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JosephintheBracknell

Or you take the red pill, stay in wonderland, and I show you how far the rabbit hole goes.

About Me

I have had my heart broken by some wonderful women. What an adventure life is. I try to get the most out of my turn. So far, I have flown airplanes and helicopters, explored under the Pacific Ocean in submarines, abseiled down Table Moutain in South Africa, been in several feature films, been a candidate for Mayor of New York City, been a club DJ, been on the radio on two continents, auditioned for several reality TV series, climbed a pyramid in the Yucatan, ridden motorcycles on two continents, sailed across the English Channel, ridden a camel in the Sarhara, been quoted in a best selling book, stood in two hemispheres at the same time, seen the first private spaceflight in history, won a car rally, and appeared on TV. I currently host my own radio show on Seaside Radio, 105.3 FM, Withernsea.I love to travel. So far, I have been all over the United States and have visited Canada, Mexico, Equador, Columbia, Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Germany, The Czech Republic, Italy, Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa, Hong Kong, Guam, Maccao, China, and Thailand.Besides the places I have been and the things I have done, the other wonderful thing about life is the people I've met. Maybe you could be one of them.

My Interests

Books, travel, films, TV, radio, music, transport, science, history, economics, law, philosophy, politics, acting, comedy.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people.

Music:

I like all sorts of music.

Movies:

Oh loads! Including, but not limited to: Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Color of Money, Vanishing Point, Apocolypse Now, Arthur, My Cousin Vinny, Beverly Hills Cop, Total Recall, Paycheck, Minority Report, Jaws, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Summer of Sam, Spiderman II, The X-Men, Smokey and the Bandit, A Beautiful Mind, The Alamo, Start Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: Generations, X-Men 2, Private Parts, Raging Bull, Platoon, Wall Street, Annie Hall, Zelig, The Terminal, The Magnificent Seven, Dirty Harry, The Sting, Yental, Tatie Danielle, Das Boot, Patton, The Battle of the Bulge, The Battle of Britain, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, The Life of Brian, And Justice for All, The Devil's Advocate, Die Hard, Godzilla, The Seige, Under Seige, The Big Boss, Enter the Dragon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The House of Flying Dragons, Top Gun, The Last Samurai, Big Jake, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Our Man Flint, In Like Flint, The King of Comedy, The Original Kings of Comedy, Charlie's Angels, The Wedding Singer, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Willow, The Pianist, Schindler's List, The Matrix, The Black Stallion, No Way Out, Glory, The Patriot, The Village, Shrek, The Terminator, 48 Hours, Trading Places, Big Jake, The Magnificent Seven, The Maltese Falcon

Television:

24, Lost, Big Brother(UK), Big Brother's Big Mouth, Eastenders, Thief, Green Wing, Sugar Rush, Will and Grace, Seinfield, Fraser, Southpark, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Blackadder, Allo, Allo, Enterprise, Star Trek, Star Trek: the Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galatica.

Books:

I read loads. A few of my favorites are:Human Action, by Ludwig von Mises; The Road to Serfdom, by F. A Hayek; The Law, Fredierick Bastiat; The Virtue of Selfishnes and An Introduction to Objectivist Epistimology, by Ayn Rand; The Meme Machine, by Susan Blackmore; The Nagasaki Vector, by L. Neil Smith; The Peace War, by Vernor Vinge; A Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlien.

Heroes:

I don't really have any heroes.

My Blog

A Bit of Chivalry

On Saturday, the 19th of April, I was traveling up to Withernsea, to do my radio show.  I happened to be walking from Victoria Tube Station, in London, to Victoria Coach Station, to get a bus to ...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:07:00 PST

How Old Does She Think I Am?

Last Wednesday, on the way home from my day job, I decided to take advantage of an accumulation of loyalty points and stop at a supermarket, to redeem some of them.  It was my turn to buy toilet ...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:51:00 PST

A Saturday Night Off

This past Sunday, I had to be on location, for a film shoot, at 6:30AM.  Because of that, it wasn’t possible to do my "Night Waves" radio show, as it finishes at 7AM, and the studio is abou...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:43:00 PST

Open and Shut Case

Last Thursday, I was working on a film shoot, on location, in London.  It was my fourth day on the same project and, just as on the previous project I worked on with the same director, he seemed ...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:42:00 PST

Suzanne Portnoy

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine, Anjelika Jinx, mentioned a woman in passing.  I can’t remember what we were talking about which led to Anjelika mentioning her, but I do remember that she...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:26:00 PST

TV Alert: Dawn Porter Gets Her Man

Tomorrow night, March 6th, Dawn porter's latest documentary, "Dawn Porter Gets Her Man," airs on BBC 3 at 9PM.  As I participated in this project, I should be seen in the program.  Don't mis...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:07:00 PST

Backwards People Vs Forwards People

One thing about travelling on the train is that a lot of seats face away from the direction of travel.  This seems to be the case more for trains than for any other form of transport.  When ...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:30:00 PST

Bench Man

Having spent the past three months commuting by train, I've started to recognize some of the same people travelling at the same time, every weekday.  One of these is a guy I have dubbed, "Bench M...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:28:00 PST

Juno

Late last year, I received an invitation to attend a screening of a new film, in London.  The idea was to invite a load of bloggers to see the film, with the hope that we would then write about i...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:53:00 PST

Buses Versus Trains

Towards the end of last year, certain unexpected bills caused a cash flow shortage for me.  Part of my coping strategy was to switch from taking the bus to my day job, to taking the train.  ...
Posted by JosephintheBracknell on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:02:00 PST