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John

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Sort of a cross between Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski and the love-child of Jay and Silent Bob.

My Interests

Games , puzzles, toys, computer graphics, programming, internet, movies, video editing, art, cooking, fine dining, comics, humor, books, writing, music, physics, math, simulations, biology, cosmology, psychology, sociology, a whole slew of ologies.

I'd like to meet:

Weirdos

Music:

:: Recent Listening :: Atari Teenage Riot's "Burn, Berlin, Burn!" and "60 Second Wipeout", Danger Doom's "The Mouse and The Mask", Dead Kennedys' "Plastic Surgery Disasters" and "In God We Trust, Inc.", The Yardbird's "Smokestack Lightning", Beastie Boys' "To The Five Boroughs" and "Hello Nasty", Lords Of Acid's "Expand Your Head", Frank Zappa's "We're Only In It For The Money", Busdriver's "Temporary Forever", "This Is Not the '80s: A Nu-Wave Electro Compilation" by various artists including Miss Kittin, Hacker, Sven Vath, and many more, Various Ninja Tune tracks.

Movies:

:: Recent Viewing :: Lord Of The Rings (1978), Madagascar (2005), American Splendor (2003), Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005), Baby Snakes (1979), Back To The Future Trilogy (1985-1990), Crash (2005), Miyazaki's Sprited Away (2001), Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005), Alice In Wonderland (1999), Alice In Wonderland (1951), The Big Lebowski (1998), The Muppet Movie (1979), Steamboy (2004), Requiem For A Dream (2000), The Animatrix (2003), War Of The Worlds (2005), Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith (2005), Princess Mononoke (2001), Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle (2004), Alien (1979), Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948), Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (2001-2003), The Seventh Seal (1957), Team America: World Police (2004), Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)

Television:

:: Recent Viewing :: Rotten TV News, Top Gear, Mail Call, CSPAN, Lost, Invasion, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (BBC TV), The Simpsons, Futurama, Super Milk-Chan, FLCL (Fooly Cooly), 12 oz Mouse, Squidbillies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Family Guy, American Dad, Cowboy Bebop, Full Metal Alchemist, South Park, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Myth Busters, Quantum Leap

Books:

:: Recent Reading :: J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion", Robert Heinlein's "Waldo" and "Magic, Inc.", Zecharia Sitchin's "Genesis Revisted", Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress", H.G. Wells' "War Of The Worlds", Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea", Bill Griffith's "Zippy Stories", Ambrose Bierce's "Civil War Stories", J.R.R. Tolkien's "Unfinished Tales", Patrick Smith's "In Search of the Russian Bear", Alan Dean Foster's "Dark Star", Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander", Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"

Heroes:

:: Inspiration :: Terry Gilliam, Orson Welles, David Lean, Peter Jackson, David Lynch, John Lasseter, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Hayao Miyazaki, Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Steven Lisberger, John Houston, D.W. Griffith, Sergei Eisenstein, Fritz Lang, William Goldman, Mr. T, Bettie Page, Beastie Boys, Jello Biafra, Frank Zappa, Alec Empire, Amon Tobin, Keith Moon, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Terry Bozzio, Billy Cobham, Gene Krupa, Animal, Ringo Starr, Kay Kyser, Spike Jones, Dr. Demento, Weird Al Yankovic, Carl Stalling, Milt Franklin, Mel Blanc, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, Matt Groening, Conan O'Brien, Renoir, Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh, Dali, Escher, Robert Williams, R. Crumb, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Bernie Wrightson, Virgil Finlay, Winston Smith, H.R. Giger, Norman Rockwell, John Carmack, John Romero, Valve Software, NewTek, Broderbund, Activision, and Electronic Arts circa 1980, Bill Budge, Samuel Moore, Greg Johnson, Chris Crawford, Danielle Bunten-Berry, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniac, Nolan Bushnell and Atari, Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo, Disney, PIXAR, ILM, Isaac Newton, Leonardo daVinci, NASA, Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, Benoit Mandelbrot, Ken Perlin, Stephen Wolfram, Richard Dawkins, Darwyn Peachy, Jim Blinn, Alvy Ray Smith, Ed Catmull, Steven Worley, Martin Gardner, Hugo Elias, Michael Barnsley, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, J.R.R. Tolkien, Anthony Burgess, George Orwell, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Dr. Suess, Fred Rogers, Jesus, Buddha. Let's face it, there are way too many to list, but I could never skip my Casey. She's the best! I love you, girl!

My Blog

Happy Birthday? Not likely.

I'm about to turn 35. I think I'm gonna be sick.
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Supporting the Existence of God... (I have the PROOF right here!!!)

"And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a NATIONAL ID CARD!" "We're boned....
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Denouncing the Existence of God... (I have the PROOF right here!!!)

Holy shit ... Holy shit ... Holy SHIT!!!! That's all I've been able to say since the passage of some very disturbing legislation in the Senate. As most any American knows, our fearless leader, the rig...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Supporting the Existence of God...

Jon Stewart on CNN's "Crossfire". Way to go Jon!
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Denouncing the Existence of God...

Corporate dominated news media in the "Land of Freedom".
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Supporting the Existence of God

Love.
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Denouncing the Existence of God

Unrequited Love.
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Supporting the Existence of God

A nice tall glass of ice cold water. Why is that so damn satisfying?
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Denouncing the Existence of God

Having to pay for basic human needs such as, water, medicine, and high-speed wireless internet access.
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Evidence Supporting the Existence of God

Sir Peter Ustinov, may he rest in peace. "It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously."
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST