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Joe

We should devote as much time to studying serious theology as we devote to studying serious fairies

About Me

Critical Thinking, Music, Art, Beauty, Hope, Passion, Intelligence, Reason, People who challenge their deepest beliefs, People with Vision and DriveCelebrate This

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The Hellfire Preachers "Simply Kick Ass"The Hellacopters powerThe Dead Boys venomJeff Beck's magicMore Hellacopters...Dregen Rocks on guitar. He's now with Backyard BabiesJohnny ThundersI Atheism scares you

My Interests

Wife - Music - Guitars - Observing and Growing - Thinking - Thinking - Thinking

I'd like to meet:

Forward thinking, kind, intellectual

Music:

I love energetic raw rock. Hundreds of great bands come to mind...especially the great ones that write consistant songs with a humorous attitude. Music can say a lot. I try to hear what it's not saying.

Books:

1984 - George Orwell Origin of Species - Charlie Darwin The Varieties of Scientific Experience - Carl Sagan Richard Dawkins - anything. The Pocket Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution

Heroes:

Intellectuals and those who wish to be.

My Blog

The art of the con

  Albert Speer, first attended a Nazi rally at a beer hall in December 1930.  Although he considered himself apolitical he could not help but be inspired by a sharply dressed Adolf Hitler.&...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:25:00 PST

Challenging Society Again

It never failed.  Every time my Dad brought me along to count the cattle on the northern hills of our ranch I would garner yet another bruise on my scalp.  This would happen as we climbed a ...
Posted by Joe on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:24:00 PST

B Rain

Outside, the air pressure dropped along with the once comfortable temperature.  Even the smell of the air changed from mildly dusty to a refreshing clean.  The breeze came in along...
Posted by Joe on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:48:00 PST

New Years Revolution

As I sat down with a nastier-than-usual lunch I started contemplating about the aspects of humanity that damn us.  Everyone reading this would probably side with me that we hold ourselves back, m...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:22:00 PST

The Art of Thinking

Do you think?  I mean really think.  Do you dig deep down within yourself, beyond the surface junk, and ponder the questions that many people spend their very lives to avoid? ...
Posted by Joe on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:13:00 PST

My first concert that never happened

After new years day in 1978 all I wanted as an 7 (almost 8) year old was to go to a particular rock concert.  I wanted to get out of small town Oklahoma and go to the big city of Tulsa and see th...
Posted by Joe on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:31:00 PST

MC5

MC5 Friends, I urge you to explore the world of the MC5. Here is a blurb off their site that sums up what they were about The MC-5 is a whole thing. There is no way to get at the music without ta...
Posted by Joe on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:04:00 PST