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Add to My Profile | More VideosCURRENT MOON lunar phasesI am intrigued by the environment around me, from the neighborhood, to ecosystems, to the constellations. On the smaller scale, the cells and tissues that make up my body are simply amazing. I'm a single Dad with a pair of the most wonderful little people I've ever known. I'm currently on an educational crusade in pursuit of a new career in nursing.

My Interests

Photography, Live Shows, The "BIG PICTURE", Biological Systems, Constellations, Esoterica, The "cashew trick".

I'd like to meet:

Anyone happy to be alive, and living a day at a time. Who knows, someone to grow old with... yeah right.

Music:

A little bit of everything really... Miles & Coletrain, or sometimes Robert Johnson(he influenced everybody in some way directly or indirectly it seems) Metal lies at the core of my taste, it is the most enduring type of music. It can be aggressive, but not necessarily negative. Some of my favorites are Opeth, Type O Negative, Killswitch Engage, Tool/A Perfect Circle, The Doors, Evergrey, Iron Maiden, NIN, Metallica, Chilli Peppers, Motley Crue, Peter Gabriel, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Talking Heads, John Spencer Blues Explosion, KISS, Nirvana, Judas Preist, Def Leppard, Pink Floyd, The Church, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Danzig, Korn, Marylin Manson, Norma Jean, As I lay Dying...

Movies:

Boondock Saints, Fight Club, Dogma, Clerks, Trainspotting, Nightmare Before Christmas, Donnie Darko, Magnolia, Finding Nemo, The World According To Garp, Stranger Than Fiction, Adaptation, Pollack, Star Wars, Fallen, Miracle on 34th Street, Taxi Driver, Office Space, The Phone Booth, The Matrix, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Grumpy Old Men, Tombstone, Young Guns, 28 Days, Changing Lanes, Requiem for a Dream, Memento, Following, The Exorcist, Interview with a Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Ice Age, Deathtrap, The Game, Frailty, The Bridge To Terabithia, Dead Poets Society, Scent of a Woman, Seven, Young Frankenstein, Night At The Museum, Da Vinci Code, American History X, American Beauty, Zeitgeist, Loose Change, End Game, and of course the Aarron Russo film every American citizen should see (free on Google Video, or email me and I will give you a hard copy) America: Freedom to fascism...

Television:

I don't really watch it all that much anymore, when I did have cable I loved The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Family Guy, Law & Order, CSI, The Simpsons, Futurama, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Discovery, TLC, Criss Angel, Deadliest Catch, Good Eats w/ Alton Brown...

Books:

The Big Book, The Bigger Book, Purpose Driven Life, The Hobbit & LoTR, Poe, Confederacy of Dunces, Hitchhikers Guide, Anything by Tom Robbins or Chuck Palhniuk, Gore Vidal...

Heroes:

Firstly, the men & women serving to protect and uphold the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson and all of the founding fathers. My professors, especially Coach Deitrich for making a difference in my life a second time. Bill & Bob.

My Blog

Our world = Brave new world

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Posted by Wake up America! on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:26:00 PST

Public Smoking Ban

The assignment was to present an argument. In the course of researching this paper, my position swayed. I sarted out against a public smoking ban; basically from being in the hospitality industry and ...
Posted by Wake up America! on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:12:00 PST

The Social Appeal of Combat

     Fighting is a basic, primitive instinct for survival that is as old as man himself is. If you or someone you love is attacked, your natural reflex is going to be to fight back...
Posted by Wake up America! on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:59:00 PST

Blood Types

     Blood is not all the same from one patient to another. In the case of transfusion from one person to another, it is necessary to ascertain that the donor's blood is compatible...
Posted by Wake up America! on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:44:00 PST

A remembered event

     I was in the third grade that year; it was 1979. I was out playing at recess. I vaguely remember that I may have perhaps been up to something that I shouldn't have been. Eithe...
Posted by Wake up America! on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

Tipping is not a city in China

     Tipping is not a city in China. Leaving a tip is not something extra for good service; it is compensation for sitting at a bar/table and being served period. The girl/guy atte...
Posted by Wake up America! on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST

The Bridge to Terabithia

     We finally watched it. Z did not finish reading it, and turn in his book report to me in enough time for us to see it in the theater. Whenever he gets around to completing his...
Posted by Wake up America! on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:21:00 PST

yummm...

     Basic Burre blanc is a wonderfully versatile sauce. Stand alone or with the addition of a little imagination, it can become a vehicle for so many other flavors. It is for this...
Posted by Wake up America! on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:40:00 PST