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Xenos

About Me

I'm an Atheist priest, Angola capoeirista, and web developer.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Like minded people who agree with everything I say, or people intelligent enough to debate it.

Music:

Thievery Corporation, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Marley, The Postal Service, Jim White, Air, BUCK-TICK, Nine Inch Nails, The Meters, The Faint, The Pillows, Matisyahu, Kool Kieth, Ali Farka Toure, Oojami, Morcheeba, Kadaa, The Reverend Horton Heat, Willie Nelson, Del tha funkee homosapien, Genghis Blues, Ravi Shankar, Mike Patton, Beck, Tribe Called Quest, The Beach Boys, Automata, Flaming Lips, Capoeira music, Ganga Giri, Gorillaz, Jan Gaberek, Meat Beat Manifesto, Philip Glass, Morphine

Movies:

Donnie Darko, Genghis Blues, What the bleep do we know, American Beauty, Blue Velvet, Fight Club, The City of Lost Children, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Bubba Ho-Tep, Clockwork Orange, Lost in Translation, City of God, Memento, Life of Brian, The Incredibles, Sling Blade,

Television:

Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, anything by Gainax (Furi Kuri, Abenobashi Magical Shopping Arcade), The Daily Show, Globe Trekker, Stella, Battlestar Galactica, Bill Maher, Last Exile, Cromartie High School, Going Tribal, Lexx

Books:

Stranger in a Strange Land, The Age of Spiritual Machines, Cosmos

Heroes:

Samy really is my hero.

My Blog

Confrontation with a sexual predator

Forgiveness is a trait that I deeply admire, a trait that I believe is necessary to be a moral human being. I like to think of myself as a calm, moral, and rational person, as a person that is in cont...
Posted by Xenos on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:11:00 PST

Collision

Two weeks ago, a very unexpected thing happened to me. I was driving down the freeway at night, I blinked my eyes, and I was instantly transported about one mile away to the intersection of a major ro...
Posted by Xenos on Tue, 23 May 2006 10:39:00 PST

Muhammad and Black Jesus

I sat down tonight to finally post my blog about Islam's compatibility with the Western world, but decided that I'd better cover all my bases and post an illustration that I just finished of Muhammad ...
Posted by Xenos on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:49:00 PST

I'm a professional blogger now

Okay, I know I've been slacking, only 1 post this year. It's 2006 and I haven't offended anyone (except in person). That will all change soon enough, as I am currently working on a new blog about Isla...
Posted by Xenos on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:49:00 PST

Jamaica, ganja fields, drinking, and general debauchery

On Friday night, I returned from an 8 day trip to Jamaica. I absolutely love this country, as this was my 6th trip to the island. Usually, I travel to Jamaica every summer and had just been on a vacat...
Posted by Xenos on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:25:00 PST

Legalize crack cocaine

It seems that most Americans refuse to give any real thought to drug prohibition. Conventional wisdom states that recreational drugs are bad for people and society and therefore should be illegal. The...
Posted by Xenos on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:18:00 PST

Polyphonic Christmas

On Friday night I went to the Polyphonic Sprees 6th annual Christmas Extravaganza show. Since Dallas is the Sprees hometown, they put on a holiday show and concert every year with all sorts of Chris...
Posted by Xenos on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:46:00 PST

The future of human evolution

I just want to write a bit about what I want out of the future. I know Im a bit optimistic, but I think I have good reasons to be. Human knowledge, science, and technology are accelerating at an unpr...
Posted by Xenos on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:59:00 PST

The incompetent presidency of George W Bush

In the year 2000 George W. Bush became the third president of the United States that captured less votes than his opponent. In the six years since that election, this man has taken this great nation o...
Posted by Xenos on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:25:00 PST

Digable Planets with Erykah Badu

I was shocked last week when I opened up the Observer and saw an add for a Digable Planets show. Since they broke up, I always assumed that I'd never have the chance to see them live. If you've forgot...
Posted by Xenos on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:33:00 PST