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Archer

I am here for Dating, Friends and Networking

About Me

After a long stint at KBIG Los Angeles, I'm currently hosting the internationally syndicated "Saturday Night 80's" show, afternoons for Dial Global's "Rhythmic AC" format heard on stations all across America, and on Sundays I'm the afternoon news anchor on KFI Los Angeles. ...Some of the activities I enjoy: Talking, talking on the radio, loving yer show and digging yer gig, writing, blogging about politics, people-watching at watering holes, watching movies, walking Orson, playing frisbee in the road, arguing about religion, politics or philosophy, petting Cecil, listening to CDs in the car (the only good thing about L.A. traffic)

My Interests

Politics, history, radio, movies, television, literature, music. Oh, and talking.

I'd like to meet:

Tina Fey. I've got the hots for Tina Fey. It might be the glasses. It might be the funny. But I've got the hots for Tina Fey.

Music:

Radiohead, King Crimson, Yes, Tool, Muse, Gentle Giant, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Allan Holdsworth, System Of A Down, Rush, U.K., Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Bill Bruford, Chris Squire, Aaron Copland, Mozart, Bach, Mussorgsky

Movies:

Close Encounters, Contact, 2001, Serenity, Thank You For Smoking, V For Vendetta, The Incredibles, 12 Monkeys, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Star Wars, Hunt for Red October, Schindler's List, The Time Machine (original), Planet of the Apes (original), 40 Year Old Virgin, Galaxy Quest, Monsters Inc., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist, Saving Private Ryan, The Departed

Television:

Firefly, Heroes, My Name Is Earl, West Wing, Jericho, Scrubs, Lost, Rescue Me, Battlestar Galactica (the new version), The Office, House, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Real Time with Bill Maher, Family Guy, The Sopranos, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Journeyman, ROME, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Newsradio, Chuck

Books:

"The Demon Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark" Carl Sagan -- the one book everyone should read. "The Story of Civilization" by Will Durant, "1984" by George Orwell, "The Stand" and "The Shining" by Stephen King, ANYTHING by Kurt Vonnegut - but especially "Breakfast of Champions," "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, "Foundation" series by Isaac Asimov

Heroes:

Carl Sagan, Keith Olbermann, Bill Clinton, Steve Howe, Jon Stewart, Kurt Vonnegut, Steven Spielberg

My Blog

Disaster!

Alright... this morning there has been a MAJOR disaster at Chez Heck. (That's what I'm calling my place right now.) The coffeemaker is not working anymore. The coffeemaker is dead. I cannot make coffe...
Posted by Archer on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:55:00 PST

Happy Thanksgiving

moar funny pictures...
Posted by Archer on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:15:00 PST

Light at the end of the tunnel

There's light at the end of the tunnel.That light is a long way off, and we can only hope it's not merely illuminating a sign that says, "Wrong way."The writers and producers will be sitting back down...
Posted by Archer on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:19:00 PST

The Daily Show writers explain the writers strike

The writers of the Daily Show explain the writers strike. ...
Posted by Archer on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:21:00 PST

Writer’s strike rolls on

Here in la la land, the writer's strike rolls on with no end in sight.  In New York however, some fun things are happening.  The casts of 30 Rock (I have a crush on Tina Fey) and Saturday Ni...
Posted by Archer on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:31:00 PST

Scary kitteh

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Posted by Archer on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:08:00 PST

$4 a gallon

Saw a news report today that gas prices are set to jump another 20 cents in the next couple of weeks.  That would bring prices in L.A. to near 4 bucks a gallon.   Of course we'll be outraged...
Posted by Archer on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:41:00 PST

What the Iraq war could have bought...

From the Boston Globe via E&P: "If the Bush administration succeeds in its latest request for funding for the war in Iraq, the total cost would rise to $611.5 billion, according to the National P...
Posted by Archer on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:55:00 PST

Vile

Woodland Hills-based Health Net Inc., one of the largest health insurers in California, "set goals and paid bonuses" for employees "based in part on how many individual policyholders were dropped and ...
Posted by Archer on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:18:00 PST

Humped at the pump

Gas prices are soaring.  I paid $3.25 a gallon this morning, and with having to drive 60 miles a day to and from work, this really makes stretching the paycheck hard.  Didn't Bush promise us...
Posted by Archer on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:52:00 PST