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speckledpig

You can't love too much one part of it.

About Me

I'm a square.

However....I have fun. I work with a scout troop, so I usually go camping once a month; we may go kayaking down a river, crawling around in a cave miles into the side of a mountain, or watching an airshow in Pensacola. There's also woodworking, photography, cars, etc...

By the way, Facebook is better.

My Interests

Woodworking, amateur radio, classic cars, camping, caving, board games

I'd like to meet:

William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Sean Connery, Chuck Norris

Music:

Just about anything. Favorites: John Mayer, Vigilantes of Love/Bill Mallonee, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Jonatha Brooke.

Movies:

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the Sean Connery bond films, Papillon, Forrest Gump, Fried Green Tomatoes, Meet the Parents, Star Wars (we'll say eps. 3-6)

Television:

Star Trek (all except Voyager), SNL, Good Eats, New Yankee Workshop, American Woodshop, King of the Hill, Walker Texas Ranger, Harvey Birdman, Love Hina (anime), Ah! My Goddess (anime), Initial D (anime), Sailor Moon (anime), King of Queens, Scrubs, Dukes of Hazzard, Seinfeld, Knight Rider, Gardening by the Yard, You Can't Do that on Television, Battlestar Galactica, Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, My Name Is Earl

Books:

the Bible, Arthur C. Clarke's _Rendezvous with Rama_ series, LOTR series, Whitman, Ambrose Bierce, Taunton Press' woodworking series, 1968 Mustang shop manual

Heroes:

Chuck Norris

My Blog

Bleech....crud

I sure wish this crud would go away...I've had it for 4 days now. I'm leaving work early and taking a nap.Yours,David
Posted by speckledpig on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:42:00 PST

Got iceberg?

...from http://www.comfort1st.com/14inicflclsl.html:This is so big - people actually think it's real. Kids love to climb to the top and get the thrill of sliding back into the water. For ages 14 and o...
Posted by speckledpig on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:41:00 PST

John Mayer - Continuum .....first listen

John Mayer has graciously given everyone a free radio listen of his entire new album "Continuum" due in stores next month.The torrent can be downloaded from www.score1more4me.com; more info at www.mys...
Posted by speckledpig on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:38:00 PST

Some pics from caving this weekend

Thought I'd share some pics from my trip to North Alabama this weekend; we visited two caves and had a great time.Here's the linkage:Photo gallery...
Posted by speckledpig on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:05:00 PST

Auto-pilot

You ever have one of those trips where you leave wherever you are and then suddenly you "regain consciousness" and you're at your destination? Kinda like your brain took over and did all the driving o...
Posted by speckledpig on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:30:00 PST

Free lunch AND dessert!!!!

Today we got free lunch here at work....burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, tea, lemonade...yum. Well, today there is an added bonus. The free July 4th lunch HAPPENS to coincide with our mon...
Posted by speckledpig on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:10:00 PST

Back to the sunny, hot, humid, gulf coast

Had another marvelous day yesterday. Went to Beverly Hills and back to Santa Monica for dinner. The Third Street Promenade was lively even on a Wednesday evening. Tons of folks coming up to shop from ...
Posted by speckledpig on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:31:00 PST

Pasadena...

...is MUCH more comfortable than the gulf coast this time of year. We walked around for an hour or so after dinner and I actually got a little cold!! And there were no bugs to suck your blood dry!!! A...
Posted by speckledpig on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:40:00 PST

More travel!!!

I'm going back to L.A. next week....it's almost not worth it to go for just 2 nights, but duty calls...
Posted by speckledpig on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:22:00 PST

Catfish Point

I'm apparently going to eat catfish tonight in Mississippi. I was just told that I had been signed up to go with the church. Hope it's good....
Posted by speckledpig on Fri, 12 May 2006 01:26:00 PST