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Ryan

Yes, that's my bike....wanna buy it?

About Me

Hey, thanks for stopping by. I'm Ry! I'm just some random guy, nobody special that finally decided my thoughts were so important they needed a public forum....then I was told about the whole concept of blogging, and then myspace. Anyway, grew up in JeffCo just south of St. Louis. Spent a few years at the illustrious Fox High School. Took off for Columbia, MO for most of the next five years. Came back to the Lou, taught for a couple years and now I run one of the local camera shops here in town. Stop by and say hi, or better yet, buy a freakin' camera!

My Interests

Movies:

Recent favorites include The Door in the Floor, the Station Agent, and Swimming Pool...

Television:

The greatest show ever, The Wonder Years, aka The Meaning of Life!

Books:

Books of 2007, so far...

The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox

Roadshow: Landscape with Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle by Neil Peart

A New Religion in Mecca: Memoir of a Renegade Brewery in St. Louis by Tom Schlafly

Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota by Chuck Klosterman

The Devil Came to St. Louis by Troy Taylor

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler

Heroes:

I'll never tell her as much, but my sister is pretty cool...

My Blog

A New PhiloSOULphy: part 1

So I've been thinking a bit lately about soul mates and true love.  I can blame this squarely upon Shannon Hoon (yes, of Blind Melon fame, but little do most people know he is/was also Axl Rose's...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:00:00 PST

The Official and Definitive List of Songs Since 1980 You Should Know

So here it is everyone.  This is the official list of songs everyone should know that have been released since 1980.  Keep in mind, these are not necessarily the best songs recorded since 19...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:52:00 PST

Songs You Should Know By Heart

So I was talking with two girls today when that Zombie song by The Cranberries came on the radio.  I asked them, jokingly, "Whatever happened to these guys?"  The younger girl then responded...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:41:00 PST

Booklist 2006

So, this isn't necessarily a complete list, nor is it any sort or order, just most of what I read this past year.  I think there were a couple more in there too, but I can't remember, maybe the T...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:49:00 PST

The Anti-destiny question...

So for whatever reason, I've recently been pondering the idea of anti-destiny.  I have no idea why, but it's a giant blog in the making!  I need a bit of help from you all though.  Spec...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:16:00 PST

Ground Breaking News!!!

It has been a long time and there are some things that have remained unchanged for far too long.  We as humans are slaves to routine.  All too often we get ourselves into a rut that we just ...
Posted by Ryan on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:17:00 PST

I'll Be Back, Just Not Yet...

So a good friend of mine I haven't spoken to in awhile wrote me a note, as follows:So what's going with you???  Everyone is pretty concerned.  Even Phil asked me if I'd heard from you. ...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:01:00 PST

What Are You Gonna Do?

So I just found out this evening that an old friend of mine, Steve Noblin, passed away.  He was a month older than I am and we had known each other since we were about 12 or 13 years old (the 7t...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:31:00 PST

Spontonaiety Rides Again!!!

So in case you care, I had a great and fun weekend!  It all started Saturday morning when I asked my boss if it was my last day at work and he said yes.  I said goodbye to everyone and was g...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:45:00 PST

Boobs: Real vs. Fake, The Truth and Ashtrays

So this past Wednesday evening I went up to Quincy, IL to visit some of my best buds.  We first met up at the radio station Drew works at and then high-tailed it to the Quincy Gems minor league b...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:27:00 PST