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About Me

Bishop Hannan grad 1991 King's College grad 1995. Former PA Army National Guardsman (9 years), with stints at Fort Knox KY, Fort Jackson SC, Fort Lee VA, Fort Drum NY, Fort Pickett VA, and Fort Indiantown Gap PA. Senior Director at WYOU-TV (13 years and counting). Projectionist at Cinemark Theatres (5 years and counting). Broke into filmmaking a few years back: 1st feature film: DEADROLL, won Best Feature at Pocono Mtn 2006.........I write, I read, I learn. When on the job I'm a grumpy old man. After that, it's laid-back.... I look out for me and mine: friends and family. I PROTECT. I have no problem with God, just the fanclubs. I love the movies, I love heavy music: They're the only places where true honesty exists.

My Interests

Movies, heavy music, writing, reading, tattoos, New Jersey Devils hockey and Chicago Bears football..
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I'd like to meet:

The members of the mighty Metallica. Daniel-Day Lewis. Cate Blanchett. Michael Bay. Wes Anderson. Phil Anselmo.

Music:

Metallica, Black Label Society, Down, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Corrosion Of Conformity, The Sword, Brand New Sin, Drain STH, Overkill, Machine Head, Savatage, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly.

Movies:

Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Raiders of the Lost Ark, There Will Be Blood, Transformers, The Godfather, King Kong (2005), Serenity, Pirates of the Caribbean, Good Night and Good Luck, Cars, The Incredibles, Inside Man, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, The Departed, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Iron Man, Black Snake Moan, X2, Gangs of New York, Michael Clayton, Batman Begins...

Television:

Only a few shows worth mentioning: Firefly, The Shield, Rescue Me, and Countdown with Kieth Olbermann. RECENTLY ADDED: Top Chef. I finally admit it.

Books:

The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code, Metallica: This Monster Lives, The Camel Club, The Collectors, Neverwhere, Stardust, Good Omens.

Heroes:

My Father. my Great Uncle Tony Brocavich. my Great Uncle Tony Kubelus. My cousin Tony Kubelus who died in Vietnam.

My Blog

What I learned today...

Today, I went to the movies (of course), and walking away, I learned one thing: Daniel Day-Lewis is the greatest actor who ever lived. Period. You may make your case for Marlon Brando, Orson Wel...
Posted by ALAN on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:23:00 PST

THE FELLOWSHIP LIVES

In the past two (2) days, I had friends come to me in distress (identities protected here). 2008 has found it neccessary to rain the drops of misfortune on them. I say to them all (and those in the c...
Posted by ALAN on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:22:00 PST

THE BEST MOVIES I SAW IN 2007

With 2007 safely behind us, now seemed to be the perfect time to look back at the films I had the pleasure (and displeasure) to see in the past year. This was not an easy task as I decided to go with...
Posted by ALAN on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:33:00 PST

DONT BE AN ASSHOLE

When you are driving through a parking lot, please do not fucking cut through the parking spaces. Stay in the goddamn driving lanes where you belong before you kill somebody who knows how to drive bet...
Posted by ALAN on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

Apparitions and visions....oh give me an efen break

A large group of people in Minersville, PA are convinced they are seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary reflected on a garage door. Every night at 6pm (when the sun is out), the sun reflects off of a ho...
Posted by ALAN on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:08:00 PST

Old friends long gone

Tonight, less than a week after my 12 year anniversary at WYOU, I paid final respects to Mr. Bob Dennis; WYOU Photographer who retired in 2000 after 30 years of meritorious service. In attendance wer...
Posted by ALAN on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:34:00 PST

12 Year Anniversary

Today is my 12-year anniversary at WYOU-TV. 12 years. 12 fucking years. 12 great years! Made friends for life. Made enemies for life. Found the love of my life. Made folk laugh. Made folk cry. Bro...
Posted by ALAN on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:44:00 PST

IT'S GOOD TO BE....

IT'S GOOD TO BE: A Chicago Bears fan. 15-3 on the year. Best record in the NFL. NFC Champions. In the Super Bowl. IT'S ALSO GOOD TO BE: A New Jersey Devils fan. 29-14-5. 1st place in thei...
Posted by ALAN on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:49:00 PST

I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes.

Let me get this straight: College football will not go to a playoff format ever. Why ? Because the university presidents do not want to extend the season one more week past New Years. This year: the...
Posted by ALAN on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:59:00 PST

BORAT had it right

BORAT had it right. Maybe it's the holdiays, or events of the past week, or maybe I'm just getting older and wiser. But now I can see some things clearly: 1. Suddenly, and quite recently, I became a...
Posted by ALAN on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:17:00 PST