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Waynebow

We must be the change we wish to see in the world. - Gandhi

About Me

The I am's
... a longterm AIDS survivor, HIV/AIDS educator, advocate and activist.
... a Usui Reiki master, Tera Mai Reiki II practitioner and pastoral counselor.
... a great listener - I'm sure I harbor an old soul inside this body, and I unconsciously tap into many different resources when trying to help resolve a problem or issue.
The I's
... love life, appreciate nature, and do my best to honor and preserve what has been given to us in the way of natural gifts.
... respect the earth and all its denizens as long as they're not mucking things up for future generations or indiscriminately killing off our fellow man.
... believe in ZPG (Zero Population Growth) - we've already overburdened this poor planet; we generate ever increasing amounts of garbage daily and have started dumping it into our oceans (I understand they're actually looking for cost-effective ways to jettison the stuff into outer space!).
... am really into halting and reversing global warming; Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" struck a serious chord with me and puts a lot of substantial, scientifically valid information out there for the world's consideration. If you haven't seen it, try to squeeze it into your schedule.
... believe in progress and technology; I love the internet and its potential to connect diverse peoples who may be continents apart.
... do not believe that different peoples are inherently good or bad.
... hate war even though I enjoy a good war movie.
... believe in Love.
... believe in mankind's innate goodness.
... believe in giving and getting second chances.
... cherish my friends and family.
... would like to help anyone in need see something positive in their particular situation.
The U's
... are honest.
... are willing to give somewhat equally to what you get from the friendship.
... are interested in helping others.
... won't bullshit me, except perhaps in fun.
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(That's "Waynebow" in Italian!)
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My Interests



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Volunteerism; preventive health education for youth; building and repairing computers; reading; watchin' foreign and vintage films; India Pale Ale's; bittorrents; pet and wild birds; endangered species, the environment and ecology; urban gardening; travel; Scrabble and crossword puzzles. Oh, and cooking!!! I'm a pretty good cook, esp. international cuisines (northern Italian, Thai, Mexican, Arabic, Chinese, and Mediterranean)

I'd like to meet:

Men for the most part but just about anyone really, from those who're just barely old enough to write intelligently, all the way to sexy seniors ;)
Regarding the people I invite to become friends, or those whose invitations I'll accept, well it's like the actress said to the bishop,
"I'm flexible"

Music:

Music keeps me YOUNG! I love smooth jazz, but I also get off on hot, throbbin' club beats, disco and classic pop. Other favorites include cocktail lounge stuff and vintage vocalists. I've loosened up toward some of the newer genres.

I made this music player at MyFlashFetish .com.

Movies:

Adventures, indies, foreign, dramas, scifi, espionage and anything with a good chase scene!Favorites include An Affair to Remember, Moonstruck, Napoleon Dynamite, The Station Agent, Day of the Jackal, The Transporter, Ronin, On The Town, A Beautiful Thing, the Bourne movies, Stargate, The Hunt for Red October, most 007's, The Professional, Tea with Mussolini, Life Is Beautiful, A Man and A Woman, Bullitt, Torch Song Trilogy, Tora, Tora, Tora; and good (well done) war movies (but did I mention, "I hate war"?!!!).

Television:

All my favorites seem to get cancelled!!! Prime examples - The West Wing, Book of Daniel, NYPD Blue, Third Watch, Farscape, La Femme Nikita, Brooklyn South, Homicide: Life On the Streets, Hot l Baltimore. I think it's a conspiracy. Of those shows still being aired, I love the various Law and Order's, 24, Dr. Who (the newest Brit series), Stargate series, CSI, MI-5 (aka Spooks), and those most excellent old movies on Turner Classic Movies.

Books:

Michener's "The Source", anything by Robert Ludlum, "Under the Tuscan Sun", anything by Thich Nhat Hanh, most James Patterson, books on travel and life in Italy, and international cookbooks :D

Heroes:

St. Francis of Assisi, H.H. The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Robert Redford, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, Mohandas Gandhi, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Peter Ramstine and my dear departed Roy Lundin (RIP)

My Blog

"About Face"!

Study: Military gays don't undermine unit cohesion Jul 8, 5:50 AM (ET)WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikel...
Posted by Waynebow on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:30:00 PST

"Strategic Alliance" (?!)

(From my Friend Jennifer Wants Justice and Peace, a most excellent post that I hope you'll take the time to read - Wayne)"Strategic Alliance" US and Iraq ...
Posted by Waynebow on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:47:00 PST

Culling the herds

(I'm pretty certain this government is in greater collusion with the energy industry than I'd previously imagined.  This is increasingly brought to mind when I see and hear from other seniors, an...
Posted by Waynebow on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:50:00 PST

President surveys the damage

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Posted by Waynebow on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:57:00 PST

NOW IM JUICED!!!!!!!!!!

(This just in, courtesy of Teambio ... )Bolthouse Farms giving money to fund anti-gay marriage effortsAs reported on many GLBT blogs over the past few days and weeks, the founder of Bolthouse Farms  ...
Posted by Waynebow on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:04:00 PST

Everyones a suspect

Racial profiling eyed for terror probes WASHINGTON (AP)  The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terroris...
Posted by Waynebow on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:51:00 PST

Got Weeds?

Many of the lawn-and-garden weeds that people kill with toxic herbicides actually contain health-giving properties and vital nutrients often missing from foods grown in depleted soil. A weedy lawn is ...
Posted by Waynebow on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:28:00 PST

U.S. Downshifting Week

Conscious Consuming is sponsoring a voluntary simplicity awareness campaign from July 7th-13th called U.S. National Downshifting Week. This week, which builds on the work of Tracey Smith, the founder...
Posted by Waynebow on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:15:00 PST

Preparing the Battlefield

Preparing the BattlefieldThe Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. ...
Posted by Waynebow on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:21:00 PST

It’s always been about the oil

June 30, 2008 U.S. Advised Iraqi Ministry on Oil Deals By ANDREW E. KRAMER, The New York Times A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part i...
Posted by Waynebow on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:28:00 PST