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About Me

"There's a lot of things about me that you don't know anything about. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand. You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner. A rebel." - Mr. P. W. Herman
OK, I was a bit of a rebel in high school: I was suspended after the principal caught me chewing nicotine gum in the boy’s room. And because all the other kids were doing it, I also "experimented" with meat for a few years. Other than that, I have pretty much been a vegetarian since I was three or four.Here are a few words that have been used to describe me: shy, quiet, funny, intense, nonchalant, passionate, quirky, tenacious, nice, manipulative, bohemian, and eccentric.Not only do I have a shy bladder, but apparently it is also very, very angry. What else do you need to know? I have a lifetime subscription to Rolling Stone magazine. I don’t write in cursive. I have been sleep deprived for many years. As a kid I wanted to grow up to be a wealthy Nigerian businessman, but by what I can tell from my e-mails, those guys are all meeting an untimely end. So I guess I would settle just for "reclusive millionaire."
Personality type: INFP
A new slideshow of both old and new photos:

My Interests

acoustic music, history, politics, philosophy, social justice, humor, irony, vegetarianism, pizza, vegetarian pizza, organic food, dark chocolate, amazon.com, photography, recycling, traveling, hybrid cars, volunteerism, organ donation, nail biting, precious precious sleep, peace

I'd like to meet:

the Press, Joe Black, James Ensor, the Fockers, the Barkers, etc. And maybe Keyser Soze. And cult members looking to make a new friend.

Music:

"If you only hear one song this year, there's something terribly wrong with you!" —Kitty Carlisle, Easy Riders

One of the best collections ever: Future Soundtrack for America

A few of my favorite artists: Johnny Cash, Old 97's, Rhett Miller, Bright Eyes, Golden Smog, Jayhawks, Ben Lee, the Replacements, Ryan Adams, Lindsey Buckingham, Duncan Sheik, Jeff Buckley, Counting Crows, Matthew Sweet, REM, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Fogerty, Simon and Garfunkel, the Everly Brothers, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Lou Reed, the Cure, Willy Mason, Clem Snide, Loretta Lynn, Green Day, Soul Asylum, Sugar Ray, Coldplay, TMBG, Pete Yorn, Ben Kweller, Josh Joplin, James Blunt, Augustana, Snow Patrol, Joseph Arthur, Peter Salett, Those Damn Kids, Dustin McKamie, Chess Club, John, Paul, George, and Ringo

Movies:

Star Wars, Psycho, It's a Wonderful Life, Dead Poet's Society, Ishtar, Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, the Usual Suspects, Seven, Before Sunset, Garden State, Saved!, I Heart Huckabees, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch Drunk Love, The Spitfire Grill, Smoke Signals, The Last Supper, Dogma, Cable Guy, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Good Will Hunting, 12 Monkeys, Threesome, The Rage in Placid Lake, Devil's Advocate, The Corporation, The Fog of War

Television:

30 Rock, Scrubs, Reaper, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Daily Show, Colbert Report, SNL, South Park, Conan O'Brien, This American Life

Books:

Where the Wild Things Are, The Complete Far Side, Woody Allen's short stories, Robert Kennedy and His Times,

Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Campbell, Albert Camus, Thomas Merton, Dylan Thomas, Cornell Woolrich, Rod Serling, George Carlin,Chuck Barris

Heroes:

Johnny Cash, Robert F Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Thomas Jefferson, Bill Moyers, Kurt Vonnegut, Bill Hicks

My Blog

my father was a mill worker...

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Posted by the Idealist on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PST

quote of the day...

I'm sentimental, if you know what I meanI love the country but I can't stand the scene.And I'm neither left or rightI'm just staying home tonight,getting lost in that hopeless little screen.But I'm s...
Posted by the Idealist on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:34:00 PST

The rich you will always have with you&

A few weeks ago I noticed a "For Sale" sign in the front yard of a church building located down the street, which also happens to be my polling place.   It seemed symbolic of our current state of...
Posted by the Idealist on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:28:00 PST

Wednesday morning, 10am

Today is the first full day of my journey west.  I'm seating in a sleeping car on the Southwest Chief on my way to LA.  Life is good.   This is my second trip on Amtrak, the first being...
Posted by the Idealist on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:30:00 PST

Select a Candidate 2008

This did not really turn out like I expected... ..> ..> Chris DoddScore: 61 AgreeIraqImmigrationTaxesStem-Cell ResearchHealth CareAbortionSocial SecurityLine-Item VetoEnergyMarriageDeath Penalty D...
Posted by the Idealist on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:09:00 PST

action of the day...

DID YOU KNOW??  ·        The United States is the only Western, free-market nation that does not require radio stations to pay artists and labels when they bro...
Posted by the Idealist on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:23:00 PST

greetings

I spend a lot of time hanging around Hallmark stores perusing greeting cards, trying to pick out exactly the right one.  Sometimes it is the graphics that make it perfect, sometimes the text does...
Posted by the Idealist on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:58:00 PST

quote of the day...

There are no mistakes in life some people sayIt is true sometimes you can see it that way. - Bob Dylan, "Man in the Long Black Coat"...
Posted by the Idealist on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:34:00 PST

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

My workplace is going smoke-free at the end of the year.  Smoking will not be allowed anywhere on the property.  They are trying to help smokers by offering free smoking cessation programs a...
Posted by the Idealist on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:25:00 PST

de-identification

The phenomenon known as de-identification may also work against a middle-born. Siblings who hope to stand out in a family often do so by observing what the elder child does and then doing the opposit...
Posted by the Idealist on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:34:00 PST