"As a libertarian I believe we should have a federal government simple and circumscribed enough to be run by a average, dull, normal American. With George W. Bush we have half the equation in place." - P.J. O'Rourke
Vampire Weekend, Thelonious Monk, Butthole Surfers, Jazz, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, The Sounds, Muse, Efe, Tegan & Sara, Queen, Bright Eyes, Weezer, Dropkick Murphys, Pink Floyd, The Moldy Peaches, The Band, Eric Clapton, Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies, Punk, DJ Shadow, French rap/hip-hop, Man... Or Astroman?, and Vanessa Carlton.
Vincent Price and Richard Linklater.
I try to watch as little as possible.
Recently read: "Post Office" by Charles Bukowski; "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time" by Mark Haddon; "The Hotel New Hampshire" by John Irving; "Moby Dick" by Herman Mellville; "The Stranger" by Albert Camus; "Falling Man" by Don DeLillo; "The Book Of Lost Things" by John Connolly; "Blaze" by Richard Bachman; "The Crying Of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon; Currently reading "Until I Find You" by John Irving and "The Night Country" by Stuart O'Nan.
Joseph William Kittinger II, the man who fell to earth ; George Carlin ; Thomas Jefferson