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McLain

I can't get the sand out of my shoes...

About Me

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I am a transplant from the Deep South to the TC area. I'm still trying to figure you Yankees out!
I'm generally very easy-going, but pretty intense when something grabs my interest. I am wide open: I speak my mind and try to do so honestly. I am extremely passionate, sometimes to a fault: I'm short-tempered and prone to fits of cursing, even at inanimate objects that vex me. I like puzzles and problem-solving and tend to think unconventionally when confronted with a problem. I love reading, writing, and science. I'm kind of a jokester; I have a filthy sense of humor, but I also appreciate subtle humor. I like wine (in the poetic sense: this includes premium red wine, beer, tequila, vodka, and Scotch) and love women (in the literal sense!). I like cycling and mountain biking (which I can only do part of the year here in the tundra) as well as any other outdoor activity. I like cooking and love eating. I get mad when I see injustice and intolerance. I like helping people, but sometimes I spend too much time helping myself. Politically, I'm lefty.
I work as a consultant for a medical software firm. The job is fast-paced, stressful, highly visible, and rewarding. There is extensive interaction with people, which I enjoy, as well as a strong technical requirement. It requires me to travel quite a bit, and that can mean anywhere from Amsterdam or Hawaii to West Des Moines. I take a great deal of pride in what I do and have been very successful.Nature
Music
Reading
Partying
Food
The Outdoors
Traveling
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My Interests

Reading, writing, science, medicine, coding , music...though a great man once said "Music is the best." Actually, a woman said it, but I think that great man told her to.

I'd like to meet:

Complete strangers, hucksters, and 'bots with fake profiles who want to take my money.

Music:

I make it a point to listen to stuff that you haven't heard (of), regardless of whether or not I actually like it. I have a Google Calendar I use to keep track of upcoming shows in MSP, available via the button below:

Movies:

Ishtar is of course my favorite, right after Ernest Goes to Camp.

Television:

Sports, adult cartoons (like Family Guy), Seinfeld, The Office (British and American versions), Earl, public television, docs, anything in hi def (tragically, that occasionally includes commercials)

Books:

Ishmael
FNORD!
I have a short attention span and many interests, so concurrent reading is a constant state for me.

My Blog

More on the Super Bowl XLII MVP

I'm going to review what Eli Manning did in the Giants' postseason run.First, they were underdogs in every game.Second, he threw one interception the WHOLE postseason, and that was a deflected pass hi...
Posted by McLain on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:38:00 PST

GO GIANTS

Eli Manning Has ArrivedI never doubted him for a second.  I watched nearly every snap he took at Ole Miss.  I saw the same composed brilliance from time to time with the Giants, but the cons...
Posted by McLain on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:34:00 PST

How to Bring Traffic to a Grinding Halt

Note: Apologies, but MySpace won't let me embed the maps. Click on the links to see them.The Crawling Chaos. Traffic in the Twin Cities--that's what I call it. It crawls and is needlessly chaotic.O...
Posted by McLain on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:10:00 PST

Amen

Wish I could say I live up to this list in any measure.  I think it's an inspiring list nonetheless.Link...
Posted by McLain on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:04:00 PST

Yacht Rock

Oh, mercy me!
Posted by McLain on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:00:00 PST

File under "I think water’s wet."

WTF?
Posted by McLain on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:57:00 PST

Michael McDonald

HA!...
Posted by McLain on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:48:00 PST

Strangity

I had another weird dream last night.  I usually forget dreams, but of late I vividly remember them.  Well, at least two of them over the past 3 days.  Very unusual for me. So I was in ...
Posted by McLain on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:45:00 PST

Ships in the Night

I look into her hooded, almond eyes. I am looking for something, but they are inscrutable, unblinking. Zoom in.They are darker than night, so black the gleam can't even escape. Like two holes cut i...
Posted by McLain on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:04:00 PST

Another brother gone...

Lee "Tree" Manuel is dead.Tree and I didn't part on the best of terms.  After I got well and grew up a little, I forgave him for his wrongs against me.  I never got the chance to tell him th...
Posted by McLain on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:08:00 PST