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JimV

Chuck Norris an stop time for up to two hours by thinking about pineapples

About Me


Not sure what to put here yet

My Interests

stuff

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Afro Celt Soundsystem, Beastie Boys, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, Carina Round, Paul Simon, Toby Lightman, William Shatner, Lemon Jelly, Miss Kittin, Beck, My Robot Friend

Movies:

12 Monkeys, Run Lola Run, Amelie, Fifth Element, Field of Dreams, Hackers, Fight Club, Office Space, Princess Bride, Pulp Fiction, Usual Suspects, Young Frankenstein, Dark Crystal, Butcher Boy

Television:

Law & Order, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Family Guy, CSI (the Vegas one), Homecide: Life on the Street, Cold Case, Without A Trace, Small Spaces - Big Style, Venture Brothers

Books:

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, Bastard Out of Carolina, Vanishing Acts, Dogs of Babel, Magical Thinking, Freakonomics, Blink, Lamb, Nickel and Dimed, The Curious Incident With the Dog in the Night-time

Heroes:

Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Tornando Man, Birdman, Spiderman, All the Herculoids ... not so much Chicken Man, but definitely Rope Man

My Blog

2007 Vacation: Finland

I have decided (a month or so ago) that my 2007 vacation is going to be Finland (and maybe Sweden). There is no strong reason other than; hey Finland, neat. I have brought it up with a few people that...
Posted by JimV on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:03:00 PST

Strangers I Have Taken Candy From, and Then Soon Regretted It

By taken from, I do not mean forcefully without permission (mostly), but rather the candy was freely offered and then accepted by myself. Note, if you do not know me; this is all made up. If you do kn...
Posted by JimV on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:44:00 PST

The New Years Resolution:

The New Years Resolution: A contract one makes with oneself, in which neither party (the party being both the proposer of said contract and the person agreeing) has any plan to actually follow through...
Posted by JimV on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:56:00 PST

Burgermeister Meisterburger: Evil Despot or Misunderstood Public Figure

I hate toys! And toys hate me! Either they are going or I am going and I definitely am not going! - Burgermeister Meisterburger   The poor Burgermeister Meisterburger, everyone sides with S...
Posted by JimV on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:37:00 PST

You can do it!

I like that people have confidence in me to replace my windows. I think, however, this confidence is misplaced, as I am having trouble putting together my new seats. There are three steps to putting t...
Posted by JimV on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:27:00 PST

Damn you Neptune

My right shoulder is completely out of whack. I think it has to do with Neptune demanding that I leave an arm out for him to sleep on. If I don't, he whacks me in the head till I produce one for him t...
Posted by JimV on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:15:00 PST

Water Heater and Pilot Lights

I found out this morning the the Water Heater is not heating any water. My guess is that the pilot light is out (as no one has lived there for over 6 months). I just looked up how one actually relight...
Posted by JimV on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:49:00 PST

One Year Later the Whos in Whoville Wish The Grinch Still Hated Christmas

Bill Foo Who: Really, it was a very nice, heart-warming story at first. He (the Grinch) stopped trying to ruin Christmas, we all felt we could now get on with our singing, the feast, all uninterupted....
Posted by JimV on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:18:00 PST