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Mark

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

As an individual, simple breathing and laughter is the key to a happy life. That and a bowl of Cap'n Crunch (with crunchberries).

My Interests

fine art photo, nasty jokes, cruise control, good music, skateboarding, surfing, yoga, revolutionary thought, how I move through this world, telling a good story, making money make money, love, art, sex.

I'd like to meet:

God... but a little later.

Music:

zep. strokes, beatles, pygmies (real ones) didj, weezer, mozart, beethoven, boomtown rats, public enemy... you get the idea

Movies:

lawrence of arabia, midnight run, affliction, bad lt. man bites dog, good shorts, good docs, good love stories

Books:

I've read plenty, was an English major. Forgot most. Favorites are the American Moderns, particularly Hemingway. Emulating his craft, yet avoiding the shotgun to the head part.

Heroes:

My spirit guides.All aboriginal peoples.Astronauts and Cosmonauts

My Blog

BEOWULF

(with a movie trailer style voice over)Fade In to video game looking, weird stilted faces left over from the rendering programs of Robert Zemecki's the Polar Express...ANNOUNCERBeowulf... You didn't w...
Posted by Mark on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:43:00 PST

Dear Quentin Tarantino

Just saw "Deathproof." I love black women (except ones that rehash Samuel Jackson's lines) and pretty girl's bare feet and muscle cars (I had a 72 Gran Torino Supersport with a bored 452 big block and...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:49:00 PST

Lakota Helicopter

I read what this guy had to say about the Army commissioning the new Lakota Helicopter -- an all purpose aircraft, not really a fighting machine and as far as I can tell, built in Germany.  Anywa...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:18:00 PST

bush in the 'Nam

Okay... Here's the Apocalypse Now for the new millenium.Bush is in Vietnam. In a paraphrase he said that Vietnam is a lesson to America about what happens when you quit.First, let me say this... Geor...
Posted by Mark on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 07:29:00 PST

Rumsfeld probaby has Alzheimer's

I think the truth about Rumsfeld is not that he's evil, or lost it, or is in serious denial... Many people believe he's not the man he used to be.  Regardless of his politics.  I haven't don...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:30:00 PST

Hybrid Car Drivers Fooled Me!

Got to admit, hybrid car drivers fooled me.   I fell for it.  See, I assumed that just because you hybrid owners bought your cars because you're conscientious about the environment or w...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:06:00 PST

women were my last hope

Women were my last hope.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/weekinreview/24alvare z.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=sloginIf you cut and paste this link, it's an article in the ny times about how American wo...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:12:00 PST

I THINK IT'S TIME TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF HUMOR ABOUT IRAQ WAR

It's gonna be around for a long time, so let's just get to the funny because it's not gonna get any better for a long time, and it's making us all sick and after all, as they say, "Laughter is the bes...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:05:00 PST

Namaste' Motherfuckers!

I just like these two words together.  
Posted by Mark on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:11:00 PST

PARENTS, TEACH YOUR KIDS TO LET PEOPLE OFF THE ELEVATOR, SUBWAY OR BUS FIRST -- NOW!!

Hey parent of child, or just person in general, with todays lesson, I'm gonna go ahead and just take it for granted that you grew up in California or some small town or suburb with mostly a car to get...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:24:00 PST