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About Me

Leader of a small band of pirates known as The Pirate Brethren.

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My Interests

Ye Pirate Brethren Ships, shipwrecks and the sea Tales of adventure Philosophy The quest for knowledge and truth History Expanding my horizons by doing cool stuff Taoism and tai chi chuan

I'd like to meet:

Mostly... heh... they're all dead!

Music:

The Decemberists Pink FloydThird Eye BlindREMGenesisU2Juno ReactorThe WhoThe Poguesanything odd and out of the ordinarysea shantiesceltic musicarabic musicasian musicstuff with drums and catchy beatsthings with haunting melodiesHuun-Huur-Tubawdy tunes of the 17th and 18th Centuries

Movies:

The DuellistsShakespeare in LoveThe MatrixConan the BarbarianThe Thin Red LineThe Princess BrideTreasure Island (the good one, with Charleton Heston)Star WarsFerris Bueller's Day OffKung Fu HustleCrouching Tiger Hidden DragonJeremiah JohnsonHeroThe Three MusketeersBulletproof MonkHigh FidelityEmpire of the SunBlade Runner (original version!)Little Big Man

Television:

LOSTSeinfeldSurvivorThe SimpsonsUnwrappedAlton BrownWhose Line Is It Anyway?Star Trek (original)Kung FuFear FactorGhost HuntersBritish comedy such as Blackadder, Coupling, The Fast Show (aka Brilliant!)

Books:

A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William DampierA General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious PiratesTao Te ChingVillains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden AgeThe Craft of the WarriorThe Tao of PoohFrom a Watery GraveThe Lost FleetThe Lord of the Rings365 Tao: Daily MeditationsHow to Think Like Leonardo da VinciThe Da Vinci CodeThe Joy of CookingThe Matrix and PhilosophySeinfeld and PhilosophyThe Tao of Health, Sex and LongevityFire in the SteppeTreasure Island

Heroes:

Freedom fighters and those seeking justiceexplorersRobin HoodJacques CousteauGeorge WashingtonWilliam DampierThe Dread Pirate Roberts

My Blog

Dichotomy

So there I was, opening up the super hi-tech 60" Sony hi def tv's shipping box with... a shard of flint! I'm so retro.
Posted by John on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:39:00 PST

A Lesson in Democracy

Yesterday I taught my kids about democracy. Son 1 wanted to go look at Chitty Chitty Bang Bang toys on the net. Son 2 wanted to watch CCBB. Arguing and crying ensued. I stopped...
Posted by John on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 05:10:00 PST

Booo hooo

Goody Two Shoes went away... oh well. Oh! I know... The Decemberists... Yes, one of my favorites... go have a listen!
Posted by John on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:48:00 PST

Goody Goody!!!

Two Shoes!!! Yes! Finally... one of my favorite songs... and it works too! Yeah!!!
Posted by John on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:32:00 PST

This is so flippin' sweet!

I went to talk to an underwater archaeologist about a rotational assignment with him working on an undersea wreck/hazards database today. The job sounds quite sweet (entering data about wrecks i...
Posted by John on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:33:00 PST

Yawn

I've been really boring lately. Sorry. Lets see... an exicting tale... OH! I was in the basement laundry room. It was late. I turned on the light, and what did I see, but...
Posted by John on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:30:00 PST

True story...

I was once a professional boxer.
Posted by John on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:17:00 PST

Dance Sayyid! Dance!

If you've never seen Bride and Prejudice, nor LOST, you'll have no idea what I'm talking about...
Posted by John on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:55:00 PST

Speaking of pirates!!!

A friend of mine who is an artist just asked me if I would be so kind as to be his model for a portrait of a famous pirate he is painting to grace the walls of a museum! How cool is that!?!?!
Posted by John on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:32:00 PST

Setting Sail

Today's adventure... instead of going to work in the normal fashion, I get to take cruise about the harbor as a coast guard buoy tender retrieves/relocates some buoys. Sweet! Any day on th...
Posted by John on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:30:00 PST