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Chuck (or Mike) Either Works

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

About Me

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My World Visitor Map!
PERSONAL QUOTES:
    "The more you fear death, the faster you die"
    "Believe Nothing, Test Everything"
Places I've lived:
    Indiana: Portage , Chesterton , Valparaiso , Kouts , Muncie
    Tennesee: Cleveland
    Oregon: Woodburn , Salem , Portland (2006)
    Washington: Tacoma
    Alaska: Cordova , Bristol Bay
    California: Oceanside , Los Altos Hills
    Ohio: Youngstown
    Illinois: Chicago
    Texas: Fort Bliss , El Paso
    Netherlands: Leiden
    Russia: Arkhangelsk
CONTACT ME:

My Interests

    Music
    Movies
    Travel
    Writing
    Reading
    Shopping
    Cooking
    People watching
    Photography

I'd like to meet:

I am looking to make friends with people who are creative, intelligent, friendly, focused, and have a sense of humor. If you take yourself too seriously, then you won't like me because I will call you out on it. My husband and I are always looking for new and interesting people to meet!PEOPLE I WANT TO MEET:

    Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
    Art Bell
    Dr. Evelyn Paglini
    Dan Aykroyd
    Ray Bradbury
    George Carlin
    Aretha Franklin
    George Noory
    Patrick Heron
    Richard C. Hoagland
    Alex Jones
    Jim Carroll
    Willie Nelson
    Michael Stipe
    Dr. Judith Orloff
    Zecharia Sitchin
    Whitley Strieber
    Bruce Willis
    Joan Cusack
    R. Lee Ermey
    Kevin Kline
    Shawn Hatosy
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    Harvey Fierstein
    Gus Van Sant
    Tom Peterson
    Macaulay Culkin
    Joe Pesci
    Reba McEntire
    Dolly Pardon
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Jimmy Carter
    Angelina Jolie
    Robert De Niro
    Sean Connery
    Paul Walker
    Julia Roberts
    Uma Thurman

Music:

I like too many forms of music to produce a comprehensive list, but you will find a small sampling below:

    Electronic Dance Music:
    House:
    Paul Johnson
    Glenn Underground
    Mr. ALI
    Dajae
    Super Jane
    Bear Who
    Translucent
    Angel Alanis
    Rick Garcia
    CZR
    Barbara Tucker
Euro Dance
Drum & Bass
Rock Music:
    Classic/Traditional Rock:
    Rod Stewart
    The Doors
    The Mamas and the Papas
Alernative/Punk Rock:
    Social Distortion
    Jane's Addiction
    The Psychadelic Furs
    Violent Femmes
    Mest
    Nirvana
    311
    Madonna
    REM
    Berlin
    Erasure
    Sublime
    The Go-Go's
Gothic Rock:
    Inkubus Sukkubus
    Midnight Syndicate
    Vampire Division
Other Genres:
    Country Music:
    Johnny Cash
    Red Sovine
    Loretta Lynn
    Willie Nelson
Soul/R&B Music:
    Aretha Franklin
    Billie Holiday
    James Brown
    BB King
Crooners:
    Frank Sinatra
    Dean Martin
    Tony Bennett
    Harry Connick, Jr.

Movies:

Portland Oregon Police Attack Crowd of Protesters



Portland Oregon Police Attack Crowd of Protesters - images from police video tapes.
    Steel Magnolias
    Too Wong Foo
    Romper Stomper
    Clockwork Orange
    Kids
    The Usual Suspects
    Torch Song Trilogy
    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
    Rocky Horror Picture Show
    Strawberry & Chocolate
    Pecker
    Frankenhooker

Television:

    Ugly Betty
    Heroes
    The Simpsons
    Family Guy
    South Park
    King of the Hill

Books:

    What the Wind Whispered by Tal L. Neumann, Jr.
    Kitchen Witchery by Marilyn F. Daniel
    Communion by Whitley Strieber
    Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent
    The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual by James Green

Heroes:

Some people say that heroes are born and not made, that heroism is a matter of fate, but if heroes are made, who - or what - "makes" them?

    Charles W. Paugh - soldier & my father DeLois L. Gunter - theologian & my maternal grandmother Clay A. Watkins - soldier & my best friend Wladimir Pasko - WW II survivor, my godfather

My Blog

Scrawny is not sexy nor is it cut, muscular, or hot

I'd like to start out this post by stating very clearly. I am fat. I am overweight, and everyone who wants to turn this argument around and say, "Yeah, but you're fat!" well that won't fly.I am so sic...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:37:00 PST

Are you being scammed by the American liquor industry?

Prior to the American alcohol prohibition of 1920-1933, when a consumer in the United States purchased a bottle of vodka, rum, gin, tequila, or whiskey, he would receive the real thing as Coca-Cola li...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:04:00 PST

The hypocrisy of the babyboomer generation

I spoke to my mother this evening, and she relayed to me how disgusted she has become with those of her babyboomer generation.  She believes herself to belong to a generation of hypocrites, eliti...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Sun, 13 May 2007 09:19:00 PST

Flag Desecration in Any Form is Unacceptable

One of the unfortunate incidents to occur at the anti-war protest today was a group of teenagers dressed in black with ski masks hiding their faces carrying signs that read, "For each American soldier...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:03:00 PST

A party of can'ts

How do we overcome the nightmare scenarios created by President George W. Bush and the rest of the Republican't party and win the White House in 2008? " The Republican'ts tell us that we can't lea...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:03:00 PST

Looking to the 2008 Presidential Election

I think that the presidential election in 2008 is going to be a very heated event.  I make no effort to hide the fact that I am a member of the Democratic Party.  I've got to say that I am a...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:52:00 PST

Visually perfect specimens often have a bad attitude

I was reading an except today from a book entitled, Sex Workers As Virtual Boyfriends, by Joseph Itiel.  In the book, he described various types of sex workers, and I came across a quote that mad...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:45:00 PST

RIP Pres. Gerald Ford: July 14, 1913December 26, 2006

I remember vaguely from my childhood discussions in public and around the dinner table about the Watergate scandal involving President Nixon. It was the early 1970's, and my parents drove a green Chev...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:57:00 PST

Warn the elderly: Don't strike baggage screeners with shoes

While reading through some old news stories today, I came across an article that I had some how previously missed. It is the story of a 65 year old man from El Paso TX who was arrested by the Departme...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:57:00 PST

RIP James Brown: May 3, 1933  December 25, 2006

I think it is sort of fitting that the man called the "Godfather of Soul" -- James Brown -- died today, Christmas 2006.Why do I say this? Well, it is because the man gave so much to the world of music...
Posted by Chuck (or Mike) Either Works on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:02:00 PST