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About Me

I like things.

My Interests

Politics, Religion, Philosophy, Baseball, Rock N Roll (also sex and drugs), science fiction (and the real science stuff too), mythology, anthropology, social sciences of all kinds except for economics (okay, I change my mind, I like economics too)

I'd like to meet:

Richard Dawkins Ray Kurzweil Christopher Hitchens

Music:

M. Ward, (SMOG), Frank Black, The White Stripes, Lyle Lovett, Wilco, The Reverse Garbage Men, Frank Sinatra, The Fellowship Students, 20 Minutes to Vegas, The Dixie Chicks, Louis Armstrong, Etta James, John Fogerty, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Cage, Rilo Kiley, Zero 7, The Trash Can Sinatras, Johnny Cash, Eisley, Destroyer, Pavement, The New Pornographers, Joanna Newsome, Neko Case,

Movies:

Yes - Good ones.

Television:

Six Feet Under is the best thing to ever grace the small screen, West Wing, Studio 60, Dexter, Weeds

Books:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams, Zen and the Art of Motorycylce Maintenance - Robert Pirsig, Harry Potter - JK Rowling

Heroes:

Richard Dawkins, Julia Sweeney, Douglas Adams, Walter Lippman

My Blog

Album Reviews

Bought three new albums yesterday: Bell and Sebastian "The Life Pursuit" - this is my first B&S purchase although my friends have been telling me about them for years. This album is great.&...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:26:00 PST

Letter to KGOU

Friends, I've sent the letter below to Karen Holp, the general manager of KGOU. Her email is [email protected]. Please copy and paste this email, replace your name and your city at the bottom and send...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:28:00 PST

Support the OKC Metro Library

I read the story below on yahoo today. I don't know about you, but I think the library should decide for itself what books to lend. If parents want to control what books their children are reading, th...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Eisley

My favorite band today is Eisley. Check them out at www.eisley.com Kind of like if Radiohead was a twenty-year-old girl. Tell me if you like them!
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

on cultural change....

A culture is not changed when, say, women are accepted as equal to men. The cultural construct that values men over women still exists. The term equal to implies that somehow men are the gold stan...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I want to be Irish

Today is St. Patrick's day. I'm wearing three green shirts. Fuck the IRA!!!! ****************************************************** The minstrel boy to the war is gone In the ranks of death y...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Perfect Game

Ladies and Gentlemen, On March 9th, 2005, during LEAGUE PLAY, my brother, Brett "Pin Killer" Yates bowled a perfect game. That's a 300 game, 12 strikes in a row a twelve-bagger -- 4 turkeys - ega...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Squaresville

Ok, so I'm sorta coming to the realization that I'm a bit of a square. I've been reading everyone elses blogs which are way cool (Susan) and feature stories about Republicans and MJ pipes and all the...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Birthday

Hey All, Well, the new year has been with us for a month now and that means my birthday is fast approaching. My birthday will be on Friday, February 11th this year. I plan to celebrate in the usu...
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the perfect jeans

Do you know the joy of finding the perfect jeans? My perfect jeans are Levi's 567s or Levi Signature series low boot cut. I now own three pairs. Find your perfect jeans, and know happiness........
Posted by Danny Boy 2.0 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST