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Michael

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About Me


You Are 40% Evil
A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well.
In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil. How Evil Are You?
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Name: Mike
Birthday: 11/27/57
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Current Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Eye Color: green
Hair Color: brown
Height: 5'7"
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: Irish, native american
The Shoes You Wore Today: Adidas Sambas
Your Weakness: pretty eyes and soft kisses
Your Fears: they'll see how much fun I'm having and stop me
Your Perfect Pizza: is there such a thing as an imperfect pizza?
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: sign a huge contract for my next three novels
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: brb
Thoughts First Waking Up: coffee...
Your Best Physical Feature: my eyes
Your Bedtime: highly variable
Your Most Missed Memory: I've forgotten, hence "most missed."
Pepsi or Coke: diet pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK
Single or Group Dates: either work, the key is having fun
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: neither... full leaf tea, oolong by preference
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee
Do you Smoke: nope
Do you Swear: only when necessary
Do you Sing: only as a last resort
Do you Shower Daily: yes
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: been there, done that
Do you want to get Married: sure, but Salma Hayek won't return my calls
Do you belive in yourself: absolutely
Do you get Motion Sickness: very rarely
Do you think you are Attractive: yes
Are you a Health Freak: freak, no; conscious, yes
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes
Do you play an Instrument: nope
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no
In the past month have you been on Stage: no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: nope
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: yes, but the statue of limitations has expired
How do you want to Die: I don't. I'm planning on being immortal
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I don't want to grow up
What country would you most like to Visit: Ireland, followed closely by China
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: light
Favourite Hair Color: dark
Short or Long Hair: longer rather than shorter
Height: 6' on down
Weight: proportional
Best Clothing Style: clean and appropriate
Number of Drugs I have taken: fewer rather than more; past rather than current
Number of CDs I own: can one own too many cds?
Number of Piercings: If a metal detector at the airport will go off, that's too many
Number of Tattoos: illustration shouldn't be more than 10% of available flesh
Number of things in my Past I Regret: as long as you've dealt with them, they're your regrets, so not a problem.
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How Gamekiller proof are you? Quiz


It looks like you have the tools to withstand all major Gamekiller threats. More often than not, you fend them off naturally and get the girl. But dont let this get to your head youre still pretty weak. You let your guard down too much, letting The Gamekillers get the best of you. Take this lesson to heart: when youre macking on a girl, dont worry about those fools lurking next to you. Keep your eye on the prize and focus on the girl. Once you get a lock on your cool in any situation, youll be throwing game like you invented the game. Youre almost there
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My Interests

Reading, writing, indoor soccer, history, traveling, magic (not magick), games, podcasting, cooking, tea. Being a writer, I develop intense interests in certain things and just research the heck out of them, so I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things. I'm pretty much game for anything in the way of new experiences.

Dancing, dancing, dancing. I've been taking lessons in Salsa and swing since the summer of '06 and love it. I'm usually out dancing at least twice a week. I have a mailing list for folks who like to dance and arrange outting approximately once every three weeks. (If you want to be on the list, drop me a line with your email address.)

I'd like to meet:

Salma Hayek (no, not for the obvious reason), the Dalai Lama, Medal of Honor winners (real life MH winners, not gamers), any of the astronauts who've been to another planet. Anyone who has the courage of his/her convictions and volunteers time and money to help others without any hope of thanks, just to say thanks and pitch in.

Music:

Jethro Tull, Alan Parsons Project, Warren Zevon, various soundtracks. Locally (Phoenix) I like listening to Irish Music.

Movies:

Star Wars, The Indiana Jones films, Jet Li/Jackie Chan films, various samurai films, Road to Perdition, ID4, Unforgiven, Shawn of the Dead, Shaolin Soccer--it depends a lot on my mood, but generally I like action-adventure and escapist films.

Television:

I don't own a TV. (Okay, I buy the DVDs of The Sopranos and watch them on my computer. Sue me.)

Books:

Fiction:

Anything by Stephen King, Steven Erickson, Stephen R. Donaldson. Other favorite authors are: Rex Stout, Larry Bond, Dennis L. McKiernan, Donald Westlake (and Richard Stark).

Non-fiction:

I read by subject areas: politics, history, science and technology. I read a lot about military history, especially contemporary material and World War I (for reasons a shrink could charge me enough to buy boat to figure out). True crime and serial killers is also a favorite area of reading. And any sort of small collection of trivia. What Colored Lightsaber Would You Have?
You were destined to have a Red Lightsaber.Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, and determination as well as passion and desire. You have seen the Strength and Power of the Dark Side of the Force and have you thirst for more of it.
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My Blog

Little Girl Lost (Part Two of Twelve)

Adult Content WarningThe following work of fiction may contain language, violence or themes considered unsuitable for young readers. Parental discretion is advised. (If this story was a film, it would...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:52:00 PST

Little Girl Lost (Part One of Twelve)

Adult Content WarningThe following work of fiction may contain language, violence or themes considered unsuitable for young readers. Parental discretion is advised. (If this story was a film, it would...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:08:00 PST

Serial Fiction News

Just a quick warning: If you've wanted to read the story Such a Nice Girl you'll want to do it by Monday. I'll be pulling all the posts of it and starting a new serial: Little Girl Lost. It's the next...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:08:00 PST

Fortress Draconis: the Podcast

Fortress Draconis the Podcast went live this morning (Memorial Day)! I'm reading the novel, chapter by chapter, and sending it out for free.The feed url for iTunes and other aggregators is: http://www...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:54:00 PST

Book Signing 4/24

Just to let you know:I'll be doing a book signing along with Alan Dean Foster at Changing Hands (SW corner of McClintock and Guadalupe in Tempe) at 2PM on Saturday, May 12th. We're talking about Star ...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:26:00 PST

The New World

Whew!The New World is done. This was probably the toughest book I've ever had to write. I'm still trying to figure out why. Some of it did have to do with external circumstances. Mostly, though, I thi...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:23:00 PST