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Bariatric Ben

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About Me

45 yr old divorced male, with a lovely daughter Gianna, who sells insurance (me, not her, shes 12! lol), I also have a 15 yr old named Brandon, and a 21 yr old daughter named Shannon. I live here in the san fernando valley, and love lifeim a nice easy going type of guy, who is no where near typical in many aspects.Im one of the few humanists left. Im also a Christian. Dont ask, Christians can be humanists! I was Baptised a Lutheran, but became an episcopalean for various reasons, but mostly cuz theyre alot more fun than lutherans lol. Now i send my daughter to BABPTIST school, go figure! Now those folks need to get better music in their services, cuz hymm after hymm after hymm just doesnt cut it lolIm a friend of Bill W's for those who know what that is. Its a huge part of my life, and I pray it will be the rest of my life.

My Interests

sports, movies, music, psp, and of course backgammon!(people actually still play backgammon still? lol....yea theres eleven of us scattered around the globe..lol)

I'd like to meet:

All kinds of folks, but mostly I love someone who i can talk to. I mean TALK to.....people are fascinating creatures if one has the patience. Sense of humor is a major plus, as is passion, as in passion for your interests....and the desire to get others to share that passion. Oh yea, the ability to speak in full sentences helps. Since I am very easy going, I tend to attract an interesting variety of friends, so just be you, the REAL you, the you that most dont know...dare ya.
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Music:

wide variety, except rap. I was on a big country phase, and love what theyre doing in music these days. Country music truly has become the pop music of this decade, but lately ive been trying to find fun catchy hip hop stuff and star 98.7 stuff...love that collective soul, elton john of courseo...we need more true songwriters with unique great voices that arent scared to not sound like they were grunge long ago.I sure do miss rock n roll. What I wouldnt give for a basic rock band to arrive and make it big. Arena rock is truly a thing of the past unfortunately...so till then i will just have to get as many tickets to eagles concerts lol

Movies:

The Notebook, and Serendipity are two of my all time favorite movies, as is Somewhere in Time. im a sucker for romantic comedies, and of course i still love my sci fi movies and action adventure.

Television:

Watching anything on tv requires an emotional and time investment, both which are at a premium. So these days i limit my tv to 3 or 4 must see shows.Boston legal, journeyman, i also love Weeds, Real time with Bill Maher, 4400 and many others i cant remember at this time.

Books:

Contact by Carl Sagan moved me for the longest time. I loved this book called Golfing With God, and another great book is called Christ and the Twelves Steps. I keep picking up and trying to read Crime and Punishment to feel more intellectual, but in all reality I cant seem to get into it at this time. Ive become a sissy reader...meaning James Patterson and Michael Crighton novels, stuff like that...I sure do miss college lol I also LOVED the left behind series and i also love anything to do with time travel.

Heroes:

Other than the obvious (Jesus Christ, God, my old pastor)for the longest time I honestly didnt have an answer for this. But recently I find myself admiring my father for raising us on his own, putting us through private school, making all my practices, spending time with me, teaching me politics, religion, and to always keep an open mind, amongst other things, all while working for the DWP.Then there is Thorogood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice in the Fifties one of the greatest minds of the 20th Century, and never let race be an identifying mark with him, although he was legal counsel to the NAACP, and argued in the landmark case Brown v Board of Education. To this day many do not even remember or realize he was african american. Most notable though was that none of his 98 majority decisions were ever reversed by the Supreme Court, that and his continuing defense of the "voiceless americans" till his death in 1993.

My Blog

thoughts from the sidelines

Its a simple tuesday morning, and random thoughts keep creeping into my brain..... While watching American Idol last night, it dawned on me that people actually keep voting for this Jason Castro kid.....
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Thu, 01 May 2008 05:10:00 PST

random thoughts

Sometimes viewing life from my perspective can raise some ridiculous questions, other times they're just simple curiousities stemming from boredom. I ride the bus to work now, and they have a video sc...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:44:00 PST

fun stuff to answer

post ur answers in a comment below this posting please.   1. Who are you?2. Are we friends? 3. When and how did we meet? 4. Do you have a crush on me? 5. Would you kiss me? 6. Give me a nickname...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:57:00 PST

Much ado about nuthin

Every so often, the ridiculous urge to express my silliest thoughts on paper comes about.  Im sure there are many others like me, especially having seen how blogging has escalated in biblical pro...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:50:00 PST

a Phishing Phenomenom

Its fascinating how lately i have been seeing more and more phishing here on myspace.   Its a sad marketing method, and one that I personally cant see being worth the anger it illicits. ...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:41:00 PST

2007

hi all... I sure do hope this font and background color isnt too annoying...i have no idea what led me to turn a blog into a kaleidescope. There, much better eh?  no more green. Now on to my thou...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:40:00 PST

Love and the notebook

I was watching one of my mushy movies just now...The Notebook, again, for the umpteenth time, and as usual i cried while watching it.  Not so much towards the end, when the real tear jerking part...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:06:00 PST

movies and football what a day

Sept 2...the day I originally got sober back in 1988,  but thats not my sobriety date.  It is june 14, and having gone back through Garc has done me alot of good.  I have dumped alot of...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:08:00 PST

my first blog

Well howdi all.  This is Ben's Blog.   I have finally decided to enter this brave new world of blogging.  Aparently, anyone can have a voice now, as long as you got internet access...
Posted by Bariatric Ben on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:54:00 PST