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Zachary

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm currently the trombone player touring with "The Polyphonic Spree." I recently settled in New York City after several years of playing trombone for Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus. I don't remember what happened before that.

My Interests

oddities, walking at breakneck speed, predicting the future, weird web pages, proper nutrition, jazz, raining on parades, skiing, hiking, using profanity, european travel, playing music, cycling, omphaloskepsis, cussin', spittin', feng shui, wrestlin', fisticuffs, critical thought, skepticism...

I'd like to meet:

Intelligent beings.

Music:

in no particular order: steely dan, aimee mann, anton webern, bach, coltrane, miles, kurt elling, aretha franklin, stevie wonder, snoop dogg, avishai cohen, kurt rosenwinkel, ben folds five, billy joel, bob brookmeyer, jim mcneeley, charles ives, charles mingus, james brown, phil woods, jj johnson, ozomatli, yerba buena, frank zappa, nick drake, sinatra, joni mitchell, jason mraz, jamiroquai, james taylor, count basie, mahler, tenacious d, sting, dexter gordon, rufus wainwright...

Television:

Idiot Box.

Books:

Recently finished: "The Brain That Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge, M.D. "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. Highly recommended. "Stumbling on Happiness", by Daniel Gilbert. Recommended.

Heroes:

Willard Scott, Boutros Boutros Ghali, and Kate Moss.

My Blog

pleased to announce...

Hello friends! I'm pleased to announce that I'll be joining "Polyphonic Spree" on tour, starting in mid-October. You can check out more info at www.polyphonicspree.com.Sadly, this may be the end of th...
Posted by Zachary on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:01:00 PST

Back in NYC

A short "blog post". I'll have to ease back into this...So we're back in the City. I always refer to New York City as "the City", even if I'm on the other side of the country, in a suburb of, say, San...
Posted by Zachary on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:57:00 PST

It's been awhile

So it's been awhile since I've written anything. I guess I didn't have much to say for awhile. Since my last post, I bought a motorcycle, rode it 9,000 miles, and only had one "unplanned dismount." An...
Posted by Zachary on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:17:00 PST

No me jodas...

So this is really just another lame opinion of another American City. Feel free to skip if you think you'll be bored. I actually like Miami, and I can't figuire out why exactly. On paper, I should t...
Posted by Zachary on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:32:00 PST

Happy 335-365

In order to avoid any of the controversy that is surrounding the "war on Christmas", I have decided that perhaps the most politically correct phrase for this time of year might be, "Happy 335 through ...
Posted by Zachary on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:35:00 PST

beware of clif bars...

I had an experience today which I might describe as "upsetting." I was going about my usual routine early this afternoon, preparing to cycle to work. I had been busy farting around on the computer, an...
Posted by Zachary on Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:48:00 PST

Random rant

So Bush has taken the opportunity to knight Roberts as Chief Justice, or C.J., as I like to call it. From everything that I've read, they really don't know what sort of opinions the guy might have. Th...
Posted by Zachary on Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:18:00 PST

huh?

For some reason while at work earlier this evening, I started thinking about mind reading, and things of the sort. While I still have some more to read about the psychological theories and metaphysics...
Posted by Zachary on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:52:00 PST

have I offended you?

It would seem that one of my blog entries has upset one of my readers. For that, I apologize. The offending post has been removed. I wallow in guilt and self-loathing. Who would have thought that call...
Posted by Zachary on Sat, 20 Aug 2005 03:10:00 PST

must look manly...

I went into a bicycle store the other day here in San Diego to get a couple of things, when I noticed some bells among the various accessories. As the store was downtown, I had obviously been riding i...
Posted by Zachary on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:29:00 PST