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Bad Daddy Mac

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About Me

I am a professional male who loves to play when the workday is done, leaving the work behind and expecting the same of others whether they be family, friends or a special woman. My interests are numerous. I enjoy music of all kinds, the exception being hiphop; enjoy wakeboarding and waverunning on the lake; thrill at making large divits on golf courses; like going to concerts (as varied as the music I enjoy), history museums (fascinated by dinosaurs), theatre/plays (especially the off-beat, but love Shakespeare), movies (typical 'guy' action flicks of course, but shockingly enough, 'chick' flicks too); cafes (it is both sport and anthropology), UA and UAB football games (this is 'Bama after all); passionate about all things that go 'vroom' (yes, it may be neanderthal, but hey, I am a man); love to cook--not exactly emeril, but good at bbq, southern and soul food, and when I'm feeling particularly froggy, Catalan cuisine (northeast region of Spain). I am COMPELLED TO DANCE by the restless demons that haunt me, and I assuage them with jitterbug, east coast triple, west coast, waltz, Viennese waltz, foxtrot, polka, samba, merengue, mambo, Cajun, zydeco, and Argentine tango. To keep the demons subdued and completely at bay, I teach group classes in swing and in basic ballroom and head the Birmingham Swing Dancers in my spare time. I have six major vices: I make chicory coffee laced with Jack Daniels, I obsess on all things associated with "Law & Order", I love to shake things up by saying something unexpected and shocking, I spike my chili with deadly amounts of cumin and scotch bonnet peppers, I worship bubble-butt women, and last, but certainly not least, I drive way too fast......I have gotten to know Alabama Trooper Flores rather well the last several years! Even sent his family a Xmas card last year!!!

My Interests

If you didn't get enough information about my interests from the "About Me" section above........I am also learning to speak Erse (Scottish Gaelic), though I am having to learn on my own through books and tapes as there are no other resources locally to help.

I'd like to meet:

George W. Bush, Golda Meir, Sam Nunn, Silvio Berlusconi, Harry Truman, Norman Vincent Peele, John Knox, John the Baptist, Cleopatra, Napoleon, Joan of Arc, Francisco del Coronado, Vlad the Impaler, Attila the Hun, Alexander the Great, Jim Bowie, Raquel Welch, Bette Midler, Dinah Washington, Tom Selleck, Bruce Willis, Joe Namath......and the poster woman of all bubble-butt women everywhere in the world - J-LO!!!!!!

Music:

I enjoy everything but hip-hop ('gangsta' rap in particular just pisses me off!!!). My diverse and somewhat eclectic taste includes such personal favorites as Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Indigo Swing, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Royal Crown Revue, Patton James and the Synchromatics, The Martini Shakers, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Damon Troy and Louisiana Beat, Rosie Ledet, Dora and the Zydeco Bad Boyz, Beau Jocque, Geno Delafose, Boozoo Chavis, BeauSoleil, George Thoroughgood, Seven Mary Three, Nickelback, Creed, 3 Doors Down, Train, Hoobastank, Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, Paula and the Cadillacs, Mississippi John Hurt, Big and Rich, George Strait, Toby Keith, Brooks and Dunne, Alan Jackson, Terri Clark, Lucinda Williams, Patsy Cline, Carlos Santana, Jon Secada, Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Buena Vista Social Club, Celia Cruz, Diana Krall, John Coltrane, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Steely Dan, Puccini, Mozart, and Wagner.........just to name a few.

Movies:

The Matrix Trilogies, Armegeddon, Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow, The Quiet Man, Patton, MacArthur, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Sixth Sense, The Fifth Element, True Grit, Casablanca, Do You Wanna Dance, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sleepless in Seattle, Assassination Tango, Girl Interrupted, Beyond Borders, Die Hard, Die Hard With a Vengence, The Last Samurai, Clockwork Orange, Band of Brothers, Full Metal Jacket, The Kingdom of Heaven, Ben Hur

Television:

Law and Order, Law and Order Criminal Intent, Law and Order Special Victims Unit, Homocide - Life on the Streets, NYPD Blue, The Unit, Sleeper Cell, The Sopranos, CSI, CSI Miami, Bill O'Riley, Hannity and Colmes, Meet the Press, Late Edition, Fox News Sunday

Books:

A Romantic's Passion: The Love Poems of Lord Byron, Shakespeare On Love, The Poems of Elizabeth and Robert Browning, The Art of Kissing, Journey to Ixlan, Tales of Power, A Separate Reality, The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, In The Devil's Snare, Lost Scriptures, Biblical Literacy, The X-Rated Bible, Rebel In Chief, The World Is Flat, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam, Atomic Iran, Eurabia, Princes of Darkness; Who Moved My Cheese?, Re-Imagine, Miller's Bolt, Write It Down Make It Happen, Spin Selling, Liberation Management, Managing Across Borders, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, Emotional Intelligence, Is It Worth Dying For?, The Testosterone Advantage, The Complete KAMA SUTRA: Unabridged Modern Text, The Art of Jewish Cooking, The Ultimate Smoothie Book

Heroes:

My father, Norman Swartzkoff, Simon Wiesenthahl, Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan