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Dougtowne

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

There's a good chance that this isn't enough space to appropriately describe me. But I think I remember seeing something on an application or profile analysis thingy that asks how your friends would describe you. So, in the spirit of virtual honesty and lacking any friends, I would assume they would describe me as the following: carbon based.

My Interests

Photography ~ Dry British Wit

Music:

Lunik ~ Bowie ~ Garbage ~ James ~ Joy Division ~ New Order ~ Pet Shop Boys ~ Wonder Stuff ~ Smiths ~ Police ~ Pop Will Eat Itself ~ Who ~ Love & Rockets ~ Siouxsie & the Banshees ~ Neil Diamond ~ Thurstons ~ Ned's Atomic Dustbin ~ Maurice Turmel ~ Cardigans ~ Wagner ~ Carl Orf ~ Pixies

Movies:

How To Get Ahead In Advertising ~ Linguini Incident ~ Bullworth ~ Miller's Crossing ~ Poolhall Junkies ~ Hustler ~ Rear Window ~ The Doctor ~ Lonely Guy ~ Absolute Beginners ~ The Sting ~ The Jerk ~ Hudsucker Proxy ~ American President ~ The Man With One Red Shoe ~ Going My Way ~ Aquamarine ~ About A Boy ~ A Christams Carol (1951)

Television:

Dateline: To Catch A Predator ~ Family Guy ~ Heroes ~ Criminal Minds ~ 30 Rock ~ Office US ~ The West Wing ~ Lone Ranger ~ South Park ~ City Confidential ~ American Justice ~ CSI: NY ~ CSI ~ Dirty Jobs ~ News Radio ~ Leave It To Beaver ~ Coupling ~ Extras ~ Andy Griffith Show ~ Jeopardy!

Books:

Atlas Shrugged ~ History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters ~ Count of Monte Cristo ~ Wealth of Nations ~ The Trial ~ Making History ~ The Human Story ~ The Gashlycrumb Tinies ~ The Lemon Table ~ The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy ~ Giraffes? Giraffes! ~ Escape From Freedom

Heroes:

Batman - but I don't think that's what they meant

My Blog

Nothing to Say

I haven't blogged in 7 months!?! Where does the time go? (It goes to Facebook actually). So here's what's new with me ... We got a new software package at work. I liken it to ... I dunno, something f...
Posted by Dougtowne on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:57:00 PST

Blah Blah Blog

So I recently discovered the 'i' didn't work when I blog. I sent an email to tech support and now it seems it does. Here's my concern, I got no response from them at all (just happened to try it again...
Posted by Dougtowne on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:15:00 PST

Hobbies

  Hobbies, I'm to understand, are good for you because they stimulate and relax your mental faculties simultaneously. Before you go any further, I'm not doing any kind of spell check, so bite me....
Posted by Dougtowne on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:43:00 PST

Miracles of Science

Okay, this has the rare quality of being true AND clever.      Bill and Tom are two Kiwis working at the local sawmill.  One day Bill slips and his arm gets caught and severed by ...
Posted by Dougtowne on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:34:00 PST

HOW!

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Posted by Dougtowne on Sun, 20 May 2007 04:25:00 PST

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Waging War

"Prince Harry will not deploy with his regiment to Iraq following 'specific threats' to target him by insurgents fighting British and US forces."          ...
Posted by Dougtowne on Thu, 17 May 2007 03:28:00 PST

In the interest of saving time ...

I'm going to go ahead and answer your questions up front: Yes. No. No. Yup. Sure. Mayhaps. Yes. No. I don't know. It's in the back. Yes. Sometime after 11:00. I don't know. Uh-huh. Yes. I'm sure I saw...
Posted by Dougtowne on Sun, 06 May 2007 07:00:00 PST

Duck Duck Duck

Gerry and Theodora dropped by again. On their way out the other night, Gerry flew into the hydro line, but he's fine.I don't think ducks see so good in the dark. Or maybe they're jus...
Posted by Dougtowne on Sat, 05 May 2007 01:21:00 PST

I Don't Lack Direction So Much As I Ignore It.

  I thought it would be out of character - and therefore funny - if I went out and bought Avril Lavigne's new CD. But then I thought it would be even funnier if I shoplifted it ins...
Posted by Dougtowne on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

Hmmmmmmmmm

Sometimes when I see a commercial for something I don't really need or want, I think to myself; "Self", I think, "I should buy that item just so the advertisers will think they're doing a good job."&n...
Posted by Dougtowne on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:58:00 PST