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L.B.

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About Me

A bitter man, soured on beer, and given to claims.

My shows: The Dionysium , Mythology .

My book: Invisible Frontier .

My magazine: Jinx .

My new venture: Mas Media

My blogs: On the Intergalactic Nemesis site: Jean Pierre through le Timestream . On the Mythology Site: What we need more of is science .

My Interests

Adventure. Books. Science, philosophy, history. Karaoke. Excess .

I'd like to meet:

I believe in a natural aristocracy; an elite distinguished not by class nor race or even native intelligence or talents but by clarity of thought, nobility of character, and creative or scientific achievement. I'd like to meet members of this aristocracy: aristocrats of the spirit. Also, hot chicks.

Music:

Stanely Brothers. Beatles. Geto Boys. Mozart. Bach. Louis Armstrong. Merle Haggard. Rolling Stones. Strauss. Brothers Cup. Gals Panic. Transgressors. Jerm Pollet. The Who. Rachmaninov. Beethoven. Elvis Presley. James Brown. Wilson Pickett. Bob Dylan. Aretha Franklin.

Movies:

The Hustler. Apocalypse Now. The Godfather. Star Wars. Raging Bull. His Girl Friday. Arsenic & Old Lace. Dawn of the Dead. Taxi Driver. Hearts of Darkness. Amazon Women on the Moon. The Shining.

Television:

C-Span. Jeopardy! Firefly. Deadwood.

Books:

The Odyssey. The Iliad. Paradise Lost. Crime and Punishment. The Last Lion. Modern Times. Notes from the Underground. Birth of the Modern. Darwin among the Machines. Cosmos. Anna Karenina.

Heroes:

Anna Fry. Ray Smuckles.

My Blog

The Think Tank

Tomorrow's my first day at T3 (The Think Tank), and even though I'm supposed to show up at 8:45 a.m. I'm very excited. All sorts of adventures await, I'm sure. Wish me luck.
Posted by L.B. on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:40:00 PST

No thanks

This was my first year to give no thanks since I started this blog. I didn't plan on it, but Thanksgiving drew to a close and I found I was on to other things. And when I look back on the years past, ...
Posted by L.B. on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:16:00 PST

Lance Fever turns me into a cartoon. Again.

The man is a genius. P.S. I play the voice of Croaker, the guy whose snacks keep disappearing. And that's Buzz Moran as Gonad, don't you know....
Posted by L.B. on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:33:00 PST

The Green Hornet

As some of you may know, I have a new car. My old car, a 2000 Saturn SL, committed suicide on Tuesday, 16 September at approximately nine p.m. The authorities ruled that the cause of death was a seize...
Posted by L.B. on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:17:00 PST

Begging the question

I was reading a David Foster Wallace article today and was amazed find him misusing the phrase, "begging the question." (This was particularly surprising because the article is itself about English us...
Posted by L.B. on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:05:00 PST

Invisible Frontier, Chapter 10, Part IV

Part IV: Hell GateAlmost an hour upriver, past the Queensborough Bridge, past Roosevelt Island, I notice something strange about our captain. His eyes have narrowed slightly as he grips the wheel. His...
Posted by L.B. on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:42:00 PST

Invisible Frontier, Chapter 10, Part III

Part III: The WakeIt's a brilliant morning. Née and I stand on the pier, waiting for the others, with the whole length of Manhattan at our backs. Before us, across the East River, is the Garden Spot o...
Posted by L.B. on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:49:00 PST

Invisible Frontier, Chapter 10, Part II

Part II: Mission to North BrotherIn December 2000, Jinx classified North Brother Island a 1-9 objective: highest priority, lowest probability for success. Six months later we named it an official C160...
Posted by L.B. on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:40:00 PST

Invisible Frontier, Chapter 10, Part I

The following is an excerpt from Invisible Frontier: Exploring the tunnels, ruins and rooftops of hidden New York (Three Rivers Press, 2003) available here. Chapter Ten: Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble...
Posted by L.B. on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:19:00 PST

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Posted by L.B. on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:17:00 PST