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Mario

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About Me

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but is to be found in all of the virtues at their testing point.
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My Interests

My focus is family, true friends, and both the school I teach and the one I learn in, though they are often one in the same.As a philosophy I try to embrace the Tao of my own life. I seek understanding of the human condition both narrowly in my own life and on the broad scale. I believe in God but do not actively pursue any doctrine nor follow any church.I love life, community, and nature. All my life though I have studied leadership, conflict, combat, and warfare in all it's many forms. Thus I have have a belief of the Soldier as an instument of peace and retribution. I am a disciple of the will not neccessarily the method. As a warrior who lacks the will is lost, as is a man alone in the wilderness. Perhaps even while surrounded by the modern world .I have come to know that it is not enough to think of or just dream a thing. One must take pains to make it reality. I must be one part undisciplined dreamer, one part stratagist, one part motivational speaker, then three parts apprentice, journeyman, and master in equal measure.Big dreams beyond scope scope of ones abilities amount to nothing more than holding a handful of air and saying it is gold.Thus my interests are to gain mastery of my life, without the illusion of control. To affect change and to heal more than harm.

Music:

Old Metallica. Most eightys especially new wave. Old school like Aretha, Smokey, WAR, the Supremes and James Brown. Women singers with distintive styles Loreena McKennitt, early Celine Dion, and Sarah Maclaughlan. The music my goth friends listen to since music is important to them.The holy triumverate of lounge acts: Wayne Newton, Tom Jones, and Robert Gulliet(RIP). "Never Say Goodbye"Killers, U-2, Nickleback and the Gorillas.Rage against the machine and System of a Down.Journey and especially Blue Oyster Cult

Movies:

Conan (there was no sequel)Open Range and Magnificent SevenComedies with Drew Barrymore and Adam SandlerHoratio Hornblower the BBC A+E seriesRoman Movies like Ben Hur or Cleopatra,Alien + Aliens (there were no sequels)John Wayne, John Hughes, and John Cusack movies.Good Zombie Flicks and horror.Movies I refuse to watch again because they were too powerful... Saving Private Ryan, The Notebook, and Showgirls...(joke)Short list of movies that could have been better: Stargate, most Ben Stiller movies, Star Wars Episodes One and Two, Soft porn flicks on Cinemax featuring Chicks with small breasts, and Catwoman.

Television:

Its all about Jericho now. I can't wait! Now you can add Sarah Connor Chronicles because it kicks much butt.DEADWOOD! ROME! Band Of Brothers! Were Awesome.House. Big Love.Occasionally South Park or Simpsons. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Xena were guilty pleasures. West Wing and sometimes the Sopranos. True Crime and the history channel. Kari on "Mythbusters" needs her own show. Hell her own network!Of Course the Sarah Connor Chronicles, did I say Sarah Connor Chronicles

Books:

The War of the Worlds by HG Wells.The Art of War by Sun Tzu.David Edding's "the Eleneium" Trillogy: "The Diamond Throne, The Ruby Knight, and The Sapphire Rose.Steven King. Most noteably The Stand and the Dark TowerMilitary Blunders by Saul David.Bernard Cornwell's An Archers Tale/Harlequinn, Vagabond, and Heritic.C.S. Foresters Horatio Hornblower.John Steakley's Armor and Heinlien's Starship Troopers.Great graffic novels The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Image comics "Walking Dead" series.

Heroes:

Batman and Captain America (RIP). 'nuff saidMy old Sergeants, teachers, supervisors and other mentors who showed me that Will and seeing something through is more important than skill or giftedness. Your results:
You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 70% Batman 65% Superman 60% Wonder Woman 60% Robin 60% Green Lantern 55% Iron Man 50% Supergirl 45% Hulk 35% The Flash 35% Catwoman 30% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
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My Blog

The Cost of Living

I am thinking of life and choices. Loves and losses. Friends and family. Past and now the present. I once told my father that I know now why I became so depressed in my teens, it is something I s...
Posted by Mario on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:04:00 PST

Marty Partner

So I am writing again. For how long I dont know but it is fun again. If anyone is interested in checking out my handy work google search Urban Dead Survivor Diaries and search for Marty Partner. Enjoy...
Posted by Mario on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:15:00 PST

To my Friend a Timely Message from ABBA

Chiquitita, tell me whats wrongYou're enchained by your own sorrowIn your eyes there is no hope for tomorrowHow I hate to see you like thisThere is no way you can deny itI can see that youre oh so sad...
Posted by Mario on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:22:00 PST

Anniversaries, homecomings, and a Return to Ones Place Of Birth

January is one unusual month. Always something going on in the first month of the year and we always hope that it does (or doesn't) set a tone for the next 11 months. ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "ur...
Posted by Mario on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:02:00 PST

New

For those of you who missed the bulletin, Trish and I got engaged. Those who know me know this was a big step for me to make, it involved a lot of healing over a long period, and asking myself if I w...
Posted by Mario on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:12:00 PST

Im 33...for a moment

I'm 15... for a momentcaught in between 10 and 20 and I'm just dreamin'countin' the ways to where you areI'm 22... for a momentand she feels better than everand we're on firemaking our way back from m...
Posted by Mario on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:31:00 PST

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 So Far Away This is my life Its not what it was before All these feelings I've shared And these are my dreams That I'd never lived before Somebody shake me Cause I, I must be sleeping Now that ...
Posted by Mario on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:49:00 PST

A Ring

This last few weeks have been crazy. Both stressfull and happy. What it boils down to is family; a topic that has never been high on my list of priorities. However that has been changing. Today I reci...
Posted by Mario on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:24:00 PST

Full Circle

So here I am, right back at the begining of a road I've travelled down before. The boots are well worn, the belts soft, the colors a bit faded. I am Older, sadder, wiser. Here I am. I am nobody's fool...
Posted by Mario on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:00:00 PST

Wasting away again in margaritaville

If anyone has low batteries you can do what Im doing and just sit out on the beach with an ice cold glass of Sangria in one hand and a corona bottle with lime in the other. Florida is warm and the Atl...
Posted by Mario on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:04:00 PST