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David

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of ta

About Me



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My Interests

Music (listening, performing, arranging/composing, teaching), reading, movies, traveling, hiking/camping, canoeing/kayaking, animals/nature, philosophy, history, art, science, world cultures, psychology, paranormal studies, science fiction, building/creating things, spending time with friends.

I'd like to meet:

Other artists, musicians, entertainers, animal lovers, and people who love life, liberty, and freedom.

Music:



I made this music player at MyFlashFetish .com.

Chicago, Sting/The Police, Eric Clapton, Alexa Ray Joel, Styx, Carpenters, Tower of Power, Earth Wind & Fire, Maceo Parker, Spyro Gyra, Yellowjackets, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Harry Connick Jr, Nat King Cole, Dave Grusin, Pat Metheny, Dave Weckl, George Winston, Vince Guaraldi, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Doobie Brothers, Aerosmith, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Morse/Kansas, David Bowie, Queen, Eagles, Toto, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Joplin & Big Brother, Journey, Nickelback, Foo Fighters, Ruben Studdard, Brian McKnight, Bill Withers, Ottorino Respighi, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bernard Herrmann, Frederic Chopin, Gustav Mahler, lots of others.

Movies:

Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Better Off Dead, Sixteen Candles, Tommy Boy, The Green Mile, Serendipity, Star Wars Trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, Pan's Labyrinth, 300, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 12 Monkeys, Tears of the Sun, Hostage, Stargate, A Beautiful Mind, Blade Runner, 28 Days Later, Gattaca, The Italian Job, Meet Joe Black, Lucky Number Slevin, There's Something About Mary, X-Men, Blade, The Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, The Time Machine, George A. Romero flicks, anything with Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Willis, Kurt Russell, Jackie Chan, or Stephen Chow, and almost anything science fiction or thriller (but I like just about everything).

Television:

Nothing at the moment (I only have three channels including PBS), but if I had satellite or cable: Sci-Fi Channel, History, Discovery, old sitcoms, Dave Chappelle, Seinfeld, National Geographic, Scientific American Frontiers, Nova, and Animal Planet. I really don't watch much TV these days, though.

Books:

Anything by Max Brooks, Issac Asimov, George Orwell, Stephen King, Ayn Rand, Michael Crichton, H.G. Wells, Kurt Vonnegut, Vladimir Nabokov, or John Grisham. Biographies. History and philosophy. Love the Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee.

Heroes:

People who find their passions in life and pursue them.

My Blog

Survey

Its All About ThisTAKE THIS SURVEY!Take this survey1. Would you forgive your best friend for sleeping with your wife or husband? Probably not.2. Where were you on your 17th birthday? Most likely at sc...
Posted by David on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:08:00 PST

Loss...

I got a call at work today telling me that my grandmother passed away this morning. My first inclination was to just sit down and weep, but I couldn't bring myself to do that standing there in the off...
Posted by David on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:12:00 PST

Family

To borrow a line from the 1983 Graham Chapman movie Yellowbeard, "We (Yellowbeards) are never more dangerous than when we're dead." A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from my mom that her brother Ri...
Posted by David on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:37:00 PST

Ology Survey

OLOGY SurveyTAKE THIS SURVEY!MOUTHOLOGYWhat is your salad dressing of choice? The stuff Olive Garden passes off as Italian is pretty good, I guessWhat is your favorite fast food restaurant? Chick-Fil-...
Posted by David on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:21:00 PST

Everything Hurts Today...

Yesterday I went for a hike from my house to Grayville, IL, which is about 16 miles. I stopped at Beall Woods State Park (about 10 miles from here) to drop off my pack and set up camp, then walked to...
Posted by David on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:15:00 PST

LONG SURVEY...

ABOUT YOU single or taken?: Single. Happy about that?: There are advantages, I suppose. Eye color: Blue Shoe size: 10.5 Height: 5'11" What are you wearing right now?: A really nice shirt that I ...
Posted by David on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

Venting...

Had this posted as a bulletin, but on the advice of a few MySpace friends, I'll add it to my blog (which seems to have a disproportionate number of quizzes and surveys, rather than actual blogs). If y...
Posted by David on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:10:00 PST

Personality...

Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISTP)Your personality type is reserved, methodical, spirited, and intense.Only about 6% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 8% of all ...
Posted by David on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:19:00 PST

Global warming...

Please don't mistake the article link below as an indication that I do not care about the environment--- I do. I believe we need to protect natural resources and wildlife. But we need to do it becaus...
Posted by David on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:52:00 PST

A new one...

Random Question SurveyWhat's your name?:David Do you like it?:Sure If you could change your name to anything, what would it be?:Something cool like Nigel or Hiram...on second thought, I think I'll sti...
Posted by David on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:09:00 PST