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John

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am an automotive master technician by trade, although I’m not the car junkie that I used to be. I love bicycling and commute to work on my Trek Portland bicycle most days. I love reading about quantum physics, but admittedly, I don't understand it all. I like writing in my spare time. When you email me and ask me “What’s up?” be prepared to receive a two page report! I have a fascination for Steampunk gadgets and fashion, and I love art deco and streamline moderne styles. I’ve built a couple custom modified computers with see-through side windows and full lighting systems inside. My place is decorated heavily in tiki, surfing and tropical decorations. In my spare time I love to make cocktails for friends, and I have a couple excellent specialty drinks that I make. Ever had a cocktail made with cilantro? Personally, I lean toward gin as my favorite sprit, but I also love good red wine and I’ve never met a microbrew I didn’t like. I refuse to drink cheap beer. Sorry PBR, I won't drink you. I'm learning a bit about photography beyond the basic point and shoot, and might take a couple classes to learn more. I LOVE coffee! I used to play World of Warcraft way too much, but I’ve given it up for more real life stuff. I love going out for dinner with friends, hosting a cocktail and movie night at my place, going for bike rides or hikes, and live music events. I love meeting new people and learning about the infinite variety of ideas and opinions that people have. I consider my friends to be and extension of my family and they mean the world to me. I have such a crazy mix of friends that I can’t even imagine putting them all in one room together! What would happen? The mind boggles! I love to laugh and make jokes. Humor is a very important part of my life, and I find humor in almost anything. Yeah, I have to keep it to myself sometimes! Lol.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Articulate, intelligent people! New friends, Old friends who have lost touch, a good drinking buddy (not an alcoholic--ok, functional alcoholic would probably work).

My Blog

Favorite Richard Feynman quotes 3

What do we mean by "understanding" something? We can imagine that this complicated array of moving things which constitutes "the world" is something like a great chess game being played by the gods, a...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Favorite Richard Feynman quotes 1

The things with which we concern ourselves in science appear in myriad forms, and with a multitude of attributes. For example, if we stand on the shore and look at the sea, we see the water, the waves...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:42:00 GMT

Favorite Richard Feynman quotes 2

One of the most impressive discoveries was the origin of the energy of the stars, that makes them continue to burn. One of the men who discovered this was out with his girlfriend the night after he re...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:53:00 GMT