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The Varangian

What do ya got

About Me

I am a Retired Marine Corps Officer (Veteran of 4 wars) and an adventurous person. There are many things I like to do. I really enjoy flying, skydiving, reading, going to see movies.I can go from an opera to a Korn concert. By the way, never been to an opera. But, have heard Handel's "Messiah" at the Kennedy Center.If you are interested, give me a ring. Or, as the British would say, just knock me up.By the way, did I mention I'm a geek.

My Interests

I am interested in many things: I love to read, workout, ride bikes - Harleys, crotch rockets, and, believe it or not, bicycles. Gotta stay in shape ya know.I love cars; shooting guns; and many other things...

I'd like to meet:

Someone exciting and adventurous, who can go from a pool party or picnic to a formal dinner and be that special someone.Intelligent, sexy, wild.

Music:

I like both kinds; country & western....just kidding....Classical, hip-hop (some), caribbean (some) depends on the mood, hard rock, 60's, 70's, 80's, & 90's music....Pantera, Crumbsucker's, The Clash, Misfit's, The Accused, TSOL, Metal Church, Venom, Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy, Budgie, PRT Posse, LL, Ice-T, Paganini, Sarah Chang, Colonia, Infectious Grooves, ST, Velvet Revolver, Steve Vai, Testament, Death Angel, Cacophony, Racer X, BAD BRAINS, DANZIG, Henry Rollins, Samhain, Ministry, ANTHRAX!!, DRI, RKL, Scorpions, Metallica, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Yardbirds, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Sly and The Family Stone, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet, Megadeth, Corrosion of Conformity (COC), Probot, ...

Movies:

Hudson Hawk, RV, Kelly's Heroes, the MI movies, X-Men, Schindler's List, Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan....Ice Age, Munich, A Clockwork Orange, MIB, Heavy Metal, This Is Spinal Tap, The Song Remains The Same, The Wall, The Last Samuari, Troy, 300 (and, of course, the original "The 300 Spartans - made in 1962), The Shooter, Wild Hogs(all hail Peter Fonda), Cheech & Chong's Movies, Oceans 11, 12, Gladiator, Letters From Iwo Jima, Johnny Dangerously.....the list goes on....

Television:

The CSI's series, The Unit, Bernie Mac, The Daily Show, Mind of Mencia, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, THE SHIELD....oh, get this...I also NOW like NIP/TUCK...noooo idea how this happened, but, it has a great story.

Books:

Ask....too many to list

Heroes:

Alexander The Great, Maximilien Robespierre, Aristotle, Menachem Begin, General George Patton, Eli Cohen, Miyamoto Musashi, Manfred von Richthofen, My parents, Chuck Yeager, John McCain, Hassan-i Sabbah, Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, Salah al-Din, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Daniel Bernoulli, Richard Feynman.....I cannot believe I have forgotten this lovely woman....Mrs Ayn Rand, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Ben-Gurion, Anwar Sadat, Jean-Paul Sartre, John Locke

My Blog

And Who Are You?

(One man stands amidst a group of other men.  Each of these men among the group is dressed in attire that suits their homeland and time frame they are from. Some are war-like; some are dressed v...
Posted by The Varangian on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:24:00 PST

MySpace Episodes

Have you ever wondered why everyone you meet on this thing is either trying to commit suicide; about to commit suicide; suffers from some horrifyingly traumatic experience or some sublimely evil event...
Posted by The Varangian on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:29:00 PST

Gun Control - For the Dumb & By the Dumb

No.  There are no "If", "Ands", or "Buts" concerning this topic.  You Chateau politicians look down from your ivory towers and 'tell' the simple American how it is.  You have not had ...
Posted by The Varangian on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:52:00 PST

Philanthropy for fools

PhilanthropyToday I watched an interview with an NFL (National Football League) Pro football player cry because he felt such emotion about given money to retired football players. Seriously, this...
Posted by The Varangian on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:41:00 PST

Discourse on Democracy

Discourse on Democracy --> --> --> --> Our world is changing in so many ways.  Technological advances that allow us to converse with others on any continent any time, we can travel anywhere in ...
Posted by The Varangian on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:26:00 PST

Food For Thought -

"First They Came For The Jews" First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. T...
Posted by The Varangian on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:42:00 PST

Water Availability in the United States - The Coming Conflict

Abstract Today's world is looking at a drastic reduction in access to potable water sources, but the United States is not unique in this situation.  The most advanced society in the world is als...
Posted by The Varangian on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:43:00 PST

What You Dont Know Might Hurt You

What You Don't Know Might Hurt You. That is correct.  What, you don't believe me?  Fine.  Our Government is doing EXACTLY what the terrorists want them to do.  What is it they w...
Posted by The Varangian on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:13:00 PST

How NOT too RAP

Fire & IceAnd everything niceSplinters' & DreamsAnd everything you don't needHeaven & HellAnd your delusionsStick it too the manAnd nothing left in your hand Who the fuck are youW...
Posted by The Varangian on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:27:00 PST

Plutocracy - Idiocracy - Democracy

How does it feel to have someone tell you NO? How does it feel to be shunned? How does it feel to be discriminated?How does it feel to be poor?        &...
Posted by The Varangian on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:32:00 PST