Events and Pop Culture. Remember all those useless facts you learned in school. I know them plus many other obscure useless facts that no person should really know. I can keep up with Jeopardy and my new favorite, Cash Cab (I can answer most questions on this one). I do 2 or 3 crosswords a day plus Su Doku. I enjoy the Variety puzzle books that you can get off the magazine rack.
Oh and I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue.
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My Interests


If you were a MOVIE VILLIAN, which one would you be!?
Lex Luther
You are so dangerous and filled with evil that it's hard to imagine the world being able to stop you. You love to talk, and hear yourself talk, and can match wits with anyone. You love living the high life and stepping on the little people, intent on asserting your will on those who oppose. You also hate California.From the Movie: Superman

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Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.Nothing that I devote too much time to other than my kids. I am pretty A.D.D when it comes to doing things which is why I will try almost anything once. Watching or going to movies, I have played drums since the mid eighties and I still suck, I want to write a book from one of the many ideas I have. Tatooes(7) and Piercings (5), Boating, fishing, camping (although i haven't been in a while), wandering aimlessly, wandering with purpose, wandering around in circles, playing legos with my son(I will never get to old for legos), swimming(more like floating)I was a firefighter for roughly 8 years and rode on an ambulance for 5 years, I miss that sometimes. The natural rush of attacking a burning building is better than any drug I ever tried.

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Music:

I attribute certain music to times of my life. Songs playing at the time something happened. I listen to alternative, heavy metal, hair band, classic rock, or even some pop. I followed the Dead for a short time. I do not buy cds. sometimes I download a song I want to hear. I have XM so my music tastes have become even more eclectic than before. I honestly listen to everything but rap and opera. It depends on my mood. I have a whole lot of channels to choose from. So what ever peeks my interest at that particular moment. From 6am -12 I listen to XM 202 for Opie and Anthony. But right this second I am listening to XM CHILL. But other XM's are Ethel, Liquid Metal, Boneyard, Squizz and All the Hit Channels, sometimes the Cinema soundtracks, other times one of the decade channels. Guilty pleasure band - Indigo Girls, only when I am thinking of my closest childhood friend Heather, who I do not see much due to 1000 miles between her and I. We've caused great deals of havoc together and still tear up cities when we get together.

Movies:

I am a movie buff. I hit imdb a couple times a week. I enjoy the entertainment value more than the story or actors. Horrors are my favorite though. Make me laugh, make me cry or gross me out(which is a tough on to do. Only one movie has made me turn my head in disgust. But to start, any movie by Mel Brooks(History of the World part I), Kevin Smith - any movie he did, Ron Howard - Most are quality flicks. Or b-rated horror movies(the Evil Dead series). Movie I will always watch if I see it on... Shawshank Redemption.

Television:

Best show ever made was M*A*S*H - but I am a Scrubs, Law and Order (all of them, but SVU is my favorite), That 70's Show, The Family Guy, House, War at Home, Treasure Hunters, My Name is Earl, Rescue Me, Simpsons, FOX 5 News in the morning, Saturday Night Live, and since its only 10 minutes away American Choppers.

Books:

I love to read. There are usually 3 books lying in strategic places for me to read. Favorite book(s) - Dragonlance Chronicles,but that is the only series of fantasy books I like. I am a fans of Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt is the man) James Patterson, Dan Brown, Robert Ludlum, and Stephen King. Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. The Harry Potter series have plagued me and I can't wait for the 7th book. Snape IS a bad guy dammit.

Heroes:

The guy who drives the Zamboni, Whoever put peanut butter and jelly on bread first, anyone who takes a chance on life for good or bad results. It's way to short not to.

My Blog

The Why of Mr. Flips

    I was planning on blogging this earlier in the weekend but haven't wanted to spend to much time off the couch. I am sore. For some reason on Thursday there was an old guy who was no...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:06:00 PST

$4.00 a Gallon - FUCK YOU

I will be a voice for the people who are getting sick of the price of gas rising every fucking week. I am not sure about the rest of the country but the AVERAGE price of gas her in NY is $3.80. This i...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Sat, 03 May 2008 01:40:00 PST

Boys will be Boys

Today my son reached a milestone in his life that I feel the need to share. Over the weekend I showed Ethan how to use a magnifying glass for starting a fire in a survival situation. One of those thin...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:20:00 PST

Cell Phone Users

It seems that a major portion of society has a cell phone. Men, women, children, all have them. There is even a cell phone marketed for pets. No lie. Most people have common courtesy when it comes to ...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:57:00 PST

The Smurfs Were Communists

I would love to say I wrote this but I didn't.   The Smurfs Were Communists!By Dave Morgan Okay, I know it sounds crazy. I didn't believe it myself at first. Then I started thinking about it, a...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:46:00 PST

Torture Yourself I Did

OK I have just spent the last couple of days torturing myself with this quiz... As everyone knows I love to torture people so I am going to pass this on to anyone who really wants to frustrate themse...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:42:00 PST

Who wants a TIP!!!

I know there might be someone on my friends that will be offended but.............. WHY DOES EVERYBODY WANT A FUCKING TIP TO DO THIER GODDAMN JOB.......  I am so tired of seeing TIPS jars everyw...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Mon, 07 May 2007 05:28:00 PST

Another curveball thrown at my life.

"When life throws you a lemon, make lemonade." Fuck the person who said this. I am so sick of fucking lemonade. I am on approximately 3 hours of sleep, keeping myself awake so that I can sleep correct...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:05:00 PST

EMT's and Firefighters (a must read)

I read this as a bulletin and decided to turn this into a blog. I was a Volunteer Firefighter and Ambulance/Rescue Squad member off and on for 15 years. Unfortunately people do not understand what it ...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:15:00 PST

9/11/2001

9/11/2001   Five years after that terrible day. I am sitting here watching the documentary by the French brothers on CBS. These was the only cameraman who caught the first tower being hit. It is ...
Posted by Mr. Flips on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:40:00 PST