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Mark

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I try to spend everyday of my life looking for something new or at least to achieve a new level of experience with anything I have experienced before. My Daughter makes this pretty easy! I love nature but I also love raw horsepower and technology which is a wierd conflict to live with. My favorite thing in life is crossing out items in my unrealized dream log!

My Interests

Racing, Snowmobiling, Motorcycling, Hiking, Camping, Canoeing, Fishing, Hunting, Astronomy, Geocaching, Hockey, and Computers.

I'd like to meet:

Tony Stewart and Burt Rutan

Music:

Most everything. Pink Floyd, The Doors, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, Loreena McKennitt, The Pundits, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, Metallica, Counting Crows, Pearl Jam, AC DC, The Presidents of the United States of America, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Enya, Grover Washington jr., Marvin Gaye, Big Head Todd, James Brown, Sam and Dave, Goldfrapp, The Chemical Brothers, The Beatles, Live, Ozzy Osbourne, U2, John Lee Hooker, George Thorogood, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, The Gear Daddies, Willy Nelson, Blondie, REM, Nirvana, Sheryl Crow, The Who, Indigo Girls, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Diamond, The Beach Boys, Jane's Addiction, Cosby, Stills and Nash, ELO, Cream, Men at Work, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, The Guess Who, The Von Blondies, Tears for Fears, Edie Brickell, Bob Marley, Gordon Lightfoot, The Gipsy Kings, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, The Police, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, Cuban All Stars, Traveling Wilburys, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, are among my favorites. I also love most classical music but only when I'm in the mood.

Movies:

Aliens, Wrath of Kahn (and any other ST movie), Slacker, Full Metal Jacket, Resevoir Dogs, Desperado, Super Troopers, Beerfest, 2001, 2010, Srange Brew, The Blues Brothers, The Island, The 5th Element, Night on Earth, The Thing, The Andromeda Strain, Naked Lunch, The Matrix, Outland, All James Bond, Hanger 18, Capricorn One, Virus, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Any Monty Python, Silverado, Blazing Saddles, The Burbs, Titan A.E., Kill Bill, A Bridge too Far, Pulp Fiction, Grey Lady Down, Deep Impact, anything by Irwin Allen, and any racing movie!

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Futurama, ST, ST:TNG, ST:DS9, ST:Voyager, Deadliest Catch, Mythbusters, NASA Channel, NASCAR, South Park, and sometimes Lost

Books:

On the Road, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Worst Case Scenario Handbook, Illusions, and anything by Carl Sagan.

Heroes:

Tony Stewart, Darell Waltrip, Dale Earhardt, A.J. Foyt, Chuck Yeager, James Doohan, Carl Sagan, Burt Rutan, Neil Armstrong, Loreena Mckennitt, and My Wife and Daughter!

My Blog

Merry <<insert here>>

Happy "your chosen religious denominational holiday celebration" on "whatever day your faith deems appropriate!" And have a great New Year if its significant to you in any way on whatever date it fal...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:08:00 PST

Oh Canada!

Well I just got back from a couple of trips up the the great white north and I miss is already!  Although, this time of year there isn't much white and it gets kind of hot.  Canada is such a...
Posted by Mark on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:23:00 PST

Caving

If you have the means to visit Mystery Cave is southeastern Minnesota I highly recommend it.  I posted some pictures of our caving experience there that give a very small idea of the beauty withi...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:28:00 PST

Spring and Dega

Well for the past few days the family and me have been out and about enjoying spring springing!  It has been great and there are a few pictures and one video posted at my site if anyone is intere...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:15:00 PST

April Fools

This is my first blog entry so it is as much an experiment as it is a confession. I love April Fools day! Whether its the exhilaration of dodging all the possible chances of getting nailed by someone ...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:08:00 PST