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Dave

I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the spa

About Me



Father of two amazing kids (10 and 6), own my own business, married to an wonderful, beautiful, sexy woman for 13+ years. Life's pretty good.

My Interests

comedic monologues, wrestling cats, holistic heists, silly arguments, watching the skies, the bitch of living, storming the bastille, summer nights, wombats, Abe Vigoda references, being dad, hockey helmets, chaos theory, flirtatious fun, chinese take out, singing along, grandma's latkes, staking vampires, malomars, girls who like zombie movies, electric skillets, swedish chef impersonations, quoting Douglas Adams, civil liberties, Muppetvision 3-d, dreaming of space, banana bread, passion, knowing the subtext, playful smiles, gut-busting guffaws, loving Heather, being a Deaniac, warm pools, girls with boots, honesty, being stealthy, cheering Jeter, having a PHD in horribleness, intensity, cast parties, dependable friends, hope, the meek inheriting the Earth, knowing all the lines, Photoshop, family dinners, discussing spoilers, being amazed by my kids, crossing the blue line, knowing the secrets, finishing the last chapter, writing scripts, private jokes, karaoke, being treated and released, making it count

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who's become more than anyone thought they would, making something out of nothing. Bill Clinton, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Cuban, that sort. Howard Dean was on the list, but I met him several times. Cool guy. Oh yeah, and Jewel Staite, if you're reading this, you *so* have to call me. :)

Music:

Springsteen, Green Day, U2, Police, Beatles. Marc Barnhill, Pink Floyd, Rush, Billy Joel, WG Snuffy Walden, Offspring, Midnight Oil, The Alarm, Violent Femmes, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel, Clash, Fairport Convention, Lacuna Coil, Guns N Roses, Metallica, Beastie Boys, The Cure, Rolling Stones, The Who, John Charles, Harry Chapin, Smithereens, Sting, Cherry Poppin Daddies, and many more. Actually pretty much anything from folk to metal to acoustic to soundtracks to broadway depending on mood. Not too much hip-hop, because I look ridiculous singing along.

Movies:

Heathers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Slap Shot, Star Trek films (epecially II), Better Off Dead, Kill Bill, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Say Anything, WarGames, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, Serenity, Star Wars (duh), Terminator, Titanic (yeah, okay, shoot me) and a ton of others.

Television:

Right now: Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Lost, Survivor, Bones, Numb3rs, Family Guy, etc.
All time: Babylon 5, Sports Night, Firefly, Buffy/Angel, The West Wing, Cowboy Bebop, Young Indiana Jones, My So-Called Life, Deep Space Nine, Veronica Mars, Moonlighting, Northern Exposure, Max Headroom.

Books:

Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card), Forever War (Joe Haldeman), Replay (Ken Grimwood), Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien), the Chtorran Saga (David Gerrold), The Stand (Stephen King), Hitchhiker's Guide (Douglas Adams), Imzadi (Peter David).

Heroes:

"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

My Blog

Love Letters Tonight!

Greater Orlando Actors' TheatrePresents:"Love Letters"a play by A.R. Gurney50% of the profit from this function will be donated to The Mustard Seed...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:54:00 PST

The State of the Dave

So, since our leader, President 24%, had his State of the Union the other night, I figured it was a good time to catalog the upcoming few months.  Lots of cool stuff going on.  And unlike Bu...
Posted by Dave on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:07:00 PST

Wow, That’s Old

I'm not usually a two blogs in one day kind of guy, but we just got back from seeing my grandfather and it just really amazed me.  He turned 98 yesterday.  That just boggles the mind.  ...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:49:00 PST

Reviewing Life

Heather and I went to go see "The Sweetest Swing in Baseball" at Theatre Downtown last night and thoroughly enjoyed it.  Probably more than any show we've seen in a while.  A great cast, a g...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:27:00 PST

A Year Gone

Last night was the one year anniversary of my mom passing away.  We had planned to do something elaborate, or at least go out to dinner, but with the kids getting back to school after two weeks o...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:05:00 PST

The best 6 minutes of TV ever

I don't even know how I got into it, but I just spent the last hour hopping through YouTube watching clips of "The West Wing."  Damn, I'd almost forgotten how good that show was.  I stopped ...
Posted by Dave on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:48:00 PST

Sprawling on the Fringes of the City

Hey, if you can't once in a while use a Rush lyric to title a blog post, then what good is living?Now that the first week back from vacation is over, and we've pretty much caught up on all the work we...
Posted by Dave on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:20:00 PST

Back Home

So, we got back in from vacation yesterday.  Previously, when we'd gone on cruises we'd gotten home on a Monday, which was a real hassle because you'd have a long drive home and then have to get ...
Posted by Dave on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:14:00 PST

Losing a Little Friend

When Heather and I moved to Virginia in 1992, we finally had the opportunity to have our own pets, since it was the first time we'd had our own place that allowed cats or dogs.  We went down to t...
Posted by Dave on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:38:00 PST

15 Years With a Friend

Had an audition tonight for the January show at Theatre Downtown, "The Sweetest Swing in Baseball."  The show is about a female artist who attempts suicide and then, when thrown into a psychiatri...
Posted by Dave on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:47:00 PST