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About Me

I'm a manimal, tried and true. I try not to let my whiteness and academic background pigeonhole me - I try to defy classification. I fail, but I try at least. My forgetful friends will call me a rocket scientist and tell you I work for NASA, but it's not true. I don't work for NASA.Remember the Joker's word's of wisdom, "Never rub another man's rhubarb!"

My Interests

Being outside, live music, reading, design, driving/cars, laughing, endurance sports - marathon/century ride/triathlon, science, teaching, the Jedi mind trick, film, fashion, fitness, laughing, singing in the car, driving with the windows down, debt consolidation. My little car that could.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to be reintroduced to everyone I've already met

Music:

The Kings of Leon, the Black Keys Ben Harper, Radiohead, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Jurassic 5, Speechwriters LLC, Mike Doughty/Soul Coughing, Elvis Costello, Fleetwood Mac before Stevie Nicks, Republic, Led Zepellin, Jacob Lutrell, and Ray Lamontagne.

Movies:

Lost in Translation, Caddyshack, Office Space, Swingers, The Boondock Saints, Fight Club, Ghostbusters, Bullitt, The Sean Connery Bonds, The City of God

Television:

I don't have one, but I love me some Seinfeld and Arrested Development. Thank god for DVDs!

Books:

Kurt Vonnegut is the man! 1984 by George Orwell, Chuch Palahniuk, Richard Feynman. Tao Te Ching. Joy at Work. A Confederacy of Dunces. Me talk pretty one day.

Heroes:

Richard Feynman - the nobel laurate walking anecdote! My dad, for going to the dark side and making it back.

My Blog

the immanence of the Way

From the wisest book ever written... " When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being c...
Posted by Robert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The source of motivation

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Einstein
Posted by Robert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Manhattan Beach Soccer

I'm in a 7-a-side co-ed soccer league in Manhattan Beach. Our games are on Monday nights at either 8 or 9. We had our first game of the season last night and won 12 or 13 to 1 with only 6 players. ...
Posted by Robert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Team In Training

I have a mentor meeting for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training tonight, which is motivating me to wax poetic about my experience with them. It's an amazing program where you are tra...
Posted by Robert on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST