Nature Arts Dean Hodges - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"I grew frantically mad, and struggled to force myself upward against the sweep of the fearful scimitar. And then I fell suddenly calm, and lay smiling at the glittering death, as a child at some rare bauble."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Mediocrities everywhere. I absolve you. I absolve you. I absolve you. I absolve you... I absolve you all.

Music:

All the wrong music. Artists that cause wailing, the rending of clothing, the adornment of sackloth & ashes, and gnashing of teeth...

Movies:

Seven Samurai, Thrashin', Wild Zero, Sean of the Dead, Night/Dawn/Land of the Dead, Rawhead Rex, Young Frankenstein, Dr. Stangelove, Clockwork Orange, 2001 (drink coffee), Spartacus, Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut (good, but drink more coffee); Evil Dead I, II, Army of Darkness, Dead Alive, Feebles, Heavenly Creatures, LOTR, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The muthahfawking BURBS (Hank's last good role before turning into a total douche), the Goonies; All the Presidents Men, The War Room; Das Boot; Godfather I & II (Not III), Goodfellas/Casino (movie so nice he made it twice), Taxi Driver, Raging Bull; Search for Animal Chin, awakenings the art of white tiger tantra.

Television:

Myth Busters, McNeil/Lehrer, McLaughlin Group, Sunday morning talking heads (in general), Young Ones, Black Adder, I'm Alan Partridge, Ali G, Twin Peaks, Almost Live! , Stella shorts, The Office (US version), The Future is Wild, convention zero at fuck tater tots.

Books:

Tobin's Spirit guide, Spate's catalog , The Theory and History of Demonology

Heroes:

At the moment:
Chuck Hagel(R), Nebraska
Big brass balls

My Blog

SHARK ATTACK!

They bite. So bite them back! "Stefan Sharkansky: Blogger, Cheapskate, Monkey father"...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:44:00 PST

Lite-Brites = Bomb Scare

We've been hearing all week about these "devices" planted by evil Adult Swim agents - many being mistaken as "bombs". Seriously, do these look like bombs to you? If this looks like ...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:28:00 PST

Van Halen with DLR: It might just happen

The staff here at Meet the Stress, inc. are all confirmed sieg heilers, heel-clickers, and goose-steppers for Van Halen. And by Van Halen, we are referring to the classic line-up of Eddie Van Halen, B...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:51:00 PST

Conservative Information Black-Hole (Busted)

Alternative title: "Why conservatives reside in terminal idiocy" In a previous entry I decried conservative web-sources for dubious citation jobs. In particular I targeted Orbusmax - Seattle's...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:28:00 PST

Belated Passage: Alfred Hamilton, 1920-2004

Last weekend's Portland road-trip tribulation presented a few new stories for the ages: A new nickname; A profane jager-induced rage at a Van Halen cover-band playing Haggar; A "No-athon"; Chasing Mar...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:17:00 PST

Nate's picks for 2006

I don't do requests, but I made an acception for one Bella Dulcet - our AZ blue-hearted sister (how does she do it?). The Request: Nate's favorite & most-read political websites. Gave-up my usu...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:17:00 PST

September 11th Remembered

September 11th marks a dark day for democracy A day when a democratic country was attacked. Attacked by conspiracy of internal tyrannical thugs - allied with the devious plo...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:12:00 PST

F. Winston Gerards - In Memoriam

F.Winston Gerards 1993-2006 This Monday, the Gerards family lost our beloved Himalayen feline to the wild Acacian woods. When Karleen and Don took that European trip around the summer of 1993,&nbs...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:08:00 PST

Blatherwatch, Part IV: "Political Rubbers vs. Roads"

A more general topic this time - and personal. Open thread, so please feel free to drop comments at blatherwatchOpen Thread: Political Rubbers vs. RoadsWhere do politics begin and relationships end?(W...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:44:00 PST

Blatherwatch, part III: "Styblehead's Last Stand"

Better than Godfather III, I promise:Styblehead's Last StandAn obscure radio reference here. A late night ex KIRO host named Bryan Styble managed to secure a "one night only" spot last night/morning t...
Posted by Nature Arts Dean Hodges on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:55:00 PST