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My Interests

At various points in my life and to varying degrees I have been interested in music, poker, politics/policy, encryption, game theory, home brewing, technology + apologetics, graphic design, screen printing, and plenty of other random things.

I'd like to meet:

Venture capitalist revisionist historians

Music:

Bob Dylan, Wilco, The Beach Boys, Mineral, Nirvana, Sense Field, Radiohead, Will Oldham, Cat Power, Shannon Wright, Jawbreaker, Guided By Voices, Pavement, Built to Spill, The Books, Mogwai, The Cranberries, Damien Jurado, Pedro the Lion, Elliot Smith, Dirty Three, Songs:Ohia, Jim Croce, Joni Mitchell, Neutral Milk Hotel, Silver Jews, James Taylor

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, Dances with Wolves, Spaceballs, Three Amigos, The Sting, Amelie, Mansfield Park

Television:

The West Wing, M.A.S.H., The Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NOVA, Frontline, The Office

Books:

The Weight of Glory
by C.S. Lewis

Godel, Escher, Bach
by Douglas Hofstader

The Age of Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil

Bone
by Jeff Smith

The Book of Imaginary Beings
by Jorge Borge

The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway

Short Cuts
by Raymond Carver

Heroes:

Baptiste

My Blog

My birthday is coming up...

...and I'm really hoping someone will get me this gem:http://www.judaism.com/display.asp?type=quicksearch& etn=IIBHH
Posted by gersting on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:14:00 PST

Thank you, Florida.

First of all, for this wonderful day outside (though I'm currently enjoying through tinted office windows), and also for appearing to have some sense.http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/24/giuliani.fl...
Posted by gersting on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:56:00 PST

The Sticklers Diary - 1/4/2008

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22493461/Dear Mr. Editor,Warren Sapp did in fact play in Tampa Bay, for Tony Dungy, and was on the Super Bowl-winning team.  However, as much as Bucs may have ...
Posted by gersting on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:27:00 PST

The Stickler’s Diary - 12.20.2007

Source: http://www.local6.com/news/14894525/detail.html - paragraph nine.Dear Mr. Editor,Please note that the definition of infant is a person under the age of 1.  Also, please note that the phra...
Posted by gersting on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:58:00 PST

Finding Comfort

It could have been worse.http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric/&nbs p;
Posted by gersting on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:18:00 PST

Not that I needed another reason...

...not to vote for him, but Pat Robertson's endorsement of Guiliani is pretty much an absolute deal sealer.Robertson also said he is backing Giuliani because "to me, the overriding issue before the Am...
Posted by gersting on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:29:00 PST

A giant, steaming turd

Congratulations, Lightmaker, for cooking up one giant, steaming turd of a website.
Posted by gersting on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:02:00 PST

Attention Pixar


Posted by gersting on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:03:00 PST

Winners Never Quit

It's not like I really ever forgot, but I'm totally rediscovering how much I love David Bazan's body of work.If you don't own "Winners Never Quit" and "Control" I really do think you're missing out on...
Posted by gersting on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:21:00 PST

CD Release Show Photos

In case you missed it (or want to relive it), our friend Jen Shumate was on hand with camera in tow.Thanks, Jen!Click here to check out some photos. ...
Posted by gersting on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:57:00 PST