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Furman

Chasing the years of my life

About Me

What can I say? I'm a black male who just ended a marriage of 10 years, looking to meet new friends in the Milwaukee area. I'm a big auto racing fan, NASCAR Champcar, IRL, ALMS Grand American Sports Car, Trans Am, as long as it has four wheels I love it.

My Interests

Like my music taste, my interests are varied also. I guess the two biggest interests would be writing and auto racing. I've tried combining them and have a half finished novel about a former world champion driver who tries to make a comeback. Another important interest to me is equality and diverstiy between races and gender. I think to much time is spent on trying to find out how different we are and not enough on how much we have in common. I always go back to the old saying a blind person can't tell what color you are only if you treat them good or bad. Life is too short to worry if the person you love is black, white, straight or gay. If they love you then that's all that counts. Okay I think I'll get off my soap box now.

I'd like to meet:

New friends both male and female who want to try new and different things in life. Who are unique and into diverse things in life.

Music:

My music taste are varied, I you look at my CD collection you'll find anything from Earth, Wind & Fire to the Dixie Chicks to The Guess Who. What you won't find is Opera. Just never could get my arms around that, but that's just me. I love live music just don't get out enough to experince it.

Movies:

Being from Chicago my all time favorite move has to be the original Blues Brothers. In fact I was in downtown chicago when the filmed the scene at the Daley Center. I also like Sci Fi, mysteries, and anything that make you THINK.

Television:

All CSI's NCIS, The Unit, All Law& Orders, Battlestar Galactica, West Wing, All Star Treks,

Heroes:

My main hero would be my uncle Marvin Smith, who once gave me the best peice of advice I've ever had. He told me the worse thing you could be is "old too soon and smart too late" It took me a long time to understand that but once I did it made a big difference.

My Blog

Donnie McClurkin - We Fall Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYa5MY3MRXcDonnie McClurkin We Fall Down (C) 2002 Zomba Recording LLC ...
Posted by Furman on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:24:00 PST

Chasing The Years of My Life

Ok I'm about to blow a few myths around here.  One, I'm not cool, not SauvĂ©, or any of those things that women think make men attractive to them.  I'm not one of those bad boys either. ...
Posted by Furman on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:57:00 PST

100 Years

Have you all heard the song that plays in the background of the Chase Bank commerical?  It's call 100 years by the group Five for Fighting.  The words in this song have touched me. ...
Posted by Furman on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:13:00 PST

Random Thoughts

Last year I wrote about the Passions of Furman  well Im back with a whole new set of things that get my blood boiling   I believe that George Bush should be impeached for being a stupid...
Posted by Furman on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:38:00 PST

My Birthday

On Friday Ill be fifty years old so that means   Ive lived through 10 presidents from Eisenhower to Bush II. I remember when John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas. I had to register for the draft ...
Posted by Furman on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:55:00 PST

if I could be...

 If I could be any animal, I'd be a Panther because I could slink around; If I could be a bird, I'd be an Eagle -because. I could fly If I could be an insect, I'd be a Bee  -because I coul...
Posted by Furman on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 08:50:00 PST

Time

So here it is Sunday evening I'm setting here look at television, football games are over, the checkard flag has been thrown on the season's final NASCAR race and I'm bored and lonely.  So what e...
Posted by Furman on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:41:00 PST

Finally the wait is over

You may not know I'm from Chicago,  in factt I'm from the south side of the city.  What does that mean you may ask.  It means after 49 years of being a fan of the often forgotten team o...
Posted by Furman on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:16:00 PST

The Passion of Furman

  A few day ago I got to thinking about passion and what it means to me.   Now I can see some of your minds out there heading South already.  So ponder this weekend what ...
Posted by Furman on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:54:00 PST

Another wasted Saturday night

Okay it's  Saturday night and when most people are out having a good time, what am I doing?  Sitting alone in my apartment drinking and look at a NASCAR race on tv.  My life sucks big e...
Posted by Furman on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:41:00 PST