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tom

prosperity is the sweetest revenge

About Me

I like people who have an appreciation for older music but keep it in context and perspective with what's going on around them and from that collective sensibility, create their own unique individual voice while keeping the DO IT YOURSELF spirit from the old days alive. I have worked in too many coffee houses and worn many different hats. I have lived in Cleveland and Baltimore. I left Baltimore in '04 and to spent some time in my home town reconnecting with my past and making new friends, I currently work for a non-profit organization. I am lucky enough to still find ways to be creative with friends and family and enjoy spending time with both. I still buy a lot of my clothes at the thrift store and I wish I had a Dodge Swinger in mint condition because that's what my grandmother drove when I was ten and I thought she was the coolest thing on legs at the time. I spend way too much time in music stores and you still might see my face at a show from time to time. In any case, if you aren't a complete dick its easy to get along with me.
This just makes me laugh...
You Are Pop Art
When it comes to art, you're definitely not a snob.
You can appreciate the mainstream aspects of culture, even if you need to twist them a bit to make them your own.
Whether you're into comics, retro pinups, or bold colors, you embrace what's eye catching and simple.
As far as most other art goes, you consider it a little too elitist and high brow for your tastes! What Art Movement Are You?
I'm the guy holding the camera...
I like muscle cars...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


YOU!

and Monster Muscle Mike...

and Brad and his arms...

Music:

check out www.othermusic.com

also check out pandora.com, you can create your own radio station.

Television:



Books:



Heroes:


My Blog

How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic

How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic Below is a complete listing of the articles in "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic," a series by Coby Beck containing responses to the most common skeptical arguments on...
Posted by tom on Tue, 08 May 2007 06:57:00 PST

Bush or Truman...you decide.

A year ago this month, in his West Point commencement address, President Bush compared himself to Harry Truman. On this, Truman's 123rd birthday, we take this opportunity to replay last year's C&J...
Posted by tom on Tue, 08 May 2007 06:19:00 PST

John Stewart owned McCain yesterday...

UPDATE: VIDEO LINK IS HERE   Please check for the copyrighted version at ComedyCentral.com's MotherLoad on Wednesday, and watch it again and again--you won't regret it. Tonight on the ...
Posted by tom on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:01:00 PST

Reporter David Halberstam, dead at 73.

"The crueler the war gets, the crueler the attacks get on anybody who doesn't salute or play the game," he said. "And then one day, the people who are doing the attacking look around and they've used ...
Posted by tom on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:47:00 PST

How to explain "attorneygate" to straight lunkheads at the gym...

Imagine, if you will, a man.  And then imagine me talking to that man, after he claims he doesn't get what the big deal is about this whole "scandal." Me:  What's your favorite sport?...
Posted by tom on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:35:00 PST

Where is the Republican spin machine when we need it?

  How many times have we heard from our esteemed colleagues on the right that redeploying our troops in Iraq would "send the wrong message to the enemy?" Well, there's something seriously wrong--...
Posted by tom on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:16:00 PST

Republican troop haters outed!

These are the names of Republican troop haters who voted (unanimously) in the Appropriations committee last week to continue to send troops to Iraq before they're combat ready and fully equipped. Thei...
Posted by tom on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:58:00 PST

I'm always late for these things...

Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war (aka "The Great 1,461 Day And Counting War"). In the spirit of bipartisanship, I forfeit my time to give our friends from the Republic party a turn...
Posted by tom on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:50:00 PST

Anna Nicole died for your sins...

..> Published on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 by CommonDreams.org.   She Died for Your Sins. by Joyce Marcel.   On February 8, 2007, at the age of 39, Anna Nicole Smith died for your...
Posted by tom on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:45:00 PST

my friend died.

I walked out of my office into the hallway to find some of my coworkers standing close together and with tears in their eyes. When I asked what was wrong they told me Merle had died. Merle is one of o...
Posted by tom on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:55:00 PST