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Holborow

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About Me

I wish I had something clever and fun to say about myself, but I'm somewhat of a modest person. Those of you who know me well are picking up on my sarcasm right now, because I'm laying it on pretty thick.I like parties. I like good beer. I like to play and listen to music. I like baseball. I like war movies. I like Star Wars. I like Chuck Palahniuk books...I imagine if you read further on my profile and blogs you'll hear my rants about my likes and dislikes.

My Interests

Music, Movies, Books, Baseball, Friends and Family... All of those in no particular order.

Music:

First off, let me just say that I think satellite radio (XM/Sirius), internet radio (Launchcast) and the iPod are three of the most ingenious things to ever happen to music. I have an XM radio and I listen to it all day at work. I have Launchcast on my computer and I listen to that while I'm at home on my computer. And I own an iPod which is filled with great music to listen to when I want.That being said, I'm mainly a rock and roll type of guy. However my CD collection is rather interesting. Some of the highlights: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, Ashborne, Gunderson, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against The Machine, System Of A Down, Nirvana, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, ELO, OK Go, Billy Joel, Incubus, Queen, Cheap Trick, Ben Folds, Coldplay, The Breeders, Autolux, Failure, Green Day, Muse, The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Tool, Hall and Oates, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Auf der Maur, The Mars Volta, AC/DC, Fiona Apple, The Pixies, Arctic Monkeys, Aimee Mann, Jeff Buckley, Ash, Bloc Party,... should I keep going??

Movies:

Good Lord... it's tough to narrow down to just a few. I just really dig movies. But if I could generalize what my favorite genre is, I'd probably have to say war movies. Westerns would be up there on the list also. Movies about Baseball also. Oh - and I dig Star Wars, too. I do have a "Top Ten" favorite movies, but I won't bore you with them at the moment. I'm sure in my Blogs I'll end up naming them from time to time.

Books:

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk (read his stuff - it's pretty messed up), "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr, Harry Potter (yes, Harry Potter), The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King, Tolkein, Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide Series, "The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown, "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White, "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis

My Blog

How Do You Take Your Mellencamp?

The other day, I'm in my car listening to my XM Radio when "I Need A Lover" by John Mellencamp comes on the radio. My thought processes have a tendency to be really fucked up from time to time, so he...
Posted by Holborow on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:01:00 PST

Thus, I make a triumphant return to St. Louis...

Many of you received this in e-mail form earlier this evening, but I haven't blogged in about a month, so I'll include it here for everyone else I missed on the e-mail list. Today, I send an e-mail be...
Posted by Holborow on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:14:00 PST

10.27.2006 11:22 PM EST...

My mother new it all along.  She said so at my engagement party (August 11 - a night in which the Cardinals lost to one of the worst teams in baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates). "I think this...
Posted by Holborow on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:26:00 PST

Everything Is Bigger In Texas...

First, I just would like to say that sometimes this website sucks ass.  The other night I spent 45 minutes typing up this blog only to have it erased completely after I hit "Preview & Post".&...
Posted by Holborow on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:23:00 PST

Home Sweet Home...

I'm aware it's been a little over three weeks since I have returned from my little vacation back to St. Louis, but it's taken me a while to collect my thoughts and try to put them in order.  Wend...
Posted by Holborow on Tue, 23 May 2006 07:23:00 PST

Playing Tag...

I usually don't partake in games such as this, but I'll play along on this one... The first player of this game starts with the "6 weird/things/habits about yourself" and people who get tagged need to...
Posted by Holborow on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:47:00 PST

The Quotes: Part I...

This is just the beginning.  It's not too late to turn back now.  This very well may be a complete waste of 10-15 minutes of your life that you may never get back.   My friends hate it ...
Posted by Holborow on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:42:00 PST

Sequels Anyone?

Earlier this week I was flipping thru a copy of Entertainment weekly.  Mainly because "The Sopranos" is on the cover (don't even get me started on how unbelievably fucking jazzed that TV show is ...
Posted by Holborow on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:53:00 PST

Always In Threes...

Yes, this is old news, but I just thought this was interesting. Three relatively famous actors died late last week:  Don Knotts, Darren McGavin and Dennis Weaver. Everyone knows who Don Knotts wa...
Posted by Holborow on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:00:00 PST

Top Ten Albums of the 1990's

Many months ago, a good friend of mine and I were engaged in a discussion about music.  Throughout the conversation, we got in depth about what we thought were the best albums of the 90's.  ...
Posted by Holborow on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:28:00 PST