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themanymindsofbill

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About Me

Married Mechanical Engineer in San Jose

My Interests

Size acceptance, music, space advocacy, science fiction, more.

I'd like to meet:

Fred Pohl, Horatio Sanz, Kevin Smith

Music:

Get Set Go, Society of Rockets, They Might Be Giants, Communique, Go Betty Go, Frank Black, Pixies, Led Zeppelin, Mars Volta, Caesars, Yes, David Bowie, Guided by Voices, X, Bob Dylan, Elton John (pre-1980), Elvis Presley (1956 and earlier), Bill Haley and His Comets (and The Saddlemen), Nirvana vs. Destiny's Child, Missy Elliot, more.

Movies:

Truman Show, others

Television:

Mythbusters, The Daily Show, Pimp My Ride, MadTV, Wild'n Out

Books:

Authors: Robert Heinlein, Fred Pohl, Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Greg Bear, Poul Anderson, John Varley

Heroes:

Buzz Aldrin, Ray Bradbury, Burt Rutan

My Blog

I met Ray Wise yesterday

I met Ray Wise yesterday.  He plays the Devil on Reaper, a TV show on The CW.  I first got into it because Kevin Smith directed the pilot, and Kevin blogged about it. The show is funny, and ...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:02:00 PST

Closeted fat admirers

Just a quick follow-on to my last blog.  To all you men who like fat women and aren't open about it: Get the hell out of the closet!  Take a stand for what you love. And to all you fat women...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:14:00 PST

What I like

If all men are pigs, then I guess that applies to me.  What's different about me, though, is that I'm attracted to large women.  Fat chicks, if you will.  Yeah, I said it.  Fat chi...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:03:00 PST

Review: The Fat Girls Guide to Life by Wendy Shanker

I really wanted to like this book.  But right off the bat, if you call your book a Guide to Life, you're saying it's a book of advice.  So it better be good advice, not just your opinion. Th...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:16:00 PST

A "Weight Management Program" that’s not about health

I got a letter yesterday from my HMO, Kaiser.  They're launching a new "Medical Weight Management Program" for those who "have at lease 40 pounds to lose".  Interestingly, even though I'm an...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:29:00 PST

I liked Dr. Oliver’s "Fat Politics", but . . .

I liked Dr. J. Eric Oliver's book "Fat Politics" (and NAAFA likes it:  http://www.naafa.org/Newsletters/Late%20Fall%202005%20NAAFA% 20Newsletter.htmlarticle4.bg1), but there are a few problems wit...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:21:00 PST

Rolling Stone magazine, Sept. 6 issue, p. 90

In Joe Levy's column, he calls Fountains of Wayne "New Yorkers".  What a dolt.
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:19:00 PST

The Arrogance of Faith

First, let me say that I know many religious people who are kind and serene.  Still, there's an arrogance to faith that I dislike.  When confronting the question of the nature of the entire ...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:31:00 PST

Stupidity

I admit it, stupid things annoy me.  I ordered a shirt using the company's web page, and when they confirmed the order, they spelled my name wrong.  How do you missspell something that you d...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:11:00 PST

Farscape

Terri and I are watching Farscape from the start, renting the DVDs from Netscape, and we're up to the start of Season 2.  So no spoilers.  But, oh my, what a smart show!  Yes, it has t...
Posted by themanymindsofbill on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:42:00 PST