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Vaanth

So?

About Me


I'm here, as strange as that may seem...
See my blogs for more about me.
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Gary

My Interests


Electronics, computers, UNIX, Chrysler products vehicles (60s-70s, some 80s, some 50s), auto mechanics, general mechanics, metal working, wood working, forests, the wild, animals, science, technology, reading, more reading.
Live free or Die...

I'd like to meet:

Some old friends, some new friends.

Comment Me :)

Music:

Some favorites:
Meat Loaf , Blue Oyster Cult , Foghat , Fleetwood Mac, Heart , Alice Cooper , Aerosmith, Abba, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, ELO, Vixen , Ramones, Stevie Nicks , Nena , Blondie , Kim Wilde , Kylie Minogue , Gary Numan , Robert Palmer, Bonnie Tyler, Falco, Samantha Fox , Warrant , Savage Garden , Lifehouse , Meredith Brooks , Jaded , Disturbed , Godsmack , Three Days Grace , Linkin Park , The Used , HIM , Saliva , Evanescence , Korn , SOTE , The Animals, Johnny River, The Ventures, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Rossini, Prokofiev, Sylvia Calzolari , Alicia Gardner , Bethany Dick , Freezepop , Bloodrock , Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells , Sarah McLachlan , Celtic Woman , Venus Envy

Movies:

I like an array of movies, although I mostly prefer older movies. I have a fondness for 50s/60s SciFi flicks.
Some favorites:
Titanic, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, The Day The Earth Stood Still, 2001 A Space Odyssey, War Of The Worlds, Excalibur, Merlin, Transformers, The Last Man On Earth, Animal House, Vanishing Point, The Towering Inferno, The Ten Commandments, Jason & The Argonauts, The Blues Brothers, Two-Lane Blacktop, Crazy Larry and Dirty Mary, American Graffiti, Hollywood Knights, Dazed & Confused, Fail Safe, Airport, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Assault On Precinct 13 (the original), Walking Tall (the original), The Quiet Man, Hard Times, The Warriors, Death Wish movies, Conan movies, Star Trek movies, more....

Television:

I dislike most television. I don't watch it very much. I do enjoy older shows, especially 60s and 70s and older shows (ie. Andy Griffith, Looney Tunes! etc.) and some newer stuff. Outer Limits (the original) and Star Trek (the original) are my favorite series.

Books:

So much to read, so little time...
Too much too list, but in general:
Technical books (electronics, mechanics, computers, UNIX, etc. etc.). Automotive books (especially about Chrysler products), Science fantasy (TSR Forgotten Realms & Dragonlance, etc.). Science Fiction. Some other fiction. History. Perusing reference books. Much more....

Heroes:

The Wizard of Menlo Park.

My Blog

For Buttercup

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Posted by Vaanth on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:58:00 PST

About My Vehicles.

I own several Chrysler product vehicles. These are my hobby and my regular driver vehicles and work vehicles. I'm not a hardcore collector, juust a hobbyist trying to build too many cars in too litt...
Posted by Vaanth on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:42:00 PST

Lost Love -- Paging Lisa

I know I am changing due to MySpace  (and other things) now as I write a blog with a sappy subject line about a sappy subject...My last girlfriend was in the early 80s (depressing, isn't it, but ...
Posted by Vaanth on Sat, 05 May 2007 10:12:00 PST

What is Vaanth?

Vaanth is a name I coined long ago when I played Dungeons & Dragons.  For those  familiar with it, my character was a high level Lawful Good Paladin.  I have since used the name as ...
Posted by Vaanth on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:18:00 PST

Why am I on MySpace?

I'm not sure.  I'm not really social, although I can be sociable (or a sociopath), depending on who and what is involved.  I like my solitude.  Appearing on MySpace is out of the ordina...
Posted by Vaanth on Sat, 05 May 2007 10:08:00 PST

Who is Vaanth?

My name is Gary.  I'm a technical, analytical person.  I'm a realist, although others think I'm cynical.  Cynicism is just practical realism.  I live alone, although I have family ...
Posted by Vaanth on Sat, 05 May 2007 09:35:00 PST