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luke

a burnt dog dreads the fire

About Me



the word of the week is
ELOCUTION- (15c) 1: the art of effective public speaking 2: a style of speaking esp. in public

"Paradoxically, then, William's great gift- for confabulation- which has been called out to leap continually over the ever-opening abyss of amnesia- William's great gift is also his damnation. If only he could be QUIET, one feels, for an instant; if only he could stop the ceaseless chatter and jabber; if only he could relinquish the deceiving surface of illusions- then (ah then!) reality might seep in; something genuine, something deep, something true, something felt, could enter his soul." - from The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and other clinical tales by Oliver Sacks

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My Interests

i want to meet those who share my interests, so, logic would dictate.... (see above).... in addition to those things listed above, i enjoy people watching. not so much stalking. that's it's own past time and not very well worth it- if you asked me- because it tends twards insanity.

I'd like to meet:

anti-socials, listeners, loners, misanthropes, those who are quiet, shy, have no affection for this world or themselves,
anyone who has been wronged and chose not to defend themself,
lovers of books, learning, and truth,
lovers of art for art's sake: esp., music, photography, writing,
runners, bikers, hikers, climbers of trees and rocks, and all those that play in the snow
people who open doors for others
girls who do !NOT! have webcams

Music:

no country (unless you call Jonny Cash strickly country), not most jazz, most everything else..."classical" (more a fan of the baroque) basically anything before circa 1885: esp., j.s. bach (his sons aren't bad either), scarlotti, handel, anything with classical influences...if it's dark, hard, heavy, has groove, is melodic, tecnical, has odd time, then i'll probably like it... i can stomch some cheese for a while when it comes to music, but, wine i have zero tolerance for no matter how good the music is.

Movies:

amile, amistad, dark city, gattaca, the horseman on the rooftop, lord of the rings, much ado about nothing, ronin, school of rock, thin red line

Television:

kill your tv. if cable put together a package of the following i would watch tv: discovery, the learning channel, the history channel, the outdoor live network

Books:

anything by c.s. lewis, j.r.r. tolkien, hawthorn, robert louis stevenson, william lane craig

Heroes:

Christ, the martyrs of the faith, c.s. lewis, merriam webster, william lane craig, tolstoy, bach, martin luther king Jr.

My Blog

having your cake and eating it too

what follows is two excepts from The DNA of Religious FaithBy DAVID P. BARASHChronicle of Higher Education, April 20, 2007the first except is as follows:"The boilerplate, and politically safe if intel...
Posted by luke on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:59:00 PST