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Roland the Headless Magic Hat

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About Me

Nerdiness abounds. I'm a computer IT technician, I read science fiction, and I'm a magician. If I wore a pocket protector the image would be perfect.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

All the musicians on my music list (OK, some are dead, so - ewww), Stephen Hawking, The Dalai Lama, Joss Whedon and the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Peter Jackson, Jimmy Carter, Jan Burke, Neil Gaiman, Ricky Jay, Juan Tamariz, Warren Buffett, Stephen King, Eliot Fintushel, ...and you, faithful reader

My Blog

I'm hit!

I'm a casualty of the times. Just got my layoff notice. Going to take a couple of regroup weeks, then assess my options. It's all good
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 14:23:00 GMT

Where's Fall Out Boy?

Friday morning I became Nuclear Man. I had radiation injected into my veins. I'm having the same thing done tomorrow at 6 am. Traumatizing, I know. Not the nuclear part; the part about 6 am.I've been ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:01:00 GMT

Random Stuff

I wrote a second song, this time an instrumental. My guitar teacher and I really deconstructed it, going over what worked what didn't, and why. I learned a ton about music and songwriting from this. I...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:13:00 GMT

The Stranger

I look at other people, then I look at myself, and I make this observation: I'm odd.Why do I think I'm odd, you ask? Good question. Well, first off, I look at other people, then I look at myself, and ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:18:00 GMT

Video killed the radio star

My opinion matters!My wife and I have, for the past week, been providing information regarding our radio listening habits via an Arbitron questionnaire. For those of you not familiar with Arbitron, it...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:37:00 GMT

Reeling in the years

Tomorrow (23 December) is my birthday. As is my annual tradition, I shall remind everyone that I share that birth date (though not the year - he's older) with Eddie Vedder, among others.As is also my ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:03:00 GMT

Can’t buy me vocal lessons

OK, maybe I can. Point is, I may need 'em. My guitar teacher sent me an odd email this morning. He asked if I'd ever tried to sing "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles. I replied that indeed I have sung...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:15:00 GMT

Geekdom v2.0

I finally see some progress in guitar. I've learned a couple of really nice blues riffs that allow me to improvise, and I'm learning a song by George Harrison - one of my all-time favorite artists!I'v...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:22:00 GMT

November 5, 2008

Yay
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:40:00 GMT

I guess that makes me the Antichrist too

I received an email today from a family member, a portion of which I'll reproduce: 1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a Muslim male extremist.2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:14:00 GMT