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Ballard

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Generally speaking, I hate people. Not YOU, of course, but other people. The ones who don't take others into consideration at any time - like the idiots who miss their exit on the freeway, and decide to STOP and BACK-UP, despite the hundreds of other cars heading their way at breakneck speeds. THOSE are the people I hate. Not JUST them, of course . . . they're just an example.

Anyway . . . there are exceptions to every rule, and I try to be one of those exceptions as often as humanly possible.

With that in mind, many, many mistakes have been made along the way . . . and if any of them caused you any distress, I apologize. I guess if you never screw up, you never learn anything, right? (Sincerity, in written form, has never been my strong suit)

So anyway, few things in life can beat a good steak, a cold beer, and nice sunset.

Oh, and I have a cat. Not by choice, but it wasn't the cat's fault, so I've kept her around.

You can pretty much gather any other information you might need about me at www.jonballard.com , open 24/7/364 to serve YOU!

My Interests

Laughter. Food. Baseball. Politics. Peace. Sleep.

I'd like to meet:

People who can spell, and have decent grammar. Oh, and a pulse - A pulse is very important.

Music:

Yes.

Movies:

Monty Python & the Holy Grail (All Python films, actually), Defending Your Life, Pump Up the Volume, Private Parts, Castaway, Almost Famous, Airplane, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, That Thing You Do, Singles (I was in it for a nanosecond - as was practically everyone else in Seattle), Desperado, Farenheit 9-1-1, Pulp Fiction, Say Anything, Showgirls (with the sound off), Super Size Me

Television:

24, Lost, Drawn Together, Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother, South Park, The West Wing (when it was on), SportsNight (when it was on), Studio 60 (when it was on), The Office, The Simpsons, The Tick (the cartoon, NOT the live action series), SportsCenter, Moral Orel (That, my friends, is some SERIOUSLY F'ed up stuff!)

Books:

Radio Waves by Jim Ladd, The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, Ball Four by Jim Bouton

Heroes:

MLK, Elvis, Letterman, Stern, Johnny Cash, Ted Nugent (not for his political views, just for who he is), John "C. Foster Kane" Langan (if you're not from Seattle or Spokane, you probably don't know that name), and anyone who lays it all on the line for what they believe in . . . whether I agree with it or not.

My Blog

Soundtrack to Your Life

Soundtrack to your lifeSo heres how it works:Open your choice of music player [iTunes, Limewire, Kazaa, ect.] and put it on shuffle.Press play.For every question type the song thats on.And when you go...
Posted by Ballard on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:42:00 PST

(All together now)

Having been on MySpace for a while now, I'm fascinated at the wide array of humanity represented here - and the astonishing similarity within that array.Look around here . . . isn't it interesting tha...
Posted by Ballard on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:24:00 PST

This is No Game

From "The New Yorker"   THIS IS NO GAME by JACK HANDEY Issue of 2006-01-09Posted 2005-12-26 This is no game. You might think this is a game, but, trust me, this is no game. This is not something ...
Posted by Ballard on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:57:00 PST