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Phil

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About Me

ModMySpace Profile Customizer What descibes me? 40 year old computer geek, dad, toy collector, friend, woodworker, lover of my wife, gardener, genealogist, student, Christian...which applies? All at some point. Trained as an Architect, I program databases for Time and Attendance systems now. Quite a leap. I train large groups of people all over the Pacific Northwest. I work from home. I love playing with my kids. I used to contribute to the Palisades Toys Collector's Club for the "Toy Chest". I eBay too much. I am a passionate reader.
I like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Firefly/Serenity, Alien/Predator, Batman/Superman (the animated Batman and Smallville are the best), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Invader Zim, X-Men. I like Halo, Rise of the Nations, Age of Mythology. I love building things - be they a garden wall, a wood working project or a plastic model.
Here's a couple websites. Our family home page . My Japanese collectibles page. Our yardwork page. A few examples of the Toy Chest I do here and here .
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Bettie Page

Music:

Diversity in music is a wonderful thing. I love soundtracks (Gladiator, Batman Begins, Fog of War), Classical (Beethoven, Philip Glass), Rock, R&B, Rap, even one country (Shania Twain!).

Movies:

Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Serenity, X-Men, Seven Samurai, Invader Zim

Television:

Current TV: Battlestar Galactica, Lost. TV on DVD: Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Smallville, Xena, Enterprise, South Park, The Simpsons, Invader Zim, Samurai Jack

Books:

Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Anne Rice. James Reasoner.

Heroes:

Underdog, Super Grover, Beaker

My Blog

Patio blocks suck

I learned a valuable lesson today. Unless you either are clinically insane or really into self punishment, never build a concrete block patio. Cripes this is hard work. And despite my best efforts,...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:22:00 PST

An update? No way...

Haven't updated in ages. What have we been doing lately? Besides accruing more and more crushing debt? Trying to finish my patio! And not doing too badly.We laid all the blocks out first:Then we p...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:57:00 PST

Forever 19

How do you say you miss somebody? How do you say your heart breaks, your throat closes and tears flow? My sister would've been 35 today if she hadn't been so brutally killed 16 years ago. Happy Bir...
Posted by Phil on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:50:00 PST

It's been a while

It's been a while. Man, what a slacker.Been enjoying the winter for the most part with the family. Went tubing up on Snoqualmie Pass - that was cold fun but I was sore the next day! We had a great t...
Posted by Phil on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:59:00 PST

ToyWiki is dead, long live Gentle Giant!

ToyWiki.org appears to be dead after I dumped quite a few items into it.  Coincidence?  Who knows.  Hopefully it comes back.  I had quite a few additional entries to make.Meanwhile...
Posted by Phil on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:50:00 PST

ToyWiki

A friend (Tekwych) and I have been working on getting the Palisades product archives up over on ToyWiki.org. He's doing the layout and text, I'm supplying the pictures from my work at Palisades. Her...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:30:00 PST

August update

It's been a long time since I've typed anything. We've had a busy summer.This past weekend we had fun. Got invited out onto a friends boat on Saturday on Lake Sammamish. FUN! Intertubing, wake boa...
Posted by Phil on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:51:00 PST

Update!

Six weeks down on the BFL program! We are seeing signs of improvement! Both of our belly's are showing decreases as well as our strength. We are loving this program.Not too long ago, I told of Mara...
Posted by Phil on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:39:00 PST

Reading scores!

Maranda, our 10 year old in fourth grade, took a standardized reading test on Monday.  She scored as a grade equivalent of 9.5!  She's in the 98th percentile for her age and in the 80th ...
Posted by Phil on Wed, 17 May 2006 09:06:00 PST

Week 3!

We started week three of our challenge today.  Both of us had a great morning workout, albeit a bit late getting started.  I upped all my weights by 5 pounds, so my upper body is tired! ...
Posted by Phil on Mon, 15 May 2006 09:22:00 PST