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Ticeman

I'm now a married man! Sorry ladies, I'm now off the auction block of love.

About Me



What about me?
I'm a liberal asshole that believes the world can be a better place... so sue me!

Sometimes known to hug a tree.

My Interests

You seem very interesting...
Bass guitar
Bonsai
Apple Macintosh
Graphic design
Fresh sneakers
Comic Art
Architecture
Art Nouveau
Art Moderne
Coffee
Overnight hikes
Soccer
Snowboarding
CNC machinery
Antique door hardware
the fine details that make things just THAT much better!

I'd like to meet:

Barack Obama & Joe Biden!!!!

Music:

Fishbone

G. Love and Special Sauce

Jack Johnson

Ben Harper

Beastie Boys

A Tribe Called Quest

Radiohead

The Cure

The Afghan Whigs
Audioslave
Stone Temple Pilots
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Tool
Helmet
RUSH
The Clash
Ramones
The Posies
Hazel
Pond
Sprinkler

Movies:

Last viewed at the theatre...
Iron Man
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Last viewed On Demand...
The Last King of Scotland
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Last viewed on Netflix...
Weeds
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Favorites...
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Lord of the Rings
Touch of Evil
Sunset Boulevard
Look Who's Coming to Dinner
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
Indiana Jones
I'm Gonna' Get You Sucka'
Shawshank Redemption
Sin City
Seven Samurai
Ran
Evil Dead
Army of Darkness
Dawn of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
and anything with Jennifer Connelly!

Television:

new on the DVR...
Miami Ink
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Weeds
Deadwood
Entourage
Two and a Half Men
Curb Your Enthusiasm
American Chopper
Antiques Roadshow

Books:

The Cryptonomicon
The Lord of the Rings
Honestly, I don't read that much besides the newspaper, Rolling Stone, MacWorld, This Old House and comic books!

Heroes:

Bruce Lee
Nelson Mandela
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
Storm Large

My Blog

The loss of another friend...

Today I went to the funeral of my friend Andy. This is the second friend I have lost this year. Andy and I were not really close friends, but our paths crossed every so often and we hav...
Posted by Ticeman on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:48:00 PST

Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull....

Well a few of us went to check out the 4pm show today... and, not exactly what I was hoping for after all these years. Not bad, just a bit unbelievable.Don't worry, no spoilers ahead.Clancy said it be...
Posted by Ticeman on Fri, 23 May 2008 11:26:00 PST

The battle of the David’s!

Well David Cook is the new American Idol!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/21/american-idol- winner-davi_n_102997.htmlThank god! Now we can all get on with our lives.... at least until So You THink...
Posted by Ticeman on Thu, 22 May 2008 08:02:00 PST

Benazir Bhutto assassinated

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday outside a large gathering of her supporters where a suicide bomber also killed at least 14, doct...
Posted by Ticeman on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:41:00 PST

The Loss of a Good Friend

Today I got a phone call that just about broke me. My good friend passed away from chest trauma due to a single car accident. I am numb.Scott "Chico" Fuentes was a friend of mine since the early days ...
Posted by Ticeman on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:11:00 PST

Harry Potter mania...

I'm skipping work today to go wait in line at Border's.I plan on snatching up one of the first copies of the new Potter book, reading it in under 4 hours and then selling it on eBay and making a profi...
Posted by Ticeman on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:41:00 PST

Montana Trip

Here's some photos and stories from my trip to Montana and Yellowstone...The drive was long... we stayed the first night with Clancy's nephew and wife (Travis and Melissa) in Idaho Falls. Restless nig...
Posted by Ticeman on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:56:00 PST

Full sleeve, session.5

This was done on March 9th.Here's the result of about 5 hours work. The tree and sky behind left me a bit wounded.Almost done now... just the cherry blossoms to go. YAY!!!...
Posted by Ticeman on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:10:00 PST

Full Sleeve, session.3

So today was session #3. Took about 4 hours. Damn Paul is fast... and damned good!He outlined all the water, rocks and a sweet cherry tree complete with blossoms... not to mention Koi #3. A bit of sha...
Posted by Ticeman on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:13:00 PST

Castro in serious condition

Hmmm.... I don't really know what to think of this yet...Castro in serious condition
Posted by Ticeman on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:11:00 PST