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Rick A

I am just me

About Me

How does one write about themself and make it sound like a very good 30 second commercial.. Well here goes... I am fun-loving 45 y/o guy who lives in St Charles. I have 3 boys that are sometimes w/ me here. I have 2 dogs, 3 guitars (I do want to learn how to play well someday)So if your a teacher, I'd love to learn. I have a great love of music,humor,and great restuarants, and a desire to have someone in my life..to share these loves with. I do like to keep up my appearance, but blue jeans and sneakers are usually the clothes of the day. I do clean up well. I even own my own tux. I know, I need to lose a few pounds, but hey..dont we all. I have a love of reading,... mysteries, political, and have a need to keep up with the news. Oh and.. Non Sequitor the comic strip. My political view, liberal. I enjoy obscure comedy at times, good movies that don't always entail a car chase, or a gunbattle. I am self employed in the legal field (no not a lawyer). I also work at a multi-national Express Company that isn't brown.

My Interests

Reading, music, bowling, sleeping when I can. Searching for the ones others can't find. Cooking, some landscape stuff, swimming, good movies, my sons. Get this widget!

I'd like to meet:

I am looking for someone who cares about people, someone that enjoys the simple pleasures of life, but also some of the finer things. I want to find the woman who when I look into her eyes, I see, and feel the magic of the person. That someone that the little voice inside my head goes "There you are" I have been waiting for you, for so long. Now I can love again. I like someome with an open mind. Intelligence is a major turn on. A good sense of humor. Someone,who gets my jokes. Spirited,Independent. likes pets. Has a love for children, and is willing to meld families together.A love of music(all music).I like to try and relate feelings thru music.You know...like the song,that reminds you of the love, you can feel toward a woman. Love.. a best friend to be able to share my thoughts, feelings,and music with. Being able to express onesself thru music or literature is a wonderful way to have a feeling, move you. Sometimes a simple touch is all thats needed and not the words. Someone,that can hear the smile in my voice when I call. I'm looking for a real relationship, and some casual chat to start. I'm looking for the real deal, and this year is my year. I dont have a need to play games. Looking for a great future, with some special.

Music:

Dan Fogelberg, Jimmy Buffett, Alison Krauss, Stephen Bishop, Lowen & Navarro, Steely Dan, Alan Parsons, America, Nanci Griffith, Maura O'Connell, Genesis, Loggins and Messina, Kenny Loggins, Poco, Eagles, Don Henley, J.D. Souther, Bruce Hornsby, Karla Bonoff, Bryndle, Andrew Gold, and a ton more.

Movies:

My fav all time movie is "Nobody's Fool" w/ Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffin. There are days I feel like "Sully". I like alot of different things movie wise depends on who is in it and the subject.

Television:

The C.S.I.'s, 4400, Dead Zone,Rescue Me, Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann, I am also a news junkie.

Books:

Anything written by James Lee Burke, Robert B. Parker, Clive Cussler, Louis L'Amour, W.E.B. Griffith, Ed McBain, Michael Connelly.

Heroes:

Harry Chapin. Harry was a very flawed individual who did well at somethings and teribly in others. Over half of his concerts were benefits for social causes that seem to have been lost in the change of the years. He was a master storyteller w/ his words and music and yet he was also a social conscience for America.

My Blog

Bush shoots for "Jaws,' delivers "Jaws 2" An Olbermann Comment

Bush shoots for 'Jaws,' delivers 'Jaws 2' President claimed to stop four terror plots, but where is the evidence? SPECIAL COMMENT By Keith Olbermann Anchor, 'Countdown' Updated: 7:20 p.m. PT Jan 30...
Posted by Rick A on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:44:00 PST

Remembering Molly Ivins

Funny WomanWhat I learned from Molly Ivins.By Dahlia LithwickPosted Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at 6:57 PM ET..After Date--> I didn't know Molly Ivins, and most of you didn't, either. But there was somethi...
Posted by Rick A on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:24:00 PST

Another Olbermann special comment

Olbermann: Special comment about 'sacrifice' BBC reports Bush will reveal troop surge plan in sacrifice-themed speech SPECIAL COMMENT By Keith Olbermann Anchor, 'Countdown' Updated: 7:16 a....
Posted by Rick A on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:49:00 PST

I have noticed

THat it seems no one really seems to notice the crap I have posted or writtenie pics, music, or even the political statements in my blog. Am I that boring?
Posted by Rick A on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:00:00 PST

Preasidential Lying

.. src="http://Ads1.msn.com/library/dap.js">..>  ..   MSNBC.com A special comment about lying Keith Olbermann on the difference between terrorists and critics SPECIAL COMMENT By...
Posted by Rick A on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:58:00 PST

Presidential Apology needed

Bush owes us an apology The President of the United States owes this country an apology. It will not be offered, of course. He does not realize its necessity. There are now none around him who wou...
Posted by Rick A on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:11:00 PST

5 years after

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/
Posted by Rick A on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:25:00 PST

A Nexus of Politics and terror

OLBERMANN: The term we employ is the nexus of politics and terror. It does not imply that there is no terror, but it also does not deny that there is politics. And it refuses to assume that counterter...
Posted by Rick A on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:56:00 PST

Update

Hello to all that care. An update on things around me. Sad news to say is that I had to put my dog Spenser down 3 weeks ago due to old age. He was almost 12 1/2 yrs old. I cried like a child when I wa...
Posted by Rick A on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:36:00 PST

The Factor Fiction

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=7fa1437e-62e0-43ff-b1d 5-ed8f5bf9eecd&f=00&fg=copy...
Posted by Rick A on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:49:00 PST