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Reid

About Me



My Interests

All types of music, hanging out with friends, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawksm, NASCAR (diehard #20 fan)

Music:

Rush, Godsmack, Pink Floyd, Breaking Benjamin, The Police, Lisa Marie Presley, Beastie Boys, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Blue October, The Church, Brother Cane, Saliva, Concrete Blonde, Dire Straits, The Who, The Cult, Drivin' 'n' Cryin', Jay-Z, Evanescence, House of Pain, Johnny Cash, Hoodoo Gurus, Kenny Chesney, KISS, Willie Nelson, U2, Led Zeppelin, Motley Crue, Norah Jones, The Offspring, Peter Gabriel, Montgomery Gentry, Ozzy Osbourne, Rage Against The Machine, The Police, Run-D.M.C., The Scorpions, Rascal Flatts, Staind, Tenacious D, Toby Keith, Yes...and probably more.

Movies:

Braveheart, Wedding Crashers, Million Dollar Baby, Badder Santa, Red Eye, Batman Begins, Behind Enemy Lines, Crash, Falling Down, Glory, Man On Fire, Pay It Forward, Stigmata, A Time To Kill, World Trade Center, Very Bad Things, Roadhouse, The Road Warrior, The Perfect Storm, Mystic River, Identity, Finding Forrester, Christmas Vacation, Black Hawk Down

Television:

SportsCenter, Braves baseball on TBS (now that Fox has purchased TurnerSouth and booted off Skip, Don, Pete and Chip, those games will suck), Law & Order (the original), Deal or No Deal (OK, I can't help it - watching people get greedy and lose it all is hilarious), Desperate Housewives, VH1 documentaries "When ________ Ruled The World"

Books:

"Confederacy of Silence" by Richard Rubin

"Racing To Win" by Joe Gibbs

My Blog

Three months of drinking and foolishness

I was inspired by a recent blog post at Attention Whore's blog to write about a brief period that occurred in my life. In late November of 2001, I decided to quit my job. I was frustrated an...
Posted by Reid on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:08:00 PST

When KISS ruled my elementary school

Note: Sissy's survey and mention of dressing as KISS for Halloween inspired this blog. In the spring of 1977, I was in the fourth grade. Our teacher was outstanding (Mrs. Gibson). She was always allow...
Posted by Reid on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:24:00 PST

You want fries with that?

Good news, fast-food lovers. According to reports, McDonald's is considering altering their production set-ups (food lines) so that they can serve breakfast 24 hours a day.That's right...at 1:30 in th...
Posted by Reid on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:19:00 PST

School Dress Codes

At Lincoln Park High School, outside Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, at least seven students were sent home and one was suspended for wearing shirts commemorating 9/11 - for violation of the school's dr...
Posted by Reid on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:23:00 PST

Sex with student "a really bad choice"? No kidding!!

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A former middle-school teacher serving house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old pupil said in a television interview that she was deeply troubled at the time and "crossed ...
Posted by Reid on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:21:00 PST

What a week

My apologies for the "disappearance" from MySpace for the last several days. Work was incredibly busy. Anyway, things should slow down now and allow me to get a chance to be around here a little bit m...
Posted by Reid on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:50:00 PST

Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous Fit"

Someone help me out here. I have one simple question. Why is this friggin' Nelly Furtado song so popular on MySpace?!?!?!?!?! I like to browse profiles from time to time. I swear it seems that one out...
Posted by Reid on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:17:00 PST

Thank you, Great Britain

In case you've missed the news today, either on the TV, radio or internet, officials in Great Britain arrested more than 20 men suspected of plotting to take over flights from England to the United St...
Posted by Reid on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:28:00 PST

More music censorship

When I was a senior in high school, I worked at a record store where a friend of mine was an assistant manager. That was about the time that Tipper Gore and her cronies organized the PMRC and wanted t...
Posted by Reid on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:26:00 PST

Ray Nagin is at it again

I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. When the people of New Orleans, scattered all over the country, decided to re-elect their mayor, I knew things were not going to get better.So it is fo...
Posted by Reid on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:17:00 PST