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Ryan

Fifty years from now, when you're looking back at your life, don't you want to be able to say you ha

About Me

"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."
- Douglas Adams

"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
- Ayn Rand

"Fall down seven times, stand up eight."
- Samurai Proverb

My Interests

speeds in excess of 140mph, night time, autumn/winter, snowboarding, single-malt triple-distilled whisky, electronic music, computer hardware, the human mind, science, philosophy, "geek" culture, motorcycles, the sound of footsteps on pavement, random road trips, surprises that take the breath right out of you, new people, old books, japan, mythology, ghost hunting, abandoned buildings, technology.

I'd like to meet:

al gore, bruce willis, maggie gyllenhaal, lao-tzu, an extraterrestrial, stephen hawking, kimi raikkonen, god, satan, and the buddha.

Music:



Movies:

the boondock saints, v for vendetta, star wars, kill bill, the mothman prophecies, serenity, all of m. night shyamalan's films, out cold, shaun of the dead, batman begins, hackers, stranger than fiction, contact, what dreams may come, sin city.

Television:

scrubs, firefly, deadliest catch, discovery channel, the x-files, eureka 7, futurama, rob & big, star trek.

Books:

ayn rand - the fountainhead, sun-tzu - the art of war, dan millman - the way of the peaceful warrior, technical manuals, comic books, douglas adams - the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, sarah douglas - the wayfarer's redemption.

Heroes:

james bond, howard roark, al gore, linus torvalds, albert einstein, indiana jones, my mother, johnny cash.

My Blog

Soundtrack of my Life (aka the best worthless survey ever.)

Your Life: The SoundtrackOpening credits: Bong-Ra - 666mphWaking up: Evol Intent - South LondonAverage day: Sublime - What I GotFirst date: ATB - In Love With the DJFalling in love: Evol Intent - The ...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:37:00 PST

Words cannot express....

I should by all rights be in a wheelchair, emergency room, or dead right now.I crashed my motorcycle today on I-475/US23 South going about 70mph. A piece of tread came off the tire of a truck in front...
Posted by Ryan on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:52:00 PST

Mad as hell.

From the 1976 Film "Network", funny how the problems of the past seem to come around again.....I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Eve...
Posted by Ryan on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:46:00 PST

My hero.

I am so going to learn how to play the bagpipes. ...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:10:00 PST

Random

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Posted by Ryan on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:12:00 PST

Dreams.

"You should be more careful what you write. You never know when a future employer might read it.""When did we forget our dreams?""What?""The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mi...
Posted by Ryan on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:23:00 PST

Choices

"Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. If you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they're doing. Do things without knowing how they'll turn out.""Why tell me this?""...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:15:00 PST

The Butter Floor.

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Posted by Ryan on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:59:00 PST

New Military Oaths of Enlistment

U.S. COAST GUARD ENLISTMENT OATH " I, (State your name), swear to sign away 4 years of my life to the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD because I know being in the real military scares me. However, I swear t...
Posted by Ryan on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:18:00 PST

If only I had a brother my age...

Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar.After a while, one guy looks at the other and says, "I can't help but think,  from listening to you, that you're from Ireland "The other...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:22:00 PST