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MandN

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About Me


You Are Scooter
Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick.
You're always willing to lend a helping hand.
In any big event or party, you're the one who keeps things going.
"15 seconds to showtime!" The Muppet Personality Test

My Interests

Music:


David Bowie, The Damned, The Church, Kristeen Young, Sinead O'Conor, Mozart, C.P.E. Bach, Johnny Cash, Telemann, Poe, Japan, Tones on Tail, Sonny Landreth, Steve Stevens, Split Enz/Finn Brothers, Blondie, Belly, Bjork, Chemical Brothers, The Jam/Paul Weller, Etta James, B.B. King, Ultravox, Tracy Bonhamn, David Poe, Jim Boggia, Will Hoge, R.L. Burnside, Mixel Pixel, Tapes 'n Tapes, Iggy Pop, The Woodenelves, Stereophonics, Moving Units, Secret Machines, Zerobridge, Saphin, Ray Lamontagne, Citizen Cope, Francis Dunnery, Rob Dickinson...

Movies:

Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments II - The Domino Effect



The guys from EepyBird are back, with 251 bottles of Diet Coke and over 1,500 Mentos mints. In Experiment #137, they did a mint-powered version of the Bellagio fountains. This time, it's one giant Coke & Mentos chain reaction that has to be seen to be believed.Keywords: eepybird eepy bird mentos coke diet coke mentos experiment fountain soda science geyser experiments fountains geysers Swing Kids in my favorite movie. It's difficult to watch but it's worth it. Then comes everything from science fiction to goopy love stories. What can I say? I'm a well rounded individual. ;)

Television:

I miss the X-Files. House is a new favorite.
*guilty pleasures* America's Next Top Model/Project Runway. I can't stop watching them.

Books:

Have them Love them. Need more.

Heroes:

There aren't too many people around these days one can call a hero. The people we are told to look up to don't deserve it. Let's face it sports stars are not heroes, they're just people with talent. That doesn't automatically mean I have to emulate them.Heroes to me are the people that work everyday that you don't even notice. The ones that make those quiet, imperceiveable differences. They are there but you don't know it.Then there are people like the Dali Lama and bless her, Mother Teresa. People who live their lives in and around peace while everything around them says NO. That's amazing.

My Blog

What is it about dogs these days?

why is everything we do defined by labels, including our pets?Why can't dogs just be dogs? I ran into someone last night with anadorable, little, black dog. Sweet as can be. I mentioned having had one...
Posted by MandN on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:37:00 PST

wanna know how insignificant we are?

Hubble V838 Monocerotis PhotoHubble NGC 4414 Photoone more:Hubble Carina Nebula Photothey're out there in space. guess what? so are we...xom...
Posted by MandN on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:25:00 PST

The Teachings of Buddha

Among humans there are many kinds and degrees of mentality:some are wise, some are foolish, some are good-natured, some are bad-tempered,some are easily led,some are difficult to lead,some possess pu...
Posted by MandN on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:09:00 PST

The lonliest line ever written in a book

"Then he stepped once and for all into prison and out of the world"From A Death in Belmont, by Sebastian Junger.A novel about the Boston Strangler and the personwrongly accused of one of the murders.T...
Posted by MandN on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:33:00 PST

It's getting crowded out there, in space

Astronomers say Pluto is not a planetPRAGUE, Czech Republic - Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from n...
Posted by MandN on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:17:00 PST

A brief recounting

last week I went away for three days.My ONLY plans were to see The Church play in Cincinatti and Clevelandand a brief stopover in Columbus to see a good friend.There was no way I could have predicted ...
Posted by MandN on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:56:00 PST

My heart weighs heavy

I've just come off the most amazing three days I've had in a long time.A lot of good alone time and open roads, new friends and heavenly music.It's amazing the connections you make and the ones you ne...
Posted by MandN on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:58:00 PST

ROADTRIP

I am taking a break from me for a few days.Tomorrow morning I set out for three days of asphalt.I know where I am going but I don't know who I will be when I get back.I need this. I will have no inter...
Posted by MandN on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:48:00 PST

All because of an "e": A photographer's lament

I miss film. I love film. I love the feel of it, the smell of it.I love having "that thing" in front of me.Perhaps I truly am a Luddite. I am alright with that.We have gone from film to file. There's ...
Posted by MandN on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:32:00 PST

In response to Global Warming

There have been news pieces lately about Al Gore and his apparent lack of taking his ownmedicine in reagrds to living green, or not. (wouldn't that make him Al Green?)Global Warming, as far as we know...
Posted by MandN on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:47:00 PST