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Ram

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About Me

Married seven years this November to my special, special lady. I'm a hobby knifemaker on extended hiatus. I enjoy shooting and people-watching at the range. Where else can you find a guy with four teeth and $3000 worth of equipment covered in chaw? I'm hobby-driven, so this time next year I'll have forgotten about knives and guns and will be collecting moths in little jars.

My Interests

Knifemaking, shooting and pretty much anything in direct conflict with my girly wrists and killer legs. Recent obsession is MMA, yet another hobby likely to get me maimed.

I'd like to meet:

Chuck D, Eddie Najera, The Beardless Gordon Keith, Farrakhan, Eugene Stoner, Geno Petralli, Michael Newdow and The Greenskeepers...

Music:

U2's at the top followed closely by the Peppers. Franz Ferdinand and Coldplay are my guilty (or gaylty) pleasures. Listen to Big Bill Broonzy. Woody Guthrie is good workin' music. Leadbelly's fun for roadtrips. Hank Williams Sr. for everything else. Also: The Black Angels, Wolfmother, Arctic Monkeys, Led Zeppelin, Interpol, The Sundays, Trail of Dead, The Cure, Bob Dylan, and Cat Stevens.

Movies:

Fight Club, Memento, Gosford Park, The Prestige and Hero. 40 Year-Old Virgin's final scene about killed me.

Television:

The Shield, Deadwood, Arrested Development and anything MMA related. I'm required to like The Simpsons according to my demographic. I love baseball but can't sit through nine innings anymore. Football's a second love but I can watch the whole game. Fairweather NBA fan; I can only watch Mavs/Spurs games in hopes that Manu gets dunked on so hard his neck snaps, hopefully by some spare UFA.

Books:

The last ones I really enjoyed were "Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World" by A.J. Jacobs and "The Orientalist" by Tom Reiss. Currently reading "Guns, Germs & Steel: by Jared Diamond. Reads like a textbook, tastes like a textbook, but durned enthralling nonetheless. I like magazines but subconsciously hate subscriptions. My faith requires me to pay retail...

Heroes:

Mr. Smith, Dickie Thon, Redford White, The Snake, Crispin Glover and Our Lord and Savior...Jeezie Chreezie.

My Blog

Average White Man Syndrome

Don't get me wrong, I love white people.  I married a whitey.  My closest friends have an average whiteness rating of .91%.  This includes Quan Phan, who's whiter than Ned Flanders.I s...
Posted by Ram on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:29:00 PST

Georges St. Pierre; Welterweight Champ

Jewel kicks nonwithstanding, Georges 'Rush' St. Pierre is your new UFC Welterweight champ!  Believe it, proles!I've already heard rumbles about the double-racking having anything to do with it, b...
Posted by Ram on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:21:00 PST

Blog Widower

Ballsy claim and more than a little ironic coming from the King Of The Timewaste, but I do believe my wife is leaving me for the world of the Political Blog.  Or "plog", as I'm sure it will be re...
Posted by Ram on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:46:00 PST

Heartless Bastards!

Fat Possum Records has been one of my favorite labels ever since I heard Bob Log and The Black Keys a few years back, but they slipped off my radar after my blues obessession faded into 70's rock and...
Posted by Ram on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:00:00 PST