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malcolm

what do you mean i'm not really slavic? who do you think drank all that pivo?

About Me

just your basic middle aged guy who loves eastern europe, travel, meeting new people & anything related to ukraine. i'm a big kid who loves children (especially orphans who i want to see adopted into loving families). have traveled to many lands and always glad to visit new places. can adapt to almost any place on the planet as long as there is pivo and pizza! (pizza cheletano can verify this).i have lived in pennsylvania, oklahoma, texas, california, washington dc, north carolina, south carolina and ohio in the usa. also i have spent considerable time in germany, norway, slovakia, bulgaria, czech republic, england and ukraine over my adult years. i've many other countries and always found new people who welcomed me into their world. i enjoy life and find joy for the journey in my faith.

My Interests

eastern europe, balkans, ukraine, slovakia, germany (berlin especially), military history, horses, travel, meeting new people, cross cultural exchange, reading, music, sharing the faith

I'd like to meet:

anyone from or interested in eastern europe (especially if from ukraine, poland, bulgaria or berlin), history geeks (i'm a big one!), those working (or wanting) to make life better for children--born and unborn around the world

Music:

led zeppelin, zz topp, doobie brothers, eagles, lynyrd skynyrd, supertramp, pink floyd, the who, grand funk, ambrosia, america, elo, jethro tull, (yes i'm old); gap band, shalamar, donna summer, teena marie, tavares, earth, wind & fire, kool & the gang, chic, temptations, sade, anita baker, barry white; jazz, much more including ruslana & ukrainian

Movies:

marx brothers, north by northwest, patton, oklahoma, a bridge too far, stripes, monty python, lord of the rings, the longest day, narnia, napolean dynamite, october sky, pink panther (peter sellers), braveheaart, it's a wonderful life and many, many more especially alfred hitchcock and mel brooks films

Television:

tv land & history channel! csi, without a trace, criminal minds, 24, madtv, o'reilly factor, fox & friends, on the record, malcolm in the middle (even though i'm the oldest), amc & turner movie channel, columbo, three's company, i love lucy, espn

Books:

Bible (still the best after all these years!), espionage (cold war)novels, military history, biographies, travel journals, real-life stories of faith heroes, maps (have many from all over the world in different languages), comedies

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, my grandparents, parents and family; military who keep us free, men who understand how important it is for children to see good role models and are there for wives, children also, judges who rule as laws are written not rewite from bench, defenders of the true faith (especially in hostile areas)

My Blog

long overdue update!!

hello everyone! sorry that i've not been very good about keeping up with this site! its been a very busy year for me! ministy and travel have kept me on the go. i've also been doing much more on faceb...
Posted by malcolm on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:49:00 PST

happy birthday Lviv!!!

One of the most awesone cities in the world is celebrating its 750th birthday this week!! Lviv is in Western Ukraine and has over 800.000 people who know how to make visitors feel like family and old ...
Posted by malcolm on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:42:00 PST

Ukraine Trip Photos

  ukraine photos i'll add text soon. this was an awesome experience! i love ukraine very much and reccommend that all visit it! the people are wonderful and the scenery is breathtaking (mountains...
Posted by malcolm on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:05:00 PST

howdy you all!!

ok. so i'm finally doing this myspace thing! last week i clicked on the napster icon on my notebook that has been there for months and never used. then i sat and downloaded over 300 songs--almost all ...
Posted by malcolm on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:10:00 PST