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Jack

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About Me



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My Interests

Music, love, life, peace, children, family, friends, the right words, meloncholy songs, poems, radio, caligraphy, flying machines, shiny things, blue things, well-designed anything, bird's eye views, chess, simple dishes, fresh squeezed anything, fans, the cool side of the pillow, single-malt scotch, danish designs, dancing on the beach and her.

I'd like to meet:

Bobby Fischer, Denzel Washington, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, William Buckley, Troy Aikman, Nicole Kidman, Charlie Rose, and David Letterman. That's my dinner for 10 guest list (I'm at the table of course). With the right Pinot, a perfect evening.If I had a time machine, dinner invitations would go out to Jesus, Da Vinci, Thomas More, Beethoven, Lincoln, Karl Marx, Van Gogh, Cleopatra, and Groucho Marx. I'd be there to pour the pinot, run the tape recorder and light cigars... width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

Classical, singer-songwriter, folk, Celtic, Jazz, oldies, hip-hop, R&B, country, Texas swing. Play it and I'll listen.

Movies:

1. Man for All Seasons 2. Casablanca 3. On the Waterfront 4. The Godfather 5. Citizen Kane 6. Gone with the Wind 7. The Wizard of Oz 8. 2001 A Space Odyssey 9. Rear Window 10. Amadeus 11. Shane 12. The English Patient 13. Apocalypse Now 14. It's a Wonderful Life 15. Braveheart 16. Rebel Without a Cause 17. Saving Private Ryan 18. Gladiator 19. Dances With Wolves 20. Cold Mountain...and then there's Harvey, Papillon, Immortal Beloved, Scent of a Woman, The Green Mile, Chariot's of Fire, Dead Man Walking, The Shining, Fight Club, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dead Poet's Society, Shenandoah, Field of Dreams, Shine, Castaway, Shawshank Redemption, Goodwill Hunting, Hud, Capote, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Television:

Charlie Rose, The Daily Show, Letterman, Redskins football

Books:

Utopia, Moby Dick, A Wrinkle in Time, One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish, A Beautiful Mind, Cold Mountain, Angela's Ashes, The Tipping Point, Blink, The World is Flat, Freakonomics

Heroes:

Sir Thomas MoreRobert E. LeeLanceShelbyand my dad...and probably her....and of course...SRVJacquelineJimmyGraceMr. BMr. TuckerThe neighborA SaintFrdricFatsThe BelgianThe beautiful mind, John NashVincentEvaC.S.MadeleineBillJimmie BraddockCoachHeroic images by Stieglitz and Steichen

My Blog

"Perfect Victim"

Finally, just yesterday, the perpetrator was apprehended in San Antonio. I had been told the Austin police were picking him up last week, shortly after I'd accurately identified him in a photo li...
Posted by Jack on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:57:00 PST

Assault Update - June 2006

  Just a quick update to let you know about an extremely positive development regarding the assault on me January 15th and the subsequent investigation. (re: 1/15/06 blog) I met with the lead det...
Posted by Jack on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:54:00 PST

Big Kitties

When my Boxer Max was about six months old, we came upon a black cat resting beneath a boxwood hedge, just along the normal route of our evening walk. This was a seminal moment in Max's life. His mean...
Posted by Jack on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:36:00 PST

My Funny Valentine

Someone called today, "single awareness day." If so, don't forget to smile and have a laugh or two. It's alright. My Funny ValentineWriter(s): Rodgers/Hart Sweet comic valentineYou make me smile with ...
Posted by Jack on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:24:00 PST

A Dog Tale

  And then there is Max. He's a Boxer, German, a working breed, sleek, fawn-colored, muscle from stem to stern. Thick turgid veins, barely below the surface of gorgeous short-hair silk flesh, wra...
Posted by Jack on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:08:00 PST

Room with a view.

The average American moves 12 times in their lifetime. This blogger ain't average. I just completed my 21st move. What does it mean? Upwardly mobile? Downwardly mobile? Mobile, certainly. I am now ens...
Posted by Jack on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:41:00 PST

Rock me Amadeus!

Upon his death in 1791, at the age of 35, he spoke 15 languages and had written over 600 musical works.  He was small in stature, played pool and the violin left-handed, lived in true fear of hi...
Posted by Jack on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:59:00 PST

A Week Later

  Last week at this time, I had just arrived home, exhausted, unnerved, elated. Who knew what the week ahead would hold. It didn't matter, I had just survived... I felt in my core, I had made it...
Posted by Jack on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:04:00 PST

Life Tabs - Midweek Review

Yeah, it's officially much harder than imagined. The whole post-whatever thing. It's hard. You know, I'm a resilient guy, but this knocked the wind out of my sails.  I guess it goes without sayin...
Posted by Jack on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:58:00 PST

Keeping tabs on my life. The day after.

To all my friends here... [For context, please read my blog "The 9mm Glock Concerto"] Well, Monday was what you might expect. After not sleeping much, I filled my day with a couple of meetings to stay...
Posted by Jack on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:06:00 PST