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Avon

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About Me

I hate religion but I love God. That might seem contradictory but it isn't.

I think the existence of God makes for very interesting discussion. What makes it interesting is that arguments can be made on both sides of the issue. I happen to think the actual evidence on the God side is more varied and convincing.

My greatest teachings in this life have come through children and through the triumphs and failures of myself and other people. Triumph and failure are opposite sides of the same coin. Failures are simply the steps we take on the road to ultimate triumph. It is not failure that destroys a life...quitting does that.


My Interests

Life...If you name it, I'm probably interested even if it's a morbid, slightly disgusted sort of interest.

I'd like to meet:

Meeting Jesus face to face is the top of my list - but after that there's a long list of people who have made a huge impact on the way we think and live: Sir Isaac Newton (Genius) and Albert Einstein (my favorite) and Kahlil Gibran (Ultimate Poet) and King David (Poet, Prophet, and King) and CS Lewis (Wordsmith) and JRR Tolkien (World Maker)and Adam (I would like to apologize for judging him...inside joke - but I'm dead serious); interesting that all of them are no longer here; oh, and the guy who stole the Real Wheelz trailer linkage assembly at HIN Philly. He needs a little "touch up"...

If you're an interesting person who likes to share interesting thoughts on just about any topic...if you're funny or artistic or spiritual or intelligent or real folks or just plain cool or all of that all rolled up into one...holla.

Music:

Yes please. Let's leave it at that.

Movies:

Neither of us have time for this so I'll leave it at this...My "I'm digging this for some crazy reason" movie is Napoleon Dynamite because of the line "Do the chickens have sharp talonsssss?" Yeah, I think I'm voting for Pedro in 08...It couldn't be any worse than any of our other choices could it?

Television:

...is third in the Trinity of legalized drugs right behind alcohol and cigarettes. I usually try to use it responsibly...call me a "social watcher"...but then crack (I mean crap) like American Idol comes on and I'm hooked for no apparent reason.

Books:


DRIFTING. by Antonio Alvendia of Cipher Garage. The First Official Book of Drifting in America!

THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF SOME OF THE MOST SUPERNATURALLY TALENTED DRIVERS ON THE PLANET! PICK IT UP! Other than that, if reading were likened to crack then I would be Gator from Spike Lee's Jungle Fever...truly the list is long and involved and don't mention any books to me that you think I should read because if I haven't read it the Jonesin' will start...it could get ugly...But here's where all of my attention is focused right now! THIS JOINT IS HOT!


DRIFTING. by Antonio Alvendia of Cipher Garage. The First Official Book of Drifting in America!

Heroes:

If a hero is someone who inspires you to be better than you really are then I actually have a lot of those: my Mom and Pop, my family, people who overcome all excuses for failure, all of the good parents in the world, all of the good teachers in the world, and top of the list...GOD!..

My Blog

All that folds ain't gold...

Why is it that we aren't truthfully taught in school how our money (or any commodity or currency) really gets its value? I mean we get the standard "dollar equals this much gold or this much...
Posted by Avon on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:37:00 PST

The Pretty Principle

The premise is that "Pretty", in this society, is very similar to a form of currency - and like any currency, it's only worth as much as people believe it's worth. A dollar bill is bare...
Posted by Avon on Wed, 17 May 2006 04:27:00 PST

A Real Bonafide Miracle

Here we go. I have witnessed and verified a miracle to my own satisfaction. In the fourth month of my wife's pregnancy with my daughter Ja'el, we went to have an ultrasound done. I'm thinking it'll j...
Posted by Avon on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:40:00 PST