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About Me

I'm married to a wonderful woman named Sasha. Isn't she lovely? She has kept me in a constant state of amazement for over 7 years now. She's from the Czech Republic, a country that I soon fell in love with after falling in love with her.
I don't subscribe to double standards of any kind. It's my number one pet peeve. I'm not a hater. Never have been, never will be. If you're a hater, waste your breath on someone else. Ladies, if you flirt with me and cop an attitude when I flirt back, you can't be my friend. I don't use racial slurs or words that disrespect women. Anyone who does can't be my friend, regardless of how they mean it. One people, one language... get me?
I'm a cynic and I'm ok with that. My best friend says I'm the world's biggest cynic but I'm way too cynical to believe that. It's a self defense mechanism I developed to cope with the world around me. If not for being a cynic, the world would be way too depressing. As it stands, I expect the worst and the beautiful things in life keep me amazed. I'm not on a mission to eradicate stupidity from the world. I just want to point it out and make fun of it.
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My Interests

I love spending time with my wife. When I'm alone, I like reading books or Playing Everquest. My wife and I go to the Ballet and Opera occasionally and we go to Shadowbox Cabaret as often as we can.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANYA MICHELLE!

I'd like to meet:

Roger Staubach, Jennifer Tilly, Stephen R. Donaldson, Robin Williams and Stupid Flanders.
It Took me a couple of minutes to see it.

Music:

I'm still a loyal fan of Enigma. In my twenties, I liked Berlin, Til Tuesday and Yaz. Today at the age of 44, my favorite bands are Godsmack and Breaking Benjamin. I hate country music and I hate hip hop. I'm not sure which I hate the most. Does it matter?

Movies:

I like those ANXT ridden movies that have heavy psychological impact such as The Breakfast Club, The Prince of Tides, Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting. Yes, I play Everquest. Above is my main character, Mugchug Foambeard, a dwarven cleric. For you non-rpg players, a cleric is a healer.

Television:

I'm a big fan of the modern day adult cartoon shows such as Family Guy (Stewie Griffin Rocks) and Southpark generally because they make fun of everyone and everything. Anyone who can't appreciate that kind of humor is way too uptight. I hate reality TV, it's too unrealistic. As far as TV drama's go, I like "House" the best, followed by "Bones."

Books:

1st and 2nd Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Most of the works of R.A. Salvatore, J.R.R. Tolkein, and of course, the Harry Potter series.

Heroes:

Artists are my heroes, and not just painters and sculpters. All artists, including actors, comedians, singers, dancers, musicians ect. I revere them above doctors. Think about it. What would the world be without Doctors? What would the world be without artists? Which world would you rather live in? Personally, I'd rather take my chances in a world without doctors. Doctors may save lives but artists are the ones who make life worth living.

My Blog

Tagged Again!

Looks like I’ve been tagged agian. This time by Cari. Maybe It’s because I tagged her the last time I got tagged. Who knows. Anyway, the way this works is that when you get tagged you have...
Posted by Rick on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST

Dark Comedies Rule

Last night, the wife and I went to the opening of Tabloid, the Musical at Shadowbox Cabaret in Columbus. It’s an original work, written, directe...
Posted by Rick on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:43:00 PST

Life Lessons

Some of the things life has taught me through my own life experiences: You should never compromise who you are for the sake of what you want, either out of desire or obligation. There is very little d...
Posted by Rick on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:32:00 PST

New Years Eve at Shadowbox

Sasha and I had a great New Year's Eve celebration at Shadowbox Cabaret in Columbus and I thought I'd blog about it and introduce you all to some of the coolest people on the planet. D...
Posted by Rick on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:30:00 PST

Oh Christmas Tree!

Maybe some of you know where the tradition of the Christmas tree comes from. For those of you who don't, I'll fill you in. When Christianity spread through middle and eastern Europe, the predominant r...
Posted by Rick on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:09:00 PST

Everybodys Fool

I don't usually pay much attention to music for anything other than entertainment value let alone blog about it, mainly because most songs don't really relate to me or to most people for that matter. ...
Posted by Rick on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:10:00 PST

Syman Says "Buy the Program"

Years ago, I purchased Norton Internet Security 2002 for virus protection. Every year I have paid about 30 bucks to renew and keep my updates current. A couple of months ago my computer started having...
Posted by Rick on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:42:00 PST

Hair

Last Sunday my wife and I attended the on stage performance of the musical "Hair" at Shadowbox Cabaret in Columbus. For those of you who don't know about Shadowbox, I'll briefly explain. Usually they ...
Posted by Rick on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:01:00 PST

To Be Happy

Everyone wants to be happy, right? At least they want to be happier than they are. It's kind of like this unspoken agenda we all have. It's so important that while our government doesn't guarantee hap...
Posted by Rick on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:50:00 PST

I Remember Halloween...

I remember Halloween when when kids would trick-or-treat at night. Now it's done between 2pm and 5pm. Ghost and goblins just aren't as scary in the daylight. Of course in those days, people didn't hav...
Posted by Rick on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:48:00 PST