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Richard

I am here for Friends

About Me

Hhhhhhmmmmmmm......I'm a progressive liberal Democrat, and proud of it! I hope Barack Obama goes all the way this year, and that all the right-wing neo-con nut jobs slip up and show their true colors by attacking his heritage or doing something else truly nutty, destroying their grip on the Republican party forever. Bye-bye, neo-con scum!Dislikes include hypocrites, and liars. Especially lying hypocrites. Particularly those who live in a big, white building (some call it a house) on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. Does your house look like that one, or do you think it's a building too? I hope you're not among the deluded masses living in the suburbs who think that by being a good Republican, you'll get to live in a house like that too someday. Otherwise, why support them?I'm an electronics/computer enthusiast who loves technology, and has a boring job working for the State. Oh, well. I grew up in Cranford from 1960 to 1984, and after living in the mountains of Southern California from 1988 to 1993, returned there for a few years - until 2002. I have also lived in Elizabeth and Montclair when I moved away from home and lived alone, and I now live in Howell. I've lived EVERYWHERE! I AM DONE MOVING (besides, Howell is GREAT!), so look me up in 20 years or so - I'll still be here.

My Interests

My beautiful wife and kids...music...electronics...music...radio...MUSIC...outdoor activities...MUSIC...the beach and boardwalk...YOU KNOW THE REST!

I'd like to meet:

Musically inclined people with good taste who are interested in the politics of normalcy (as oppposed to the politics of idiocy we see today and for the last seven plus years...)

Music:

Jimi Hendrix...B.B. King...Led Zeppelin...Muddy Waters...(are you beginning to see a pattern here too?) THE BLUES and BLUESY ROCK.

Movies:

Any Zemeckis film up to and including Forrest Gump and Contact; West Side Story; literally hundreds and hundreds of great movies, all genres and all time periods. Hard to list.

Television:

Journeyman...Heroes...Chuck (God, Mondays are great on NBC)...Sundays on HBO (until recently)...CBS Sunday Morning...60 Minutes...PBS galore (Frontline, Nova, American Experience, you name it).

Books:

Caleb Carr, Christopher Moore, Stephen King, lots of non-fiction too.

Heroes:

Are there really any heroes anymore? Guitar hero - Jimi Hendrix. Environmental / Political hero - Al Gore. Life hero (wouldn't be here if not for her) - My wife, Courtney.