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Stephen

Looking through the bent-backed tulips to see how the other half live

About Me

"Once, if my memory serves me well, my life was a banquet where every heart revealed itself, where every wine flowed."

- Arthur Rimbaud

I am a happily married father of two wonderful daughters. Though I code for a living I consider myself something of a poet, a decent softball player, an enthusiastic (if not overly talented,) amateur musician, a chronic baseball fan, a most often frustrated football fan, and a rabid pundit on the current state of the political environment (at anytime.)

My first book of poetry, "A Mind's Pace" is Now available at Amazon.com

An Angel's Tell Vol. 1: A small collection of poems and song lyrics from the voice of Cassie-O.

What Beatle are you?
John Lennon
You enjoy poetry, painting & a fine wine. A lover not a fighter.

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My Interests

Music:

I like a little of everything, here are some favorites:

The Beatles, The Stones, Tori Amos, Frank Sinatra, The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Kate Bush, Bob Dylan, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Nirvana, Pearljam, Soundgarden, G&R, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Like, Throwing Muses, Dean Martin, Tony Bennet, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Janes Addiction, The Monkees, Eminem, Bob Marley and the Whalers, The Clash, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, BOC, the Plastic Uno Band, Concrete Blonde, Alanis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, Jewel, CCR, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Mazzy Star, the Dixie Chicks, R.E.M, Bauhaus, Oasis, Radiohead, Love & Rockets, The Devynals, INXS, Blondie, The Gorillas, Queens of the Stoneage, Queen, the Doors, The Runaways, Jefferson Airplane, Lauren Hill, Tupac, Public Enimy, Snoop Dog, Korn, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Lincoln Park, Mindy Smith, The Who, The Bangles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Smiths, The Smithereens, Dramarama, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Pink Floyd, Green day, Martina McBride, Carol King, The Boss, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, David Bowe, Iggy Pop, Liz Phair, Melissa Ethridge, Sublime, No Doubt, Live, System of a Down, The Foo Fighters, Jean Loves Jezebel, Depeche Mode, The Alarm, AC/DC, Wings, Etta James, Patsy Cline, Roberta Flack, The Fugees, Otis Redding, Robert Johnson, BB King, Cream, Janis Joplin, The Byrds, the Animals, Joan Biez, the Beach Boys, The Creatures, Black Sabbath, Rage against the Machine, Mud Honey, Primus, Luscious Jackson, Rare Earth, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Buddy Holly, The Yardbirds, Van Morrison, John Denver, Coldplay, Poe, Allison Kraus, Hole, Linda Perry, The Beatles
and many, many more..

Movies:

The LOR Movies, Cleopatra, The X-Men Movies, Ground Hogs Day, The Princess Bride, MIB 1&2, The God Father 1&2, Animal House, Airplane, Blues Brothers, The Vacation Movies, Stripes, Crash, Forest Gump, The Star Wars Movies (Episodes III, IV and V), The Indiana Jones Movies, The Star Trek Movies, A Hard Days Night, Let it Be, Chasing Amy, Good Will Hunting, Clerks, Dogma, Terminator Movies, Napoleon Dynamite, Shrek 1&2, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix Trilogy, Queen of Damned, It’s a Wonderful Life, Christmas Story, The Wonders, Reality Bites, A Path to War, Singles, Heavy Metal, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Bourne Identity and Supremacy, Dazed and Confused, Home Room, Heathers, Wayne’s World 1&2, A league of Their Own, Empire Records, The Smokers, The Breakfast Club, Good Fellows, Kill Bill 1&2, Legend, Field of Dreams, Raising Arizona, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, The Natural and Pleasantville.

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Mind of Mencia, Grey's Anatomy, Rome, Arrested Development, Sopranos, Dark Angel (on DVD), Two and a Half Men, My Name is Earl, the Office, the Simpson's, BSG, 30 Rock, The L Word, Dexter and Scrubs.

Books:

The Lord of the Rings, Dune Chronicles, The Mists of Avalon, The Kite Runner, Lies And The Lying Liars That Tell Them, Interview With A Vampire and the Vampire Lestat, The Colossus, Ariel, The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath, To Bedlam and Back, All My Pretty Ones, Is 5, A Season In Hell, On The Road, The Amber Series and The Great Gatsby.

Heroes:

My Grandfather

My Blog

Like Smoke

Like Smoke   I dance, hot, red and kiss of flicker I live on the wick, running tallow down, slow, soft and quickens before my eyes. To run so sheen something like mercury voices   &nb...
Posted by Stephen on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:43:00 PST

Withdrawn

Withdrawn   This creature shakes moves so awkwardly   fits mad fever cringing flare and hates like love that eats              that ...
Posted by Stephen on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:52:00 PST

Open-Mic Monday Jan 21 2008

Open-Mic Monday Jan 21 2008   Hey everyone it's time for open-mic Monday again. If you are new to my blog then here is the deal.  Every Monday we do...
Posted by Stephen on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

Two William

Two William He said, "Okalahoma was a blur man,"with eyes as dusty as the roadthe mile markers pass like tombstonesdown the tar black reach of night in newly linened hotel grave yardsa thous...
Posted by Stephen on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:09:00 PST

A Palm Tree

A Palm Tree   Gathering the calcium eyes of thirteen sacred killers you polished them clean cruel and whiter than snow fashioned another girls pair of dice   and is nothing sacred to you? ...
Posted by Stephen on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:54:00 PST

A Changing Table

A Changing Table The shag seams hungry for my fleshharder then it should beand itches just a little. My knee soars for a momentits way of reminding meI'm not a young man and isn't it strangethat at ...
Posted by Stephen on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:50:00 PST

Open-Mic Monday Jan 14 2008

Open-Mic Monday Jan 14 2008   Hey everyone open-mic Monday is back.  We haven't done this for awile, (since Novemer if I am not mistaken.) If you are new to m...
Posted by Stephen on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:03:00 PST

Old Hampshire

Old Hampshire The shit flies early this seasonas necktie prognosticatorsand pant-suit divasspin every neighing rantevery souless wordevery empty platitude Donkeys and Elephantsdance, dance, dance arou...
Posted by Stephen on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:04:00 PST

Marlins

Marlins It started with a lullaby ten stones on the water and they jumped like little fish just like little fish.   It ended like wounded thing it shallowed up and died and nothing remembers ...
Posted by Stephen on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:16:00 PST

F(e)athers

Hello fellow my spacers, long time no see.  Sorry I haven't been around for a while but I decided to take a little break.  Last year was a very hectic one for me, what with being a father of...
Posted by Stephen on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:07:00 PST