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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The 2008 NBA Champion Phoenix Suns! Layout by: My Layouts Creator

Music:

Almost everything - Chicago, Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Rush, Elton John, Billy Joel, Van Halen, Dave Matthews, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Boston, Michael W. Smith, Genesis, Natalie Merchant, Boz Scaggs, John Mayall, Extreme, Winger, Poison, Warrant, Bon Jovi, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Bryan Adams, Richard Marx, U2, Public Enemy, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Alabama, Glenn Frey, The Rolling Stones, Hall and Oates, The Moody Blues, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer, The Dooobie Brothers, Tesla, Pantera, Matchbox Twenty, Sugar Ray are all bands I have seen live. My CD collection contains much, much more.

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption (does anyone who has seen this movie not list it in their top 5)? The Ice Harvest, Boogie Nights, Casablanca, American Beauty, Crash, Unforgiven, The Usual Suspects, Lost in Translation, Braveheart, Office Space, Monster's Ball, Mulholland Drive (Whoa!)

Books:

Just finished: Split Second by David Baldacci. Next up: Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore.

My Blog

Sometimes we just aren't in control (or why people should get off Andrew Speaker's back)

Andrew Speaker, the guy you may have read about recently who contracted a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis and yet flew on commercial flights to and from Europe anyway, has been taking a lot of cri...
Posted by John on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:52:00 PST

And now, a word from Mr. Lee Iacocca

..> ..> ExcerptWhere Have All the Leaders Gone? By Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney I Had Enough? Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is...
Posted by John on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:18:00 PST

This is why I don't support smoking bans.

Recently Arizona voters passed a law that prohibits smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars. I voted against the ban, but I'm not really a smoker. Sure, I smoke...
Posted by John on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:08:00 PST

Washington D.C.

I recently spent roughly a week in Washington, D.C. As a matter of fact, I am writing this while sitting in the Baltimore-Washington International Airport waiting for my flight back to Phoenix t...
Posted by John on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:10:00 PST

Islamic Fascists?

Here is a very interesting article regarding the new GOP buzzwords "Islamic Fascist." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/islamic-fascism-the-b _b_28354.html?view=print Here is a very inte...
Posted by John on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:08:00 PST

Why Al Qaeda Can Always Find Recruits

Take a look at this article from Newsweek and it's not hard to see why Al Qaeda doesn't have much of a problem finding new recruits:http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14167395/These are war crimes, plain and sim...
Posted by John on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:16:00 PST

More About Choice

As I mentioned previously, a major part of the Kowalke 2.0 philosophy is the idea that everything we do in our lives is our choice, even down to how we decide to let the actions and words of others af...
Posted by John on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:47:00 PST

Kowalke 2.0

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. I turned 31 in May, and Ive been giving a lot of thought to what my life to this point has meant, and what I want it to mean from here forward. ...
Posted by John on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 03:57:00 PST