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About Me

I'm a pretty average guy, but when a Texan tells the truth, it always sounds like he's bragging. I can order food and ask directions in any language. I've cycled across two continents. I've been arrested five times in Texas for unpaid traffic tickets. I've slept in a snow cave in the Arctic, under an Autobahn overpass, on an M-1 in the Mojave, and in the city hall of Mainz Germany. I've had over thirty jobs, none of which i did well. But still, when i tell the stories it still somehow sounds boring.

My Interests

Early Modern History, European sport sedans, tweed and other weatherproof natural fiber fabric, the physical act of love, Satire, Spicy food, Mixed-couple dancing, Sunshine, Bicycle repair, beer

I'd like to meet:

someone who's not anti-american, old friends, or anyone who wants to join my quest for world domination.

Music:

the three of your who are musicians yourselves are of course my favorites! Since all 18 of you know me pretty well, i..ll use this space to suggest some dutch stuff you probably haven..t heard, but might like to try to download: the Easy Aloha..s, Arling & Cameron, the Herb Spectacles, the Treble Spankers, Luscious, Wilsum, Panhandle Swing. Also, check out Annette Louisan. She's the German Norah Jones.

Movies:

Last 5 Watched: La Vie En Rose (over Edith Piaf); Hot Fuzz Letters from Iwo Jima The Buddy Holly Story Zwartboek (Black Book - Paul Verhoeven):

Television:

"Meerkat Manor" is the best television program since "Bullwinkle" or "the many loves of Dobie Gillis". Also, check out 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace', 'Spaced', 'The Mighty Boosh', 'Green Wing','Flight of the Conchords' 'Nathan Barley'.Check it all out here: http://www.tv-links.co.uk

Books:

READING TODAY: 'Rechterhand van Nederland; een biografie van Michiel de Ruyter' - JUST FINISHED: 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson: 'Any Human Heart' by William Boyd: 'The Dram Shop' by Emile Zola: 'Rant' by Chuck Palahniuk: 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman' by L. Sterne

Heroes:

Toynbee, Gibbon, Braudel, Schama. Harley Earl and Ferdinand Porsche.

My Blog

Th’ wearin’ o’the Kilt: genetics, ethnicity and identity

Just got back from Chris Kmita's church wedding in Edinburgh. It may have been one of the best weddings i've ever been to, even considering the Scottish food. One of the reasons it was so great was be...
Posted by rob on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:09:00 PST

baard of geen baard?

some of my friends here claim that with a beard I look like a german, which is about the worst thing non-german europeans can say about someone. Normally I wouldn't put too much emphasis on stuff like...
Posted by rob on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:46:00 PST

Another vacation in the Czech Republic

Just got back from another week in the Czech Republic. The picture is of me, a half liter of beer that only cost 50 cents, and a ham hock. The other picture in my photo collection, with me, the beer, ...
Posted by rob on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:24:00 PST