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About Me

my real name is wesley but you can call me wes or wester or "el duderino" (if you're not into the whole brevity thing).
i grew up in northern va. i spent my college summers on Star Island off the coast of portsmouth, nh. i'm a unitarian-universalist and a democrat.
i used to get paid to travel around the world and do stuff. now i'm taking 3 years off from work to travel more, volunteer and learn about the problems that plague the poorest people in the developing world.
My major accomplishments in life (so far) are: winning multiple beer chugging contests, hanging out with dwarves on at least three different continents, and filming a re-make of " back to the future " with my dad's beta max when I was a kid...
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i think:
- greed is the cause of most man-made problems in the world
-there is a critical lack of ethics practiced in government and big business throughout the world
-the ability to forgive others is a sign of strength. revenge is vindictive and a sign of weakness.
-the bush administration's decision to go into iraq was the worst
thing that the american government has done in my lifetime
-negative emotions and anger reflect emotional suffering. no good
has ever come out of hate. life is too short to be pissed off
all the time.
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In my opinion, these things are so bad that they're good:
1) Moustaches
2) Mullets
3) Cheesy dudes in sportscars
4) Sportscars 5) People who claim that they "work hard & play hard"
6) Televangelists
7) Any character on any version of "The Office"
8) Taco Bell burritos
9) Anyone who uses the term "Playa Hayta"
10) Really, really cheap beer (eg Miller High Life)
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I generally like to hang out with:

people who like to have fun, watch movies, and search for communities of little people (like midgetville and tinytown) in a non-confrontational way

people of substance

people with a good sense of humor

people with inspirational stories who have overcome (seemingly) insurmountable odds

people who care about the future of our planet and the future of humanity

people who want to work toward solving problems in the world (not causing them)

people who can just kick back and drink a beer and not give a sh*t

cool people like george jefferson, danny zucco, and the fonz

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My Blog

End Capital Punishment

I am against the practice of the death penalty as a form of punishment. Here is why: 1) Capital punishment is not a significant deterrent to violent crime. Look at the countries (and states) who have ...
Posted by Wes on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:51:00 PST

"In Falls Church, a Team to Remember"

This letter to the Washington Post (from July 23, 2006) was written by a former football coach at my high school. ----------------------------------------------------- In Falls Church, a Te...
Posted by Wes on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:45:00 PST

Bush Tricked His Own People

Were Evangelicals Played For Suckers?By Chuck Baldwin on (Oct 17, 06 | 11:28 am) No president in American history played the "God card" any better than George W. Bush. Early in his 2000 presidential...
Posted by Wes on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:35:00 PST

My Current Location (updated on Nov 13)

In the past year I stopped traveling for the State Dept. and left DC to go to Indonesia & Thailand. I spent most of the past year working (for free!) on tsunami relief & rebuilding. I came bac...
Posted by Wes on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My views on dating

I apologize if I don't seem real eager to jump into a forced awkward intimate situation that people like to call dating. I don't like the feeling. You're sitting there, you're wondering do I have food...
Posted by Wes on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:21:00 PST

Dwarfs and Me

My brothers & friends may disagree, but my "infatuation" with dwarfs is merely just an "interest" stemming from my curiosity about people and things different than me. Some of you have asked ...
Posted by Wes on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Quote re criticism of the President

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American...
Posted by Wes on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Four Commencement Speeches (long but funny)

Below are four hilarious commencement speeches, by Conan O' Brien, John Stewart, Ali G, and Will Ferrell. They're kind of long but pretty funny.... ----------------------------------------------- ...
Posted by Wes on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST