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r.

this is your life and it's ending one minute. at. a. time.

About Me

Well-read, well-educated and well on my way to having one too many.

Iron city punk transplated to the bay.

A penchant for the well-designed -- I like Corbusier chairs, Durer woodcuts and Alessi juicers. Even though I own none of them.

Geek punk: Any more punk, I wouldn't shower; any more geek and I wouldn't leave my computer.

Cheap beer is good. cheap booze is not.

Heading out to shows, dive bars or hanging out and playing caps are all good things. Popped collars are not.

It's all about the game and how you play it.

My Interests

movies, going to shows, hockey, steelers football, nights out and nights in

I'd like to meet:

we'd like to offer you a position:
+ the word 'vegetarian' isn't in your vocabulary
+ your sarcastic comments can demolish egos
+ you've been described as 'smoldering'
+ the gym is a way of life
+ you think giving a baby a mohawk is a great idea

you need not apply:
- you list vogue as the last book you read
- get offended by drunkenly slurred curses
- if the word 'born-again' appears anywhere in your past
- can't hold a conversation not about you

Music:

rancid, lfatb, distillers, dropkick, born to lose, time again, last action zeros, sore thumbs, the lordz, etc., etc.

Movies:

faves:
donnie darko, fight club, boondock saints, van wilder, animal house, supertroopers, slc punk, american psycho, american history x...you get the idea.

Television:

+ family guy
+ law & order
+ nip/tuck
+ the shield
+ my name is earl
+ lost

Books:

dostoyevsky, palahniuk, bret easton ellis and david sedaris are up there, but i'll give anything a shot.

recently read:

+ the republic (plato)
+ what we believe but cannot prove (brockman)
+ mexifornia (hanson)
+ religious literacy (prothero)
+ zen & the art of motorcycle maintenance (pirsig)
+ the white man's burden (easterly)
+ a short history of nearly everything (bryson)
+ eye scream (rollins)
+ life of pi (martel)
+ smile, you're traveling (rollins)

Heroes:

+ henry rollins
+ tyler durden

My Blog

simple wishes

i'm a simple man with simple requests. when i woke up today, all i wanted was some pierogies. they didn't have to be the gourmet ones you get at church brew works. they didn't have to be the lovingly ...
Posted by r. on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:24:00 PST

sunday social commentary soapbox

walking back to my car last night after a stellar bbq, i saw a couple standing next to a car with the hood up. now, if the opening scenes of bad boys and beverly hills cop 2 have taught me anything, i...
Posted by r. on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:37:00 PST

adventures with the s.f.p.d.

driving home this evening on the 101 (the major highway in sf, for those who haven't been here), i was almost to my exit when traffic started to back up. well, worse than usual (i was only doing 40 at...
Posted by r. on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:21:00 PST

sf 365

things i learned in 2006: + who my real friends are+ i'm almost as tough as i think i am+ being comfortable by yourself is the greatest weapon you can possess+ there are still things that can make me ...
Posted by r. on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:07:00 PST

well sure it kills kids, but only the dumb ones

every halloween, there is the same segment on the news about which costumes are the most flammable and thus pose the greatest chance of a kid-ka-bob. i suppose this could be construed as useful, if do...
Posted by r. on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:22:00 PST

Old Man Nutsack

I'm wondering when my time will come.When will I get to the point where I walk around the gym locker room, sack hanging to my knees, man boobs swinging gently in the breeze, sweater of backhair clingi...
Posted by r. on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:29:00 PST

When did punk rock become so safe?

When did punk rock become so safe? Sign above the entrance to the Warfield, here in SF: No stage diving. No moshing. No crowd surfing. Any of these behaviors will get you ejected Once inside the ...
Posted by r. on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:22:00 PST