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taomen

Sometimes, the hokey pokey is what it's all about...

About Me

Total outdoors lover... photographer, music/movie junkie, and I love to eat good food. I think that's about as concise as I can be... oh, and I've traveled a bit... (the map below just covers the last 12 years or so.) This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

My Interests

Camping, hiking/biking/running, working on my '73 MG, and traveling to places far and near...Oh, yeah and photography ( My Portfolio !)

I'd like to meet:

Old friends... I'm here to find and chat with old pals...

Music:

Let's see what I'm listening to now... Recently, I'm into all genre's of classic rock. But typically, I'm a Gavin DeGraw, Coldplay, DMB, Wallflowers, Cat Stevens, David Gray, Guster, Dispatch, OAR, Anna Nalick, Keith Urban, Rascal Flats, Toby Keith fan... but I'm into all kinds of music...

Movies:

You haven't seen my collection? Seriously, I'm having issues with Blockbuster's Used section. Oh well, time to give the surround sound system another workout. Big fan of Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, Ed Norton, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks... and almost anything by "Imagine", "Dreamworks", or "Revolution."

Television:

I'm not a big fan of TV. Well that's not totally true... I just didn't watch it for about 8 years and I guess I just stopped watching mostly. And, I wasn't a cable kid so if you give me more than 8 channels, I'm lost.... I'd have to say of what recent TV I've seen, 24, Law and Order, Modern Marvels, and Mail Call are all worth watching now and again.... this past summer Lisa got me into Project Runway and Treasure Hunters. Seriously.

Books:

Stupid engineer trying to catch up on classical reads... for some reason its not bulletized in powerpoint, so its taking me a bit longer... :) Recently finished a book about a train robbery (for fun), now I'm on to some business books (Built to Last)... so we'll see. Done with textbooks and research for awhile though :)

Heroes:

My parents and grandparents are my heroes... my sister's working on it :)

My Blog

more changes...

so, changes abound....Selling my '73 MGB, moving out of Blacksburg as of Friday, and starting work in DC on Monday.  Still in the process of apartment hunting.Working on my prepacking, purchasing...
Posted by taomen on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:52:00 PST

golf cart in the drink

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skinny_d ippingSo funny!  We have a murky pond here at tech and I'm thinking we might be able to liven campus up a bit if we were as ambitious a...
Posted by taomen on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:49:00 PST

16 April 2007

Obviously what happened today is beyond the capacity of words to describe.  Personally, I am safe and was not on campus due to the earlier shooting today.  Please keep everyone here in your ...
Posted by taomen on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:22:00 PST

do you consume?

I'd say one of the most damaging consumption problems the US has today, is the consumption of really crappy sensationalist drama/entertainment from our so called "news" stations.  What a waste of...
Posted by taomen on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:02:00 PST

Popeye...

The CG sends out msgs when prominent CG members pass away, and I'd have to say, this guys life sounds like a movie. He lived three good lives at least.  Quite impressive.  Note: First he bec...
Posted by taomen on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:31:00 PST

Jimmy!

Oh yes, While many people around the nation cruise right past it, I hope you will take a second and enjoy Groundhog's Day, a true holiday, specially if you've ever been to my hometown.  And yes, ...
Posted by taomen on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:15:00 PST

words of the day

This was clever enough, I had to post it.  Anyone have any good additions?  Mattie, you were always good for some clever words...NEW WORDS FOR 2007       Essential vocabulary ...
Posted by taomen on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:50:00 PST

improvement... chapter 1....

(listening to the gambler :))So tonight I patched together a first chapter (out of four or five) to my Thesis.  Frankly, I'm pretty sure it's the toughest chapter and it's not anywhere close to d...
Posted by taomen on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:56:00 PST

kinda pissy

Ok, so although I'm really having a good week for the beginning of the semester... a number of events have continued to un-nerve me a bit... and have kept me on edge.  A quick synopsis so I can g...
Posted by taomen on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:32:00 PST

torn, ver. 2.0

So awhile back I posted a really entertaining video of this mime performing "Torn".... well he apparently did it for a recent awards show.... but this time it was a bit different... funnier I'd say :)...
Posted by taomen on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:35:00 PST