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Eric

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their

About Me

Hello and welcome to My Space. I am a down-to-earth kind of guy, and a bit on the rough side, but a diamond in the rough I like to say. I am hard working blue collar working man who makes a decent living, retired from the military after 20 years of service. Average looking, easy on the eyes, but I don’t consider myself to be an average Joe. I have a good sense of humor and usually I am the first to poke fun at myself. Typically I don’t sweat the small stuff, and I am very even tempered. I have a 17 year old son who is living with me, and an 20 year old son in the Army...I love them both very much. I love tall mountains and snow, moonlight and a clear starry sky, thunderstorms and the smell of rain. I am not a hunter, and I'm not into sports. I am a voracious reader, an independent liberal, and open minded, and I am constantly learning new things.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Eric
Birthday: December 6th (sagitarius) 1962 (year of the tiger)
Birthplace: St Louis Missouri
Current Location: Jax Florida
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown to auburn
Height: Six one
Right Handed or Left Handed: Ambidextrous
Your Heritage: Scott Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today: Steel toe work boots
Your Weakness: Green eyes and dark haired brunettes
Your Fears: The growing trend in ignorance and complaceny (too deep? so sad=p)
Your Perfect Pizza: White pizza
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Preparing for next year.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: LOL
Thoughts First Waking Up: I'm getting too old for this....
Your Best Physical Feature: Eyes
Your Bedtime: 10pm, as a necessity, not by choice.
Your Most Missed Memory: Ummm....if I have forgotten it, how could I miss it???
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi!
MacDonalds or Burger King: Neither
Single or Group Dates: Single dates is perfect.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton all the way
Chocolate or Vanilla: Ummmm....strawberry?
Cappuccino or Coffee: Capuccino
Do you Smoke: Nay
Do you Swear: Sometimes
Do you Sing: Only in the shower
Do you Shower Daily: Twice daily
Have you Been in Love: Oh yes
Do you want to go to College: Been there
Do you want to get Married: Once is enough
Do you belive in yourself: Yes
Do you get Motion Sickness: Nay
Do you think you are Attractive: In a rough sort of way, yes.
Are you a Health Freak: Nope
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: Oh yes!
Do you play an Instrument: Air guitar count?
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you Smoked: Nope
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Nope and never
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Nope
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Nope and never with those too
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yuck! NO!
In the past month have you been on Stage: All the world is a stage
In the past month have you been Dumped: Nope
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: LOL, nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Nope
Ever been Drunk: Oh yes
Ever been called a Tease: LOL...yeah right=p
Ever been Beaten up: Nope
Ever Shoplifted: Once when I was 13, tired to steal a pack of smokes, the store manager caught me and threatened to kill me, thus ending a life of crime.
How do you want to Die: The same way I came in, Kicking and screaming.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Brenden Fraiser!
What country would you most like to Visit: Japan
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Green
Favourite Hair Color: Brunette
Short or Long Hair: Both are turn ons
Height: Short, medium, tall...hell its all good.
Weight: Slim to plump is perfect
Best Clothing Style: Anything is great as long as you smell good.
Number of Drugs I have taken: Doesnt matter as long as your not an addict.
Number of CDs I own: Lots!
Number of Piercings: Whatever satisfies you.
Number of Tattoos: If you got them, flaunt them!
Number of things in my Past I Regret: If you have no regrets, then you havn't lived.
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My Interests

Reading, writing, hiking, kayaking, white water rafting, exploring, snow skiing, computers, politics.

I'd like to meet:

Well it helps a lot if you have a good head on your shoulders, and commen sense can take you far. Everyone should be somewhat involved in the future of our country. Something as simple as showing up every other year and casting your vote during election time can have the most dramatic, positive effect in our daily lives. Yet most people dont look any further than beyond their own lives. Complaceny is the norm, and those who have the most power want to keep it that way. Its easy for them to rally up support among their own base, while the rest of the county sits idely by. I am single and I am looking for a long term relationship. However I am not interested in Russian mail order brides, or being someones sugar daddy, or playing pointless head games. Serious contacts only, if you send me a freinds request and no letter of intro then I will deny it. If to you, the best things in life are free, then your my kind of person. So be honest, and just be yourself.

Music:

By decades....60's, Creme, Janis Joplin, Jimmi Hendrix, Crosby, Still, Nash and Young, The Doors...70's, Aerosmith, Bob Segar, Led Zepplen, Rush, Pink Floyd, ACDC (Bon Scott era only), Rainbow, Black Sabath, Dio...80's, Depeche Mode, Planet P Project, Metalica (before they sold out and became corporate stooges)...90's, Tool, Rage against the Machine, Pearl Jam, Morphine, Nine Inch Nails...2000, Type O Negative, Linken Park, Orgy, Disturbed, Evanescence, Iced Earth, Collide, Otep, Dead can Dance.

Movies:

Serenity, Blade Runner (directors cut), Donnie Darko, Cat People, Mystery Men, Alien and Aliens (directors cuts), Silence of the Lambs, American Beauty, This is Spinal Tap.

Television:

Rome, Big Love, Jericho, Heroes, Real Time with Bill Maher, My Name is Earl, Science Channel, National Geographic and Discovery channel programing. For radio I am an avid NPR listener.

Books:

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever (by Stephen R Donaldson), The Nightland and the House on the Borderland (both by William Hope Hodgeson). The Dark Tower novels and related works (by Stephen King). The Dune novels (by Frank and Brian Herbert). Atlas Shrugged and Anthem (both by Ayn Rand).

My Blog

Great American religious quotes

Great Americans and some of their thoughts about religion.... "Religions are alike_founded upon fables and mythologies"...Thomas Jefferson "In no instance have the churches been guardians of the liber...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:05:00 PST

The politics of fear

And so it begins again, the politics of fear...but then has it ever really left us? You would think that people would get wise to this kind of rhetoric, but it only proves that the old adage "fool me ...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:42:00 PST

Quotes to reftect on....

"People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.".... Robert J.Ringer "In Germany they first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn'...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 26 May 2007 01:23:00 PST

Embryonic Stem Cell research

Time and time again George W Bush says he will veto any bill that expands federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. His stance simply is that federal money will not be used to promote a scienc...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 20 May 2007 03:35:00 PST

'So what's it like over there?"

Occasionally I get this question, from people I know, or hardly know at all..."I hear that your son is over in Iraq now, so what is it like over there?" So what is it like over there???? There are day...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:54:00 PST

Child welfare in the U.S.

Recently a report was published by the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) on child welfare in the top 21 developed nations. Now bear in mind this report did not include what is called third world nations, ...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:05:00 PST

Opnions and observations

I remember back in the early 90's the Sci Fi channel would have the writer Harlan Ellison on, doing a brief commentary in between programs. Now in Mr. Ellison's monologue (and in a somewhat cocky...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:26:00 PST