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kboodu

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About Me


Ok, since I've been asked....What's up with this KB0ODU thing? KB0ODU is my Amateur Radio Call Sign (Yes, I'm a ham and proud of it). I received my Call Sign when I lived in Colorado Springs, CO in the mid-90s. Since that Call-Sign is unique to me (as long as I continue to renew) I've used it for a variety of sites. So I AM the one and only kb0odu. And it is pronounceble, courtesy of my friends in Amateur Radio Emergency Services (West Santa Barabar County), specifically Ray (W9EC). He always called me Kuh Boo Due. Worked for him, and it works for me!
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Tim
Birthday:
Birthplace:
Current Location: Aloha, OR
Eye Color: Grey (probably - it changes)
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 11"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Mostly Right
Your Heritage:
The Shoes You Wore Today: Tennis
Your Weakness: Good beer
Your Fears: Spiders and closed spaces
Your Perfect Pizza: Everything but fishies
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Learn morse code
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: LOL
Thoughts First Waking Up: Is it time already?
Your Best Physical Feature: Hmmmmm. Eyes???
Your Bedtime: Between 11 and 2
Your Most Missed Memory:
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King: Burger King
Single or Group Dates: Single (with my wife)
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Yuck....Neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla (Strawberry?)
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: A pipe..with Middleton Cherry tobacco. (You thought I was going to say something else?)
Do you Swear: Yes...
Do you Sing: In the shower or when I've been drinking enough at Scarry Oakie.
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Yes...and I am back in school again!
Do you want to get Married: Yes.....And I am.
Do you belive in yourself: Most definately.
Do you get Motion Sickness: Nope
Do you think you are Attractive: Not really
Are you a Health Freak: LOL---You've got to be kidding.
Do you get along with your Parents: Sure....(Mom - any comments?)
Do you like Thunderstorms: Love 'em.
Do you play an Instrument: Used to play the piano. Kinda....
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yep....And I've got my first batch of beer brewing now!
In the past month have you Smoked: Yes...My pipe.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Nope....Never
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Nope. My wife won't let me. But school has prevented us from having a date night.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Nope. Not in the last year! (maybe two!)
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No
In the past month have you been on Stage: Ahhh...(blush) Yes.
In the past month have you been Dumped: Nope.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No.
Ever been Drunk: This week? No. This year...ahh...I refuse to answer that.....
Ever been called a Tease: Hmm. Don't think so.
Ever been Beaten up: Yep. Wasn't grade school fun?
Ever Shoplifted: Nope.
How do you want to Die: Quickly and in my sleep. Not like the passengers....
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Rich.
What country would you most like to Visit: China or England or Germany.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Clean....
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height:
Weight: Proportionate
Best Clothing Style: Comfortable
Number of Drugs I have taken: None....
Number of CDs I own: Lots....200+
Number of Piercings: None.
Number of Tattoos: Zero
Number of things in my Past I Regret: A few......
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

My Interests

Mostly computers (I run my own e-mail and web servers out of my house).

I do listen to a lot of music and have finally finished pulling all my CDs into MP3 so I can listen to them wherever I want.

I watch a lot of movies when I'm not studying (I'm in school for an MBA right now) and some TV, but it's mostly limited to CMT and the Sci Fi channel.

For fun I read a lot. Again, mostly Science Fiction and Fantasy if it isn't a computer book. (Hmmm...Notice a theme here?)

I'd like to meet:

If only one person: Jesus Christ

However, some people (living) I'd like to meet include:
George Strait
Collin Raye
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Linus Torvalds
Stephen Hawking

The dead ones are a little trickier:
Ghandi
Rosa Parks
Thomas Edison
John Wayne

More to come later as I think of more people......

Music:

I listen to mostly country and western (like KUPL in Portland and KMPS in Seattle), although on occasion I listen to some rock and 80's style of music. I also enjoy listening to 60s style folk music.

Movies:

I'm a big fan of Science Fiction and Computers....so I'll throw a few out there. Of course, there are a lot of great films that I love:

Lord of the Rings
The Matrix
Independence Day
War Games
Hackers
Forest Gump (Life is like a .....)

Yep, these are all in my collection. I use Tellico to manage my DVDs since t's a nice little program to help me track what I've got and what I've loaned out to friends. My collection is not REALLY large, but I've got about 100 films I've purchased over the years.

Books:

Some of my favorite authors include:

Anne McCafery
Andre Norton (Rest in peace)
Mercedes Lackey
Issac Asimov
Robert Heinlein
Arthur Clarke

I also read Technothrillers like:
Tom Clancy
Dale Brown

I'lll add more later, possibly with some links to their web-sites.

Heroes:

Hmm. I've had to think about that, and I'm not sure I've got a really good list. But here are some of the people I admire:

John Wayne (A man's Man)
Dean Martin (haven't you ever seen him in Rio Lobo or when teamed with Jerry Lewis?)
Sally Ride (of the Space Shuttle)
Chuck Yeager

and the members of our Armed Forces who've faced combat when doing what is right, or even when doing what needed to be done. Guys (and Gals) I salue you!

My Blog

Just Runnin.......

Well, according to my own blog history, the last one I wrote was back in October. Where does the time go?Well, I can partially answer that. I've had two difficult terms back-to-back, and with Christ...
Posted by kboodu on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:52:00 PST

A rough few weeks

.. I've told a few people who've asked what's going on, and now I'm going to try and write it up. This has been a really rough few weeks between my classes and the rest of the stuff going on in my l...
Posted by kboodu on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:38:00 PST

Just more junk about me....

Well, it's been a long few weeks since finals ended 10 (already?) days ago. I did take a few days off after labor day, but it wasn't nearly enough. I'm behind on so many projects around the house. ...
Posted by kboodu on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:35:00 PST

School

Well, I'm almost halfway through this term of school. Again, I'm taking two classes at Marylhurst and they are keeping me up all hours. Both instructors are good, and I'm enjoying the classes, but t...
Posted by kboodu on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:10:00 PST

Where does time go????

I can't believe that it's been a month since my last blog......There goes my goal of updatng several times a week.....School is continuing fairly well, but it's been a lot of work keeping up on both m...
Posted by kboodu on Fri, 19 May 2006 07:18:00 PST

Just random notes for this week....

Well, I've finished another week of classes and managed to survive. My Marketing class is getting a little clearer (hmmm...I can't believe I just wrote that) but I expect it to be a real challenge fo...
Posted by kboodu on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:22:00 PST