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Doug

I am here for Friends and Networking

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


Music:

Mission of Burma, Woody Guthrie, Roky Erickson, Lucinda Williams, Bjork, Bach, Wire, Chet Baker, The Harry Smith Anthology, Will Oldham, Erik Satie, Entombed, Dion and the Belmonts.

Television:

Top Chef.

Books:

Thoreau, Eckhart, Hamsun, Celine, Emerson, William James, Portis, Rumi, Peirce, Melville, Dickinson, V.S. Naipaul, Oe, Fante, Locke, Plato.

Heroes:

Yoda.

My Blog

You are Jealous

Billy claims that, when he was younger, he was virtually unstoppable as the character Wolf Hawkfield in the Virtua Fighter video game. He also strongly identified with Wolf -- apparently there had few...
Posted by Doug on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:00 PST

The Reviews are In

Thanks for the overwhelming response to my moustache, friends.As you all know, April is moustache appreciation month. Here are some selections from the various reviews my moustache has recieved . . ."...
Posted by Doug on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:34:00 PST

Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)

So I was driving to Lynnfield this morning, my truck bed loaded with five foot pipe and condenser units, and the song "Brady (You’re a Fine Girl)" came on the radio. Maybe it was out of boredom....
Posted by Doug on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:01:00 PST

Pleading No Contest

I've been up all night working on a video submission to guest host an episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. I don't have a lot of time, and the only two videos I've done this year were jiu-ji...
Posted by Doug on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:51:00 PST

reaching maturity

Tomorrow, the nearly four year lease on my Jeep is up, and she's going back to the dealership.When I first got that Jeep, my academic career had fallen apart, I was deep in debt, and I was working a s...
Posted by Doug on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:22:00 PST

Sorting

After a long period of feeling good, I'm feeling out of sorts today. I have some odd semi-cold that isn't quite a cold but makes my joints ache. I think I need another day of rest or to to just go cra...
Posted by Doug on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:53:00 PST

As the Dust Settles

So another great Mass BJJ karaoke party in the books. Nothing I can say can do the weekend justice, although if you check out Frenchy's photos, with commentary, you'll get a good sense of the night.ht...
Posted by Doug on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:50:00 PST

Wheel of Fortune

Just got back from a long day of training.There's so much excitement at Mass BJJ these days, I'm so happy to be a part of it. Obviously, there's the big karaoke party tonight, but we're also sending a...
Posted by Doug on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:46:00 PST

Sugar Rush

What? You mean to tell me you don't read the Staight Dope?You can read all the columns online and they are regularly updated.Today Cecil Adams explored the mythic sugar rush. Read and be made reasonab...
Posted by Doug on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:17:00 PST

Private Lessons

I've been asked about giving private lessons in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu before, but I didn't want to start teaching them until I felt absolutely confident that people would be getting their money's worth....
Posted by Doug on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:12:00 PST