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Michael The King of Obscure References

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About Me

Scrubs - Overkill
..Misdirection is the key to survival; never attack what your enemy defends, never behave as your enemy expects, and never reveal your true strength. If knowledge is power, then to be unknown is to be unconquerable.

My Interests

Reading, Radio, Comics, The little bit of good T.V. that's left, The Amish, Video Games, and Midgets.

I'd like to meet:

Gregg "Opie" Hughes, Anthony "Anthony" Cumia, James "Li'l Jimmy" Norton, Ed Norton, Robert Downey Jr., Alan Alda, Vince McMahon, Stephen King, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Peter David, Alex Ross, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Jeph Loeb, Keith Giffen, Mark Millar, Brian K. Vaughan, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and... BRUCE MOTHER FUCKIN' CAMPBELL

Music:

Alice in Chains, Ani Defranco, The Beatles, Beck, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Buckcherry, Clarence Carter, Colin Hay, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, Days of the New, The Decemberists, Elton John, Eric Clapton, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, Gorillaz, George Harrison, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, The Killers, Led Zeppelin, Leroy, The Mars Volta, Metallica, Monster Magnet, Mudvayne, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, NWA, Our Lady Peace, Outkast, Pink Floyd, Primus, Queen, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rammstein, R.E.M., Rob Zombie, The Rolling Stones, Rotgut, Scissor Sisters, The Shins, Simon and Garfunkel, Slipknot, The Smiths, Snoop Dogg, The Streets, Sublime, Superchic[k], System of a Down, Todd Rundgren, Tool, Weezer, The White Stripes, Wolfmother

Movies:

Just to save time. I like most things written or directed by Tim Burton, Coen Brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, David Fincher, Terry Gilliam, Stanley Kubrick, Christopher Nolan, Robert Rodriguez, George Romero, Martin Scorcese, Kevin Smith, and Quentin Tarantino........3:10 to Yuma, Almost Famous, American History X, American Psycho, Army of Darkness, Blues Brothers, The Boondock Saints, Caddyshack, Cloverfield, Crimson Tide, Death to Smoochy, The Doors, Evil Dead Trilogy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Garden State, The Godfather Trilogy, Gone with the Wind, Good Night and Good Luck, The Incredible Hulk(Fingers crossed), Iron Man(Fingers crossed), Jaws, Interview With a Vampire, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A League of Their Own, The Life of Brian, Little Miss Sunshine, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Machinist, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Matrix, The Meaning of Life, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Natural Born Killers, Office Space, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, The Prestige, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rounders, Rushmore, Shawn of The Dead, The Sixth Sense, Spiderman 2, Star Wars, Super Troopers, Tombstone, X-Men 2.......I'm also more inclined to watch something if it stars Ed Norton, Robert Downey Jr., Christian Bale, and Val Kilmer.

Television:

Adult Swim, Arrested Development, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Battlestar Galactica, Beast Wars, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, The Colbert Report, Cowboy Bebop, The Daily Show, Dexter, Firefly, Futurama, Gilmore Girls, Ghost Hunters, Harvey Birdman, Heroes, Justice League: Unlimited, Lost, M*A*S*H, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mythbusters, The Office, Rome, Sailor Moon, Samurai Champloo, The Shield, The Simpsons, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Superman: The Animated Series, Supernatural, The Venture Bros., The West Wing, Wondershowzen, X-Men: The Animated Series

Books:

Just to many to list.

My Blog

It's a question of character... assassination.

The RABB REPORT Sucks! -or- Long Live the RABB REPORT!   The ROLL REPORT has recently enjoyed a huge spike in views following the flurry of postings on FBA prompted by our own bunny lover Rabbit ...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:58:00 PST

Fellow Game of LIFE Players...

After The Game -or- Man, I'm Bored!   Okay, here's something to ponder. Whatever your personal beliefs on God/Religion/Spirituality might be, just assume that we are here on earth gathering exper...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:26:00 PST

Atheists missing out on fun?

I Have Seen the Ever Quest, and it is Us... -or- God the Dungeon Master? Lets have a little fun with physics and religion. Ill keep it brief. 1) In the early 20th century quantum physics told us that...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:24:00 PST

The Roll Report is Born!

Welcome to the Roll Report! For those of you who know me by my FBA postings, you know that I can be a drone-on, big word usin' son-of-a-bitch. I'll be honest. There will be some of that here. But, jus...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:33:00 PST

Sometimes I Just Want To Destroy Something Beautiful

If you're male and you're Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And if you never know your father, if your father bails out or dies or is never at home, what do you belie...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:03:00 PST

My cat is sunning

I don't know why but watching her turn over to warm her other side, stretch, and yawn brings me much happiness.  It makes me smile which I haven't been able to do much at all lately.
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Fri, 26 May 2006 02:14:00 PST

Comedian Jim Gaffigan

The Laziness Bit You ever find yourself being lazy for no reason at all? Like, you pick up your mail, you go in your house, you realize you have a letter for a neighbor. You ever just look at the lett...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:38:00 PST

Machine Elves

Machine Elves (also known as self transforming machine elves) is a term coined by the writer and philosopher Terence McKenna to describe the entities that he claims one becomes aware of after having t...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:18:00 PST

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."-  Dr. JohnsonPART ONEWe were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remembe...
Posted by Michael The King of Obscure References on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:57:00 PST