Brad profile picture

Brad

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

1) Proud Father of 8 year old Samantha, 24yr Stephanie, and Grandfather to 4 yr old Carter and newborn, Adora. 2) Director of Rhino's Youth Center for the past 15 years 3) Host of the Monday Night Comedy Caravan at Bear's Place 4) Ordained Minster of the Universal Life Church who has performed 19 wedding ceremonies. ( I'm 20-2 over the past 8 years) 5) Used to be in great band , The Plastic Cheeses, that made a lot of people upset and some happy. 6) Award Winning Athlete ( my softball team finished 2nd in the Class "F" Mixed Fall League. Check my pictures for photographic proof.) 7) Announcer for the Bleeding Heartland Roller Girlsmspobj id="myFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="464" height="380" wmode="transparent" data="http://www.funnyordie.com/v1/flvideo/fodplayer

My Interests

Developing the patent-pending Punch-in-the-Throat-ometer. Basically it is a scaling tool that measures how much a person or group people deserve a punch in the throat. The scale ranges from "Never-Ever Gets a Punch in the Throat" ( my daughter, Ghandi, Tom Waits, babies, puppies, etc) to "If in Visual Range Must be Punched in the Throat" ( Fiona Apple is the scale's extreme)Once completed, I hope this tool will be used by all the world's population to effectively measure who, indeed, deserves a punch in the throat and therefore making the world a better place to live.

I'd like to meet:

Fioana Apple so I can test the Punch-in-the-Throatometer

Music:

If its over 20 years old and loud, I probably really like it.

Movies:

Harvey, Dr Strangelove, Barton Fink, The Incredibles. Godfather 1 and 2,and about 200 more

Television:

Daily Show, Arrested Development, Deadwood, Rome, The Sopranos, Simpsons re-runs

Books:

Holy Blood Holy Grail, Tale of Two Cities, The Watchmen, and about 50 or so more

Heroes:

Captain America, Spiderman, Thor, Iron Man, pretty much all of the Avengers except for Wasp.

My Blog

The Saddest Thing I Have Ever Seen

This is the story of the saddest thing I have ever seen. In the context of war and human suffering and disasters, it doesn't mean much, but it hit me hard. The actual event was short and heartbrea...
Posted by Brad on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST

An Open Apology to the Bloomington Arts and Crafts Community

To the patrons, artists, and organizers of the annual Bloomington Fourth Street Festival of Arts and Crafts:I'm Sorry.It's all my fault.When my mediocre band, Mundane Men, were approached to play the ...
Posted by Brad on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:27:00 PST

Samantha's Birthday

Today is my daughter Samantha's 8th birthday. I'm taking cupcakes to her and her friends and Girl's Inc., then we'll go see the Simpsons Movie. Tomorrow I'll take her to Toys R Us amd then Sunday is h...
Posted by Brad on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:08:00 PST

I Made a Real World Cast Member Cry

How I Made a Real World Cast Member Cry   Here is my story. It is long. You have been warned. No names have been changed to protect the famous.   I just returned from the National Youth in R...
Posted by Brad on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:00:00 PST