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Pax

You could call it mackin'.

About Me

He was as unlearned as he was voluble. -- Lewis; The fecklessness that was part of his nature soon led him to break all his good resolutions. One day he skipped rounds; the next, a lecture; idleness, he found, was to his taste... -- Flaubert; I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Thompson; Love is not a mystery, it's everything. -- Common; Sarcasm is the protest of people who are weak. -- Knowles

My Interests

Vino. Vicissitudes. Veuve. Exams. Lesson Plans. Compromise. Probity. Prodigal. Cracking Wise. Shh.

I'd like to meet:

Folks.

Music:

Generally: Bad Religion, Pennywise, Face to Face (RIP), the Bouncing Souls, Kanye West, Dropkick Murphys, Youth Group, Keane, 311, Zwan, Jay-Z, New Found GloryCurrently: The Flaming Lips, Blackalicious

Movies:

Generally: Closer, Fight Club, Trainspotting, Little Miss Sunshine, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, Point Break (That's right, I said it)... And, even though everyone has it in their profile, Battleship Potemkin.Currently: In Bruges

Television:

Carlin (Requiescat In Pace), Hedberg, Cook, Giraldo, MSNBC, bbc.co.uk

Books:

Generally: Ellis, Hemingway, Camus, Berryman, McInerney, Garland, GravesTeaching: Bradbury, Morrison, VonnegutCurrently: Virgil

Heroes:

Albert Camus, Thomas Paine, Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz

My Blog

The Quotes 2

Pride is ugly in all men.  --al-Jahiz Homo hominis lupus [man is a wolf to man].  --Thomas Hobbes The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provide...
Posted by Pax on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:25:00 PST

The Quotes

"You can turn this way or that; there is not a single horizon on which there is no war." --Henri Barbusse "It was all done with clean hands, in clean linen, with French phrases, and above all among p...
Posted by Pax on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:52:00 PST