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Mike

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Greed: High
Gluttony: Medium
Wrath: Medium
Sloth: Very Low
Envy: Medium
Lust: Very High
Pride: Medium

My Interests

Art, Design, Travel, Chicago, Photography, History, Current Events (not so much pop-culture though), Vegetarians

I'd like to meet:

Someone who doesn't have a photo of themselves in a cowboy hat and/or whose Halloween costume theme wasn't built around their naked torso.
A Vegetarian - or at least someone with a bit of compassion toward their surroundings.
A stranger, and preferably one with candy.

Music:

Dixie Chicks, Coldplay , Belle and Sebastian, The Beatles, The Smiths, Holly Cole, Joni Mitchell, Alanis, Morrissey, Concrete Blonde 10,000 Maniacs, Sinéad O'Connor, Duran Duran, The Shins, The B52s, Cocteau Twins, The Housemartins, Cyndi Lauper, James, Paul McCartney, Loretta Lynn, Natalie Merchant, Neko Case, Prince, Siouxie & the Banshees, The Postal Service, They Might Be Giants, Interpol, Fiery Furnaces

Movies:

Serial Mom, Manhattan, The Hours, Kill Bill, Muriel's Wedding, Dirty Dancing, Finding Nemo, Ice Storm, All About Eve, Walk the Line

Television:

Things I DVR and watch on occasion: Heroes, Desperate Housewives, CSI, The Simpsons, South Park, Forensic Files, Cold Case Files, Modern Marvels, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Strangers with Candy

Books:

The Fountainhead, The Great Gatsby, Raise High The Roof Beam, Wicked, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Home At The End of the World, Letter to a Christian Nation

Heroes:

Ayn Rand

My Blog

I Am Certainly No Henry Higgins But...

What is with all the users who tag their photos with captions like "Mom and I" or 'My best friend and I"Personally, I think it's a case (bunch of cases) of someone trying to sound brighter than they a...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:34:00 PST

Fairytale as History

On a board here in the office where I am freelancing, people write different things..silly stuff to 'foster' the creative spirit. I am talking nonsense questions like "What would you rather have: a li...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:43:00 PST

Aside from the fact...

that I think she is obnoxious. She's obviously an idiot too.Fergie (from Black Eyed Peas, ech) is calling her solo album "The Dutchess"First of all, just because you have the same nickname as a real D...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:36:00 PST

FundRaising My Ire

I am tired of people having fundraisers just so that they can do things.The latest is a flag football team sponsored by Crew..The Crushers Flag Football Team.They are holding a fundraiser for their up...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:13:00 PST