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Doc

Simple changes can make a difference - help stop global warming today.

About Me

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"We are a race of listeners. We... listen."

Likes: Animals Sci-fi Seafood Richard Bach Jacuzzis Fireplaces The Ocean The Mountains The Forests People who know how to listen People who understand the value of pride and accomplishment

Dislikes: War Hatred Carelessness “Reality” TV Michigan drivers Single-faceted one-track minds People who like to hear themselves talk People who always feel the need to force advice instead of listening The same people who are never there when advice is really needed People arrogant enough to believe that our resources are unlimited The Bush administration Polluters

Into: The environment Climate change reversal Animals Nature Music Peace

Out of: The “rat-race” mentality Jewelry Putting on faces Bar-hopping Jumping when the world says “jump”

My Interests

Life, My Family, Outdoors, Hiking, Global Warming, Live Music, Voice, Guitar, Video Production, Up North, Web Development, Technology in general, Running, and Computer and Video Games are just some of my passions.

I'd like to meet:



Famous People I admire:
Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Paula Cole, Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil, Al Gore. Peter Garrett (formerly) of Midnight Oil, Bono of U2.

Oridinary People I admire even more:
People who keep it REAL.

Friends I haven't seen in years. Anyone active in the causes of global warming reversal and prevention of cruelty towards animals.

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Music:



New Disease, The Mission UK, The Church, Alphaville, a-ha, Paper Street Saints/Bliss 66, Throttlebody/Solid Frog, Poets & Pornstars, Social Code, Sponge, South Normal, Goo Goo Dolls, Bon Jovi, Linkin Park, Bush/Institute, INXS, HIM, The Calling, Econoline Crush/Hurst/The Dreaming, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Garbage, Sum 41, 3 Doors Down, The Killers, Vast, Motley Crue, Poison, Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver, My Chemical Romance, The Used, ... Just look at my Friends list LOL! Anything experimental or "Hybrid". More and more classical and Jazz every day. It should be painfully apparent that I am obsessed with music...

Movies:

Dark City, Flatliners, Young Guns, Aliens, Stigmata, The Skeleton Key, Flightplan, The Butterfly Effect 1 & 2, Star Wars (oh heck all of 'em!), Ice Age 1 & 2, Waterworld, Batmans, Supermans, Spidermans, Fantastic Four and Daredevil but not Hulk. Pirates of the Caribbean series. Freedom Writers was good. Anything and everything in HIGH DEFINITION (Although my axiom is that crap in HD is still CRAP...)

Television:

24, House, Millennium, X-Files, Alias, Star Trek, Rock Star! Airwolf rocks old school!

Books:

Current: The Secret, Bloodbones, For One More Day, Tommyland, Star. .
Backpacker and outdoor-type magazines. Guitar and HD Video magazines.
Timeless: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks , Myst Series, Richard Bach

Heroes:

My Parents. God. My Pets. Activists seeking a solution for Global Warming. Anyone who acts on a cause they believe in.

My Blog

Nutraloaf - It Should Taste Bad, Dammit!!

This is a very interesting and telling article from Slate on the state of, among many other things, our judicial system.  The focus of the article is about a food called "Nutraloaf" (simila...
Posted by Doc on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:38:00 PST

How Cool Is This???

Releases right before my B-Day... hint, hint!! ...
Posted by Doc on Tue, 20 May 2008 01:23:00 PST

Western Digital GreenPower drive halves power consumption

If you happen to be in the market for a new PC Hard drive, give some serious thought to the new Green Power drive series by Western Digital.  WD is the top-tier manufacturer of computer hard...
Posted by Doc on Fri, 09 May 2008 06:20:00 PST

The Golden Compass Impressions

This weekend I watched The Golden Compass.  The movie itself was not bad, but not truly spectacular either.  I'm not going to write a review here, for a very competent review, see Joshua Zyb...
Posted by Doc on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:55:00 PST

Our Trip To England

Ok so I mentioned in my last blog there’s been a lot going on.  I suppose a lot of that revolves around our "impromptu" trip to London, England.  It started with an idea that had been...
Posted by Doc on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:45:00 PST

Firsts

I haven’t posted in a while, I know...  A lot has been going on, but this blog isn’t going to cover any of that (sorry, maybe next blog... ). I was reminiscing this morning and though...
Posted by Doc on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:53:00 PST

They Finally Got To Me

I haven't been lamenting the whole Writers' Strike thing, largely because right now I really don't care.  I get to watch maybe one of every four Sarah Connor Chronicles episodes, and that's about...
Posted by Doc on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:06:00 PST

Nice Weather We’re Having!

All of us living in the Detroit Metro area woke up to a nice surprise this morning: temperatures near the 60's!!  Woohoo!!  It feels like summer!!  Break out the beach blanket! Now, I'm...
Posted by Doc on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:35:00 PST

Reasons to not be the "Computer Guy" - UPDATED!

Finally, there is somebody out there that feels my pain.  Consider, if you will: I am NOT "Computerz".I don't do house calls.I have no idea how you fucked up your computer.I don't care how you f...
Posted by Doc on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:04:00 PST

Commentary: Living in Fear of the Niche

This article from one of my favorite sites, High-Def Digest really hit home with me.  Joshua's position on the future of high def, the format "war", and the apparent indifference of most of...
Posted by Doc on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:47:00 PST