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Figures

What could possibly go right?

About Me

I was once called the worst audience participant Cirque Du Soleil ever had.

My Interests

Alphabetizing, Bocce, Bowling, Darts, Guitar, Guitar Hero, HDL, the Internets, Killer Parties, Message Beards, Nerdy Books, Poker, Road Trips, Sudoku, Tattoos, Video Games

Music:

Avail, Blind Guardian, Bloc Party, Boston, Burning Airlines, Catherine Wheel, Cave In, The Decemberists, Mike Doughty, The Draft, Ensign, Foo Fighters, The Hold Steady, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Jawbreaker, Kid Dynamite, Lifter Puller, The Loved Ones, Marathon, Maximo Park, Minus the Bear, Nirvana, No Trigger, Paulson, Pearl Jam, The Police, Priestess, The Procedure, Pulp, Quicksand, Radiohead, Rise Against, Rival Schools, Soul Coughing, The Stone Roses, Strike Anywhere, The Suicide File, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Sword, X ONE WAY X

Movies:



Anchorman, Annie Hall, The Big Lebowski, Boondock Saints, Bottle Rocket, Desperado, Dodgeball, Goodfellas, Indiana Jones, Karate Kid, Kingpin, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Life Less Ordinary, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Lord of the Rings, Lucky Number Slevin, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Rounders, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City, That Thing You Do, Trainspotting, True Romance, Wedding Crashers, Wet Hot American Summer

Television:

Arrested Development, Lost, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Sopranos

My Blog

My Love/Hate Relationship with Texting

In the end, I'm a fan of texting.  I don't like being on the phone very much, so this is a nice solution.  It lets me continue whatever I was doing, I can get away with it at work (provided ...
Posted by Figures on Sat, 12 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

Dear Nephew Gobo

It looks like I'm going to be doing a nice bit of traveling in the next few months, and I couldn't be more excited about it.  Outer Space better watch out. On Wednesday I fly out to Austin, TX f...
Posted by Figures on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:13:00 PST

Part Two of The Six Figs Guide to Livin' Large: The Small Town Way

Ok, now that you've been scheming for a month, accumulated a healthy amount of facial hair, and are saving the environment 4 barrels at a time, we're now ready to move on to the second installment of ...
Posted by Figures on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Six Figs Guide to Livin' Large: The Small Town Way

As per Joe's request, I've begun work on a simple guide to livin' large. It's not complete, but for my first blog entry in...ever, I figure this will suffice as a good start. 1.) Grow a beard. You...
Posted by Figures on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST