The Absent-Minded Professor

About Me

Not to underscore K's great description here, but I just wanted to say that my confidence has returned and I'm feeling much more scholarly now.Written by Kristin, Jim's fantastic fiesty fiancee. "Of all the things I love most in the world, it would be Kristin. She's absolutely wonderful and incredibly beautiful. She radiates kindness and inteligence. But apparently she's not the best speller.
Second to spending time with my beloved, is being in school. Classes are starting up again for the semester and I'm excited to be spending time learning and reading.
I'm incredibly politically minded and love to debate with others about current events and political ideals.
I've seen almost every horror movie known to man. And have to be dragged kicking and screaming to a romantic comedy. My music interests are all over the page, from 80's to jazz, from blues to punk rock. I still enjoy an occasional concert but now I love to get my jingle fix from my pimp librarian.
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My Interests

Just so no one gets this question wrong again.

I love horror movies, jazz, blues, politics, history, hanging out with friends (especially Kristin) and having a good time. I am always interesting in new experiences and learning new things. Sharing the crazy things I have learned with people I know is my greatest reward, if that makes me arrogant then so be it.

I'd like to meet:

Red-headed babes and fellow Guinness Imbibers

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Music:

Man, where to begin. I never get rid of CDs and it's only gotten worse since I joined Napster. In High School I was all heavy-metal, all the time. Then a friend turned me on to Punk Rock and it has been a steady progression to Jazz and Blues. Some days you need some Reign in Blood, other days I need some pretentious jazz and sometimes you just gotta sway with Dino or swing to that Basie beat. Someday I'll blog a complete list of all the music that I like, but that book has yet to be written. I'm always up for new selections, myspace is full of possiblities. The fellas and I used to go to concerts all the time, but since I went back to school I've been slacking bigtime.
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Movies:

I practically live for movies, all kinds but horror are my favorites. Impending doom always seems to make me smile, so disaster flicks and dystopian epics get me all riled up. I have seen every Star Wars movie about a thousand times and any good Sci-Fi movie is always worth my time. When you get right down to it, zombie flicks are the best I own about 30 of them.

Television:

I am generally on my computer more than anything at home, but when I'm not watching movies I do have some favorites. South Park, the Daily Show and Colbert, along with most of the other Comedy Central programming and I admit it, I'm a poker junkie anytime I see people playing cards on TV I can't help but watch. C-SPAN, especially Washington Journal in the morning and Alton Brown's "Good Eats" on the Food Network round out the repatoire of my geekness, thank you for asking.

Books:

Mostly non-fiction, social science and political works, I did read all of Dan Brown's books and am looking forward to the movie release of them. Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival and Imperial Ambitions, Tom Frank's What's the matter with Kansas and John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man were the last meaningful titles I read outside of class. Kevin Phillips' American Theocracy joins the list of jaw-dropping, page-turners that I will never get any of my friends to read.

Heroes:

Anyone who works to make the world a better place.

My Blog

an invitation to all my gun-loving friends

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/what-i-think-about -guns_b_46037.html Just browse this article a little, I know its out of date already but it doesn't make it less poignient. The first and la...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:43:00 PST

All the world’s mysteries revealed!

Kidding.
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:49:00 PST

media guidelines-thank you Marty Kaplan

A front page New York Times story tells us that some boldface names in the blogosphere are talking about "creating several sets of guidelines for conduct and seals of approval represented by logos. F...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:06:00 PST

sorry, here are the pics

Fuck it this is too hard...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:10:00 PST

We’ve come a long way

..> --> messenger voice integration --> My mom sent me this I thought it was hilarious. I'm so glad I was just a baby when people actually wore this stuff LOL ..> ..>...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:44:00 PST

For Tommy

Op-Ed Columnist A Mock Columnist, Amok By MAUREEN DOWD I was in my office, writing a column on the injustice of relative marginal tax rates for hedge fund managers, when I saw Stephen Colbert on TV....
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:05:00 PST

sick of this crap

October 7, 2007 Op-Ed Contributor A Nation of Christians Is Not a Christian Nation By JON MEACHAM Correction Appended JOHN McCAIN was not on the campus of Jerry Falwell's Liberty University last yea...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:04:00 PST

Civil War reflections

Hi all, I'm getting ready to take a midterm exam for my Civil War era class and need to vent a little before writing the essay for it. The lectures and readings have been really interesting, espe...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:26:00 PST

The beginning of the end?

To start, I think the American economy is irrational down to its core, but this is a sign of real trouble. Back when I was losing jobs left and right because the manufacturing sector was sliding even ...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:49:00 PST

The problem with the media

Now, correct me if I'm wrong but nobody gets to cast a ballot for any of the schysters looking to live in the white house for 15 months yet. The war is still going on, uglier than ever, yet the horse-...
Posted by The Absent-Minded Professor on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:27:00 PST