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Jon Quixote

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About Me

I am a provider of goods and services, at the forefront of these are books and music. Others have included, but are not limited to: coffee, winning arguments, alcohol, tasty food, poetry and well meaning smacks upside the head. I sometimes wear pants. I sometimes have hair. I sometimes break into song with the and-the-pips portions of "Midnight Train to Georgia." I believe that differences between bluegrass and country music can be explained by linguistics. I believe that there is no greater false advertising than a well-behaved child. I believe that the universe is governed by nothing more than a finely tuned sense of irony. I beat people with foam-padded sticks. I love women, though sometimes I love all of them equally, and only when I'm in the mood. I have found women do not appreciate this. I love the open water and loathe cities. I find I am becoming more English with each passing week that I live alone. I expect I will soon take a fancy to fishing or gardening. If I open a door for you I expect a tacit understanding that you will not kick me in the shin. I think of myself as a good person, your results may vary. Any things between now and when I'm retired and playing with my grandkids are strictly means to an end. I think winters of discontent are more poetic than seasonal affective disorder. Spring comes. People marry and die. Pinkerton does not return.

My Interests

The outdoors. kayaking, swimming, sailing, jumping in puddles, water in general, biking, hiking, climbing trees, Belegarth, reading, writing, cooking for people, life.

I'd like to meet:

"If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!" -Uncle Shelby

Music:

Air, The Album Leaf, Arab Strap, Badly Drawn Boy, The Band, Beck, The Beta Band, Bloc Party, Boom Boom Satellites, Brendan Benson, The Chemical Brothers, The Chieftains, The Cure, Daft Punk, Dar Williams, David Bowie, David Garza, David Gray, Desmond Dekker, Django Reinhardt, Elliott Smith, The Faint, The Flaming Lips, Hifana, Hot Chip, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Interpol, Jackson Five, Jamiroquai, Jedi Mind Tricks, Jurassic 5, Kasabian, Lemon Jelly, Little Feat, Lou Reed, M83, Múm, Mutual Admiration Society, Neil Young, Nickel Creek, Peter and the Wolf, PlantLife, The Police, Prince, Radiohead, Richard Thompson, The Roots of Orchis, Santana, The Smiths, Stevie Wonder, Supergrass, They Might Be Giants, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tom Waits, Toploader, Utah Phillips, Van Morrison, The Velvet Underground, The Waifs, Warren Zevon, Ween, Worm is Green, Wu-Tang Clan

Movies:

Too many to list.

Television:

pft.

Heroes:

George Dyson, Danny Kaye, Errol Flynn, Edward R. Murrow.

My Blog

Attention Whorehoppers!

Ok, so I held off a bit reading this book (the guy who checked it out first took his time) but if you haven't read Warren Ellis' "Crooked Little Vein," you might want to.  It's horrible, in the m...
Posted by Jon Quixote on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:52:00 PST

What was that? more quizzes?

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey....
Posted by Jon Quixote on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:08:00 PST

Wow, the internet knows me.

What will you be doing when the world ends?Walking on water in the library'What will you be doing when the world ends?' at QuizGalaxy.com...
Posted by Jon Quixote on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:51:00 PST

Damn do I miss John Hartford...

Someday, baby, when I am a manAnd others have tought me the best that they canThey'll sell me a suit, and cut off my hairAnd send me to work in tall buildingsAnd it's goodbye to the sunshine, goodbye ...
Posted by Jon Quixote on Sun, 13 May 2007 12:38:00 PST

Hey little sister... Shotgun.

At one point, Britta put out a bulletin about the "boyfriend season" advert on here.  I just noticed a "girlfriend season" ad of the same type.  For some reason it just evokes images from "W...
Posted by Jon Quixote on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:28:00 PST

So I found this moderately amusing...

What Famous Leader Are You?personality tests by similarminds.com Just what I wanted to see after a nice, long, first day of work....
Posted by Jon Quixote on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 04:39:00 PST

Old news, which only some of you will get

What was once Fidaich is now Enoch.Update your little black books.Also, while leaving the Fianna was tough, it was something that needed to happen.  While the family aspect was great, it's time t...
Posted by Jon Quixote on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:45:00 PST

Ignoti et quasi occulti

Societas Eruditorum is up! Both on here and on the OU facebook. This is a nice feeling, to have something born like Athena out of the headache of my finals.
Posted by Jon Quixote on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:48:00 PST

I read the news today oh, boy

So I'm back, I figure it's time to bring some new life into my stagnant pool of blogs.  Here are the updates to my daily life. Life: Enjoying some free time right now in the midst of the finals ...
Posted by Jon Quixote on Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:58:00 PST

Guess what I'm doing right now...

Violating probation like nobody's business. and I will likely continue to do so until after I turn 21. Why? because I live in Athens and it is statistically impossible for me to be 100 feet away from ...
Posted by Jon Quixote on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:49:00 PST