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Mike

A riot is an ungly thing...undt, I tink, that it is chust about time ve had vun! - Inspector Kemp in

About Me


I'm Mike. I study Human Services at Va Western, and work for a fancy-schmancy restaurant.

I'm a sports fan (well, Va Tech and Salem Avalanche mostly)

I'm a Sci-Fi nut, a rock and roller, and a recovering speed metal musician.

I enjoy spending my free time at Claytor Lake,

Traveling, and being with friends and family.


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My Interests



Making the world a better place.
Music.
Good conversation.
Psychology.
Philosophy.
Almost all Sci-Fi.
Salem Avalanche Baseball.
History.

I'd like to meet:

Everybody! Not all at once though.

.. Get Your Own Player!

.. Get Your Own Player!

Music:

Rush,

Iron Maiden

Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath, Pantera, Clutch, The Police, Genesis, Judas Priest, Fear Factory, Slayer, Joe Satriani, Slipknot, Queensryche, Ramms+ein, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, The Crystal Method, Shadows Fall, Nothingface, Voi Vod, Agnostic Front, Gwar, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and lots of Classical music too!

Movies:

The Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, This is Spinal Tap,

(It goes to eleven!)

X-Men saga, Spider-Man saga, Star Trek saga (Wrath of Khan is my fav), Star Wars saga (Empire Strikes Back and Revenge of the Sith are my favs), An Inconvenient Truth, Thank You For Smoking, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Super-size Me, Platoon, A League of Their Own... I could go on. I love movies. Especially in a theater!

Television:

The History Channel, Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Sci-Fi Channel, The Food Network, Comedy Central, Tech sports.

Books:

I'm usually reading some kind of textbook - but for fun reading I LOVE Neil Gaiman's stuff.

I recently read "The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" by Bobby Henderson and recommend it to everyone.

Heroes:

Gene Roddenberry
George Lucas
William Shatner
Mohandas Gandhi
Al Gore
Rosa Parks
Dr. King

My Parents

Randy Rhoads
Steve Harris
Joe Satriani
Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, and Geddy Lee - collectively known as Rush.

Family and friends of the Virginia Tech victims. Virginia Tech Campus Police, the Blacksburg Police Department, Blacksburg and Montgomery County EMS. Charles Steeger.

My Blog

I got tagged

Once you have been tagged you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts, habits, or goals about yourself. At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:46:00 PST

Ok, one more...

While I'm at it, how profound is this?"The Way The Wind Blows" by Rush (of course) Now it's come to this It's like we're back in the Dark Ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It's a world of...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:37:00 PST

While I'm at it...

...here are the lyrics to "Faithless", from Rush's latest album, Snakes and Arrows.I've got my own moral compass to steer by A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky And all the preaching voices - Emp...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:27:00 PST

Yesterday

I don't have any children.Well, I'm not a father.I 'have' 15+ children, but I just met them in the last year or so. I can't explain how much their well-being has become so important to me, in so short...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:59:00 PST

Bloggity blog blog

I finished my first month as Elementary Coordinator at the Presbyterian Community Center, and (thankfully) there is no smoking crater.Most of "my" kids have dealt well with the changeover. I've been e...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:08:00 PST

Ahhh, it was no big deal.

Today was my first day at the Center as "Elementary Coordinator", and I survived!I wasn't even nervous, now that I think about it. I was 20 minutes late for the staff meeting at 1:00 p.m., so maybe th...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:00 PST

OK, here's my opinion

I have no idea how to even begin this blog.I've been very quiet these last few weeks. I've read a lot of other blogs, and been sickened by the media's presentation of Blacksburg, VA. I've never been a...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:01:00 PST

Chain bulletins

Chain bulletins, and chain e-mails just annoy me. It's like the chain letters of the snail mail days.Do this, that, or the other, or something unwanted shall befall you.Bill Gates is NOT giving away f...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:10:00 PST

Hooboy

I'm totally scared about it. Frightened. Terrified. I (apparently) am the first choice to be the new Director for the Second through Fifth graders. Director of the whole elementary-school program...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:52:00 PST

Cynic Test

You Are 56% CynicalYes, you are cynical, but more than anything, you're a realist.You see what's screwed up in the world, but you also take time to remember what's right.How Cynical Are You?...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:10:00 PST