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Dan

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About Me

Mr. Excitement? Uhh, no... You must be thinking about somebody else. But hey, I'm a darn nice guy...

My Interests

Auto racing - driving, not watching - specifically Autocross - (I'm not in this video, but somebody did a great job putting it together. This is what autocrossing is like. It's a few minutes long, but check it out...)If you're interested in getting involved, check out SCCA New England Region or SCCA National for more info. I also enjoy skiing, and RPG's (like: )

I'd like to meet:

Anyone I can respect (so pretty much everyone)

Music:

Blues, Jazz, Rock, and a little bit of everything else

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill I & II (ok, anything by Tarantino), Seven Samurai, Ran (ok, Kurosawa too I guess), Fight Club, Heavy Metal, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sin City, Unbreakable, etc...

Television:

24, Nip Tuck (I love delving into twisted minds), Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Invasion, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG-1 (yup, I'm a sci-fi junkie)

Heroes:

My father. That's it, don't need any others.

My Blog

What is an American?

I received this via bulletin, and felt it was important enough that I wanted to keep it, by adding it to my blog.  One might think that this message goes out to those who are not (or don't consid...
Posted by Dan on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:55:00 PST

Hmm...

I'm confused...  The number of hits on my blog has multiplied by several times since I started blogging on the Abdul Rahman issue, yet almost nobody has anything to say about it?  No opinion...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:46:00 PST

Well, at least he's safer for now...

At least, now that Abdul Rahman has been granted asylum by Italy, he will be safer from the extremist thugs publicly calling for his murder.  Hopefully, time will allow for the Afghan constituiti...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:40:00 PST

Possible resolution amidst chaos

The latest article at cnn.com again re-hashes most of the information, but adds this, which at least provides some hope for a positive resolution of this particular case: According to a UN spokes...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:19:00 PST

As expected...

Clerics in Afghanistan are calling for protests across the country, against their government, and against the west, as a result of Rahman's reported pending release...  I've said it before, but I...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:31:00 PST

Maybe they've learned history's lessons

It is now being reported that Abdul Rahman will be released.  Here is a link to the full article.  Statements coming from Afghanistan are along the lines that "The court dismissed today...
Posted by Dan on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:57:00 PST

I am truly dismayed...

As you have probably seen, there is a man in Afghanistan who is facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity.  His name is Abdul Rahman.  I can not express the dep...
Posted by Dan on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:11:00 PST

Please do NOT repost this...

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I have a pet peeve about "repost this" bulletins.  To me, they share too much in common with "chain-mail", which I hate, so I almost never re-post them.&...
Posted by Dan on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:27:00 PST

And on the lighter side...

"Homecoming King" redefined...  Read the full article at cnn.com: She's the Homecoming King Some excerpts: "She is not a man," said Singleton Newman, a 22-year-old senior who was nominated for q...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:32:00 PST

In the news...

Two people passed away Monday, from totally different walks of life, but both of whom I respected...  Dana Reeve and Kirby Puckett. The first article I saw was about Dana Reeve's passing.  S...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:18:00 PST