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Quad Almighty! *CRG*

When you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha

About Me

Have fun.

See derby.

Skate quads.

Be good.

Cincinnati Rollergirls
Women's Flat Track Derby Association

My Interests

Hannah Barbaric, Superchunk, Cincinnati Rollergirls, Gem City Rollergirls, Ohio Rollergirls, Rollergirls in General, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Reds, Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, Writing, Teaching, Movies, Music, Books, Sports, Poker, Politics, and GOLF. I am always golfing. Rolling Rock! All Hail the 33! Loyal Order of Quad Skaters, Find a Ref a Friend!

I'd like to meet:

Those people down there... down there in that box... I love those freakin' people!

Music:

Superchunk, Guided By Voices, Archers of Loaf, Wilco, The Roots, Jurrasic 5, Jay Z, Tupac, Aimee Mann, Elvis Costello, Weakerthans, Coltrane, Johnny Cash, Bach. Rock, Indie, Punk, Hip Hop, Pop, Old School Country, Americana, Jazz, etc.

Movies:

Star Wars (Not the Prequels), Magnolia, Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Godfather, Godfather II, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, LOTR, Apocalypse Now, The Jerk, Caddyshack, Charade, Double Indemnity, Bladerunner, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Field of Dreams, etc.

Television:

TV rots your brain...
But, I really like "The Office"

Books:

Knockout Artist/Harry Crews, Jesus' Son/Denis Johnson, White Noise/Don Delillo, First Course in Turbulence/Dean Young, The Intuitionist/Colson Whitehead, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas/Raoul Duke, Catcher.../JD, Airships/Barry Hannah, 60 Stories/Donald Barthelme, Civilwarland in Bad Decline/George Saunders, Pastoralia/George Saunders, WH Auden, Raymond Carver, Annie Proulx, e.e. cummings, Henry Miller, Amber Dermont, Michael Dumanis, Marc McKee, Murray Farish, Eric Shade, Viet Dinh, Tracy Jo Barnwell, Adam Zagajewski, Antonya Nelson, Gregg Spence, et. al.

Heroes:

My Mom, Ted Kennedy, Pete Rose, Muhammad Ali, Harry Crews, Han Solo (he f@*#ing shot first), Superchunk, Ferris Beuller, Eddie Murphy, Bill Hicks, George Saunders, Tiger Woods, Ann Calvello, Roxy Rockett, Princess America, Beyonslay, Sadistic Sadie, Hannah Barbaric.

The trick is to get back up off the mat--over and over until they get sick of knocking you down.

My Blog

Austin Bound

Aw, yeah! Hannah and I are headin' to Austin the last weekend of September to check out the WFTDA National Championships. We're flying down with some of our new leaguemates to see the likes of Racer M...
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:12:00 PST

Another Day Another Identity...

A note on the name change: It is unwise to change good branding. As Prince Rogers Nelson, Sean John Combs and Reginald Kenneth Dwight will tell you, it causes no end to confusion. I am not wise. I was...
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:15:00 PST

Pirate Walks into a Bar...

Pirate walks into a bar.   Bartender says, "Gee, pal, you look awful." Pirate says, "Yar, whadaya mean?" Bartender says, "Well, I couldn't help noticing your peg leg. Last time you were i...
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:21:00 PST

Laughing all the way to the nuthouse

seriously i am this closeto stuffing all this shit into a bag and dropping the goofy hammerdown. shit. 
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:43:00 PST

Descended from Pirates

I am a descendant of Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts. Scourge of the seven seas. "Bartholomew Roberts born John Robert (May 17, 1682 - February 10, 1722), also known as Black Bart (welsh: Barti Ddu),...
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:46:00 PST

The Age of Rust: Part One

The Age of Rust Part One: Wheelbarrows Full of Pennies   By Steve Haldeman     Fourteen Go-Go Girls clad in sequined leotards and long, pink-feathered headdresses strutting behind fourt...
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:32:00 PST

Most Likely Places To Which Kenneth Lay Retired Subsequent To Faking His Own Death

By Steve Haldeman  Small Caribbean Island secretly purchased by Enron in early 90's, which was initially slated to be Bikini-Golf Research Facility Number 2--referred to as Environmental Revitali...
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:32:00 PST

Super Tough Waste of Time

Go To: http://www.armorgames.com/games/hapland2_popup.html It's like a flash version of Mousetrap vs. Myst.  Lots of fun....
Posted by Quad Almighty! *CRG* on Fri, 12 May 2006 12:51:00 PST