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The Guns of Frickston

Those are good burgers, Walter!

About Me

I'm only here for sycophants and chance sexual encounters, ok?

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My Interests


Is it true you can spend six straight months without leaving, say, a five-mile radius?

Yes!

Edgewater, Lollopalooza, pics shamelessly ganked from Sue, beer, friends, other kinds of alcohol...happy end of the summer! Time to take my coats to the cleaner...


*WRITING*
*READING*
*HISTORY*
*GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS*
*PIZZA BUFFETS*
*TRAVEL*
*TEACHING*
*ARSENAL FC*
*WASHINGTON, DC*
*NEW YORK*
*LONDON*
*ANDALUCIA*
*HONG KONG*
*BANGKOK*
*STALKING PEOPLE ON MYSPACE*

I'd like to meet:

Anybody who can string two or three sentences together, though I'd prefer this ability to be combined with more or less constant toplessness.

Music:


*ALICE IN CHAINS*
*LED ZEPPELIN*
*SOUNDGARDEN*
*PEARL JAM*
*GUNS 'N' ROSES*
*MODEST MOUSE*
*BOB DYLAN*
*THE CLASH*
*RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS*
*OUTKAST*
*THE CURE*
*NAS*
*JOHNNY CASH*
*PACO DE LUCIA*
*CAMERON DE LA ISLA*
*ALISON KRAUSS*
*A PRARIE HOME COMPANION*
*2 SKINNY J'S*
*THE ROOTS
*BLIND MELON*
*RACHMANINOV*
*DUKE ELLINGTON*
*GORILLAZ*
*BELLE & SEBASTIAN*
*THE PIXIES*
*MICHAEL KAMEN*
*THE SMITHS*
*GARBAGE*
*THE WHITE STRIPES*
*WU TANG CLAN*
*LCD SOUNDSYSTEM*

*...and whatever floats my boat and finds my lost remote...*

Movies:


*THE BIG LEBOWSKI*
*2046*
*AMELIE*
*BEING JOHN MALKOVICH*
*HIGH FIDELITY*
*ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND*
*THE INSIDER*
*BLACKHAWK DOWN
*HEAT*
*LOST IN TRANSLATION*
*THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE*
*BRING IT ON*
*PRIDE AND PREJUDICE*
*YOU'VE GOT MAIL*
*HARD BOILED*
*AMORES PEROS*
*ADAPTATION*
*DIE HARD*
*SHAUN OF THE DEAD*
*BULLWORTH*
*RAISING ARIZONA*
*THE INCREDIBLES*

Television:


*SOPRANOS*
*DEADWOOD*
*THE WIRE*
*CHAPELLE'S SHOW*
*THE (BRITISH) OFFICE*
*ARRESTED DEVEOPMENT*

Books:


*A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by JOHN KENNEDY TOOL*
*NINE STORIES, FRANNY AND ZOOEY by by J.D. SALINGER*
*STRAIGHT MAN by RICHARD RUSSO*
*STILL LIFE WITH WOODPECKER by TOM ROBBINS*
*LONDON FIELDS by MARTIN AMIS*
*PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by PHILIP ROTH*
*THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING by MILAN KUNDERA*
*LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ*
*THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN TEN-AND-A-HALF CHAPTER by JULIAN BARNES*
*NORWEGIAN WOOD by HARUKI MURAKAMI*
*THE BOOK OF GUYS by GARRISON KEILOR*

Heroes:


*WINSTON CHURCHILL*
*GANDALF*

My Blog

National Public fundRaising: Redux

I do promise that I'll get to some original blogging content later today, but right now I'm at the office, searching for the end of the internet, and I decided to wander over to my LJ to remind everyb...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:00:00 PST

26.2, Remainders Edition: Accent of Oz, Writing About Writing, and Chasing the White Rabbit

Although I haven't made this my main line academic inquiry as a cunning linguist, I've always been fascinated by accents and read up on them when I can. While I was in Hanoi my friend Thao Ngyuen int...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:50:00 PST

26.2: Battle Cry of Penis

Dr. Goldman: "Why are you glad the paper isn't due the 8th?"Me: "Oh, because I'm running the Marathon the day before."Dr. Goldman: "Really! So am I!"Me: "Whoa, cool! Is this your first?"Dr. Goldman:...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:33:00 PST

26.2: Alive

It doesn't seem that all the rumors that were swirling about the course are true, but things did not go well today for the Chicago Marathon. The race had to be called because of the heat, as there wa...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:45:00 PST

26.2: The Run-Up

Ian: so are you going to the olive garden for the never ending pasta bowl today?Me: HaMe: Going to a real Italian restaurant, thankfullyMe: So no Grandpa Luigi celebrating his citizenshipIan: it just ...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST

The Walter Scott: Morons, Meta-Mediocrity, and Shamless Ranting

Even though when I first started keeping a blog five years ago ranting was, let's face it, my sole medium, I try to steer away from it when I do wander over to the "post new blog" page these days beca...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:03:00 PST

Genesis

...and on the 8th day, God created beer......and he said......"It is good." And on the 9th day, He created the dry Kettle One vodka martini......and he said......"It is better." And on the 10th day,...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:52:00 PST

The Joy of Cesc

Some of my more devoted stalkers will know that before I moved to Bucktown-Wicker Park last month I lived in a shoebox apartment in Edgewater that was sandwiched between the El tracks and two Loyola s...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:44:00 PST

Remainders: Broken Airport Scene, Handjob PSA, and the Special One

I happened to miss Britney Spears's performance-cum-trainwreck on the VMA's the other weekend because I was out at the Coldstone Creamery getting some chocolate and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cre...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:53:00 PST

Drishti

"In the morning, none too early, I descended to the beach to begin my program of yoga stretching. It was not thought advisable that I do this myself--muscles become like mussels at my stage of life, ...
Posted by The Guns of Frickston on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:33:00 PST