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Nick

And so on.

About Me


What is your middle name? Edward.
How big is your bed? Oh, about yea big...
What are you listening to right now? Traffic. No, not the band...
What was the last thing you ate? Crow.
Last person who drove you somewhere? Kato.
How is the weather right now? Unseasonably seasonable.
Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? May.
The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Faces (eyes in particular), brains, sense of humor, personality, and, uh...legs.
Favorite type of food? Seafood.
Do you want children? Meh.
Ever get so drunk you don’t remember the entire night? Thankfully, no.
Hair color? Oh, sort of blackish-brown.
Eye color? Hazel, I guess.
Favorite holiday? St. Patrick's Day.
Favorite Season? Fall.
Have you ever cried over a girl/boy? You betcha.
Last movie you watched? Theater: Pan's Labyrinth ; home: The French Connection .
What books are you reading? Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph , The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives , and Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History .
Piercing? Nope.
Favorite movie? See the list over on the left side of the page.
Favorite college football team? Pass...
What were you doing before this? Exploring the limitations of Photoshop and Windows Movie Maker.
Any pets? Unfortunately, no. I need to get me a dog, but the landlord has a thing against non-human tenants, so there you go.
AIM? Huh?
Favorite Flower? Birds of paradise and orchids.
Have you ever loved someone? Of course.
Who would you like to see right now? Potential employers.
Last time you cried? The night of the 2004 presidential election.
Do you like to travel by plane? Yep.
Right-handed or Left-handed? Right.
If you could go to any place right now where would you go? Western Ireland .
Are you missing someone? Aren't we all?
Do you have a tattoo? Nope.
Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings? Nope.
Are you hiding something from someone? Uh... No! No, not at all!
What is the wallpaper on your cellphone? A couple of cracks and a big blotch of LCD goo.
Did you get enough sleep last night? I think so...
First thing you thought about this morning? Coffee.
What do you have handy at your bedside? Shoes and books.
Grilled or fried? Depends... What's for dinner?
When’s the last time you saw your best friend(s)? Late July.
Are you afraid of the dark? Not at all.
First thing you will buy if you’re given 50 thousand dollars? Actually, I'd probably pay down my school loans. How exciting...
Favourite song? There's no way on Earth I could pick just one.
Are you a giver or a taker? A little of both.
What do people call you for short? "Sir."
Stuck on a deserted island and can only bring four things? A leatherman, a tent, snorkeling gear, and an able-bodied, practically-minded friend.
Favourite TV commercial? I loathe commercials.
Favorite color? Green.
What are the things you always bring with you? Keys, wallet, money and a pen.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? A paleontologist.
The color of your bedsheets? They've got a sort of a green-and-white, Midwestern-version-of-a-tartan, 1940's/1950's thing going on.
Who do you want to meet? I won't know until I meet them.
What do you think about before you go to bed? Everything.

My Interests

Movies, music, science, politics, and backpacking/camping/photographing wild critters/what-have-you.

I'd like to meet:


My Dulcinea.

Music:

The Beatles, My Bloody Valentine, Led Zeppelin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Bob Dylan, Cocteau Twins, Dmitiri Shostakovich, Claude Debussy, Hank Williams, Skip James, Motown, Muscle Shoals, Ragtime, Big Band, Weimar Kabarett, Memphis/Stax, Philly soul, The Ramones, Lush, early Pink Floyd, British Invasion, King Crimson, Jimi Hendrix, Igor Stravinsky, Olivier Messiaen, Aphex Twin, Neko Case, Calexico, Elvis Costello, The Pogues, Prince, Neil Young, Gustav Holst, Brian Eno, Bloc Party, A Girl Called Eddy, Pavement, Faces, Chicago and Delta blues, New Orleans jazz and R&B, Harry Belafonte, Bert Jansch, 4AD, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Replacements, John Coltrane, Ride, Speedy West, Roy Orbison, (young) Elvis, Little Richard, The Byrds, Buck Owens, The Pixies, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Johnny Burnette, Billie Holiday, Edgard Varèse, the Bulgarian State Radio and Televison Female Choir, Townes Van Zandt, The Smiths, and so on.

Movies:

Lawrence of Arabia, Wild Strawberries, His Girl Friday, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Annie Hall, Metropolis, A Hard Day's Night, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Battleship Potemkin, Rear Window, Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove, Raising Arizona, Rushmore, The Awful Truth, The Empire Strikes Back, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Fog of War, It Happened One Night, Grand Illusion, JFK, Chinatown, Faust, Yojimbo, The Battle of Algiers, Das Boot, The Searchers, The Godfather, Network, The Thin Man, Secret Honor, Baraka, Jaws, Sideways, Touch of Evil, Nosferatu, Stand by Me, Manhattan, The Philadelphia Story, Waiting for Guffman, Saving Private Ryan, GoodFellas, Three Kings, The Godfather Part II, Lost in Translation, The Conversation, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Star Wars, For All Mankind, The Seventh Seal, Fargo, Ed Wood, Citizen Kane, The Apartment, M, North by Northwest, High Noon, The Wages of Fear, The Sting, and All the President's Men.

Television:

Nova, The Office (UK), Northern Exposure, The Simpsons, Cosmos, The Power of Nightmares (three-part BBC doc), What We Still Don't Know (another three-part BBC doc), and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Books:

Breakfast of Champions, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Blue Highways, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, The Cosmic Landscape, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, A Man Without a Country, The Revolt of the Masses, The Dinosaur Heresies, The Divine Comedy, The Dragons of Eden, The Sorrows of Empire, The Age of Reason, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Life as We Do Not Know It, Lonely Planets, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, The Doors of Perception, Dinosaurs in the Attic, Are We Alone?, All Quiet on the Western Front, Epic of Evolution, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, In a Sunburned Country, The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor and Pale Blue Dot.

Heroes:

Carl Sagan, Jimmy Page, Stanley Kubrick, Thomas Paine, Kevin Shields, George Carlin, Liz Fraser, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Dylan, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jacques Cousteau.

My Blog

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

The following article is taken from The Independent:Future of Iraq: The spoils of warHow the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches By Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb Published:...
Posted by Nick on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:41:00 PST

The Nightmare Before Christmas

I never gave it much thought before, but "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" actually kinda kicks some ass when played in a minor key.Frohe Weihnachten......
Posted by Nick on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:06:00 PST

Homo-genized

Best avoided if you don't want to contract Teh Gay.The following article is taken from Wing Nut Daily World Net Daily:A devil food is turning our kids into homosexualsPosted: December 12, 20061:00 a.m...
Posted by Nick on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:45:00 PST

Monday Manna

James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine/Soul Power (1970)...
Posted by Nick on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:37:00 PST

Germany vs. Greece

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Posted by Nick on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:28:00 PST

The Fairness Doctrine

Intelligence and designPeter Hitchens - 12/06/2006The large response to the item about 'Intelligent Design' only underlines the need for a proper debate about this interesting intellectual development...
Posted by Nick on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:50:00 PST

Timeslayer Deux

File under: "Well, I'll be damned."...
Posted by Nick on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:20:00 PST

Beyond Darwin's "Warm Little Pond"

The following article is taken from the BBC News website:Meteorite yields life origin clueHollow spheres found in a primordial meteorite could yield clues to the origin of life on Earth.Scientists say...
Posted by Nick on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:16:00 PST

Monday Manna Double Shot

Curve - "Horror Head" (1992)Toni Halliday... Mmm, mmm, mmm...Swervedriver - "Duel" (1993)...
Posted by Nick on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:53:00 PST

Darth Liberace

Ever wonder what would happen if John Williams met Lawrence Welk on a Japanese variety show?Well, now you know. Farting and foul......
Posted by Nick on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:18:00 PST