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Joel

My Interests

Movies:

In no particular order...The Princess Bride, Hackers, The New Guy, Napoleon Dynamite, Back to the Future (series), Spirited Away, The Crow, Friday (series), Enter The Dragon, The Matrix (series), Transporter (series), Pirates of the Caribbean, The Last Samurai, Harry Potter (series), Star Wars (series), Memoires of a Geisha.

Television:

Top Gear, Best Motoring, House (MD), Smallville, Heroes

Books:

Hero With A Thousand Faces - Jack Campbell

Heroes:

Simo Hyh - A famed war hero with a story not everyone has heard.
Michael Schumacher - He's the best driver in F1, and has been for a while.
Felix Wankel - A mechanical innovator who has an engine by the same name.
Socrates - Father of philisophical thought.

My Blog

Turning a Negative into a Positive

I do believe there are some psychological theories which are important to remember when dealing with these situations. I suppose this would relate the closest to personality based psychology, with the...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:25:00 PST

Responsibility

Ok, first everyone say it with me re-spon-si-bil-i-ty. Need help trying to pronounce it? ri-"spän(t)-s&-'bi-l&-tE. Responsibility, so what does that really mean? The quality or state of being ...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:48:00 PST

Super Size Me Review

Since it was required in class to write a review on Super Size Me I thought I would post it just for fun...Keep in mind I did have to answer a few questions as asked by the professor.To start things o...
Posted by Joel on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:14:00 PST

So where the hell have you been?

Ive been asked this a couple times from numerous people and contrary to popular belief I havent vanished from the face of the earth. Well simply put Ive been busy with quite a few things and simply ha...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:26:00 PST

Flashback Friday: The Princess Bride

There are few movies that I can watch more than once that I truly enjoy; The Princess Bride is one of them. This movie really has something for everyone, action, adventure, some comedy, and romance. N...
Posted by Joel on Fri, 19 May 2006 12:55:00 PST

Driving Manners

All too often I find myself wondering why people are so anxious to get from point A to point B, C, or even D. In the midst of the swerving, finger waving, and general taunting we make our ways to our ...
Posted by Joel on Fri, 19 May 2006 12:55:00 PST

Wednesdays

Yes Wednesday is here, its halfway to the weekend and in some cases its the start of your weekendCollege maybe? What better to talk about on Wednesday than something exciting, something controversial,...
Posted by Joel on Wed, 17 May 2006 12:59:00 PST

Technology

Its funny how I look back at all the changes in technology in the past 5 years or so. Im studying a bit for an A+ exam (just something I want to get for the heck of it) and have found myself thinking ...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 16 May 2006 01:29:00 PST

Pirates

Avast matey, ahoy, and all that other pirate jargon that Im still getting a grasp on. Ive found myself on a history binge as of late and with the resurgence of the Pirate vs. Ninja debate I found myse...
Posted by Joel on Tue, 16 May 2006 01:28:00 PST

Flashback Friday: Nintendo 8-bit

Seeing as how were enjoying all the things that have been going on with E3 I thought it would be appropriate to celebrate Nintendo on this Flashback Friday. This console was what got me really into ga...
Posted by Joel on Fri, 12 May 2006 11:06:00 PST