Doug profile picture

Doug

About Me

I won't add you (why would you want me to, anyway?) unless you give me a good reason, so be prepared to get the third degree if you ask. My name is Doug. I've coached fencing at Schoolcraft College (www.schoolcraftfencing.com) for over 20 years. I'm a game geek, bass & guitar player, sword collector, and all around nice guy.Indeed, I am a badass:
how jedi are you? :: by lawrie malen

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people. Also, Kenneth Branagh (people say I look like him), Sir Paul McCartney, Mel Gibson, Jennifer Love Hewitt (hottie!), Luigi Barbasetti, Domenico Angelo, Aldo Nadi, William Hobbs, Bob Anderson, Geddi Lee, Alex Liefson, Neil Peart, Liz Vicious, Steve Howe, Ferdinand Porsche, Ronald Reagan, George Bush (both of'em), Jimmy Carter (so I can ask "WTF?"). Does anybody really read this anyway? And would you know who the heck these people really are?

My Blog

Crybabies

It never ceases to amaze me when grown men act like total babies.  Recently, a friend of mine was suspended from work for constantly being late.  His excuse was that his phone died.  Lame, right?  Whe...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT

There is no "i" in "Team"

Hey Mr. President, There's No 'I' In 'USA' "For those who question the character and cause of my nation, I ask you to look at the concrete actions we have taken in just nine months."--President Obama ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:34:00 GMT

The Health Care Bill

It's long at 1,018 pages, but worth the read.  Who wrote this, anyway?  (Missed it on page 1; Dingell, Rangel, and Waxman.)  Here's a link to the whole thing (may take a minute or two to download depe...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:23:00 GMT

Part of History?

So my friend Matt Glogowski had his surprise going away party tonight, and we jammed pretty well for the few friends of his that showed up.  Matt is a Stryker Commander (not bad for a PFC) and his bat...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:45:00 GMT

Steampunk Jazz

Having first encountered big band jazz music as a budding bass player in my high school jazz band, my interest was piqued by a Wall Street Journal headline that read, "Not Your Grandpa's Big Bands".  ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:40:00 GMT

Jammin'

"I got blista's on ma finga's!"  BOMP!
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 22:04:00 GMT

WTF2!?

So I get home from teaching fencing and the pub and sit at my  PC to check my email, including Myspace.  The top bar says I have no email, but I have the "New Messages!" notice.  So I go to my inbox, ...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 21:36:00 GMT

WHAT THE F*CK?!?!

I've been away from the news for a few days, but when I got back from teaching class tonight and surfed the news & turned on the TV, I heard that our President has, "Order[ed] Charges Dropped Against ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Fanboy meets the Olympians

Imagine if you were a golfer and got to go to a clinic with Tiger Woods and chat with him at length afterwards about golf, technique, strategy, and tournig the world.  Well, I'm a fencer, and jus...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:35:00 GMT

Tim Kring

Is Tim Kring a plagerist or a genius?  He's the creator of "Heroes" on NBC.  It's clearly an X-Men rip-off, but set in modern times and without all the superhero stuff (bright costumes, nick...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:28:00 GMT