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Frank

Philosopher in Lifelong Training

About Me

A man for all seasons may be a man for no particular season, not even his own. Fortune has led me through many of the adventures specific to my time — computers, Civil Rights, folk music, the Apollo moon project, the Hippie counterculture with its free love and drugs, the anti-war movement, photography and multimedia productions, invention of an early digital synthesizer, rock and roll, some of the early research in the treatment of child abuse, feminism, management consulting for Indian tribes, obscure and powerful computer languages, a few half-baked business schemes, and currently, the web. One of my more amazing adventures is one of the timeless ones, raising a child. Other experiences in that enduring class are friendships and the search for knowledge and meaning. As with any quest, no line of unbroken progress is drawn; some disappointments dot the arc.
Some maintain that money is the measure of success; indeed, for them, it is bound into the very definition of the word. I choose to take a broader view that success entails achieving happiness and a satisfying quality of life. Any fortunes I’ve seen were certainly not my own, but I maintain that I have lived better than most of the kings in history and never had to worry about losing wealth and power. Perhaps, success should include both living well and dying well. But none of us can say or know how we will die, though shadows and intimations can give us a clue. The winner is not the one with the most toys, but the one with the most joys.
A lot of my life can be found in the over 1,000 images on my iMagic web sight. Myspace Layouts and SO much more from WhateverLife.com! ♥
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My Interests

Ideas, Music, Photography, Computers, Mathematics, Science, Beautiful Women, Philosophy, Fascinating Women, Movies, Sweet Women, Thoughtful Men (in both senses), TV, My Goddess TiVo

I'd like to meet:

Bill Clinton
Tom Robbins
Bob Dylan
Paul McCartney
Angelina Jolie

Music:

Dylan, Beatles, Doors, Pink Floyd, The Band, Stones (Old Fart Music)
Bach, 50's R&B, Classical Guitar (even older)
Bela Fleck, Ry Cooder, Clancy Brothers, Slack Key Guitar, CSNY, Dave Matthews, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, MJQ, Led Zeppelin, Ella, Sarah, ELP, Fugs, Gipsy Kings, Flamenco, New Riders, Hoagy, Keith Jarrett, Hoyt Axton, Janis Joplin, Joni, k d lang, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Lightning Hopkins, Little Richard, Love, Ashley MacIsaac, Macy Gray, Odetta, Paganini, Ray, Shania, Sheryl, Sting, Stanley Jordan, Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Willis Alan Ramsey, Woody Guthrie

Movies:

Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, Godfather and son of Godfather, Star Wars, The Boy with Green Hair, Rear Window, Lord of the Rings, Dr. Strangelove, La Dolce Vita, 400 Blows, American Beauty, The Manchurian Candidate, Modern Times, Rashomon, City Lights, The Sting, Blade Runner, Groundhog Day, The Great Escape, Annie Hall, The Hustler, Harold and Maude, All the President's Men, A Place in the Sun

Television:

House, Huff!, The L Word, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under, The West Wing (with Sorkin), Sports Night, Grey's Anatomy

Books:

Tom Robbins; The Tin Drum; Shogun; Catch 22; $100 Misunderstanding; Prince of Tides; Tom Wolfe's journalistic stuff; Drucker's Management: Tasks, Practices and Responsibilities; Becker's Denial of Death; Harry Potter; Aldous Huxley; Poe; Grapes of Wrath; The WindUp Bird Chronicles; Steppenwolf; Stranger in a Strange Land; Gore Vidal; John Le Carre; Grisham; Dick Francis; Louis L'Amour; Some of Clancy-Follett-Koontz

Heroes:

The good JFK and the bad JFK

My Blog

Carlos Castaneda and Donna

Donna was an amazing woman. She got a master's degree in Anthropology from UCLA. A couple of years later, at the age of 28, she started working for the administration of that school. Quite remarkab...
Posted by Frank on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:40:00 PST

The most dramatic day in my life

I was a year and a half out of Loyola University, Los Angeles on November 22, 1963. I had gotten my degree in mathematics and philosophy and was working as a computer programer on the Apollo project. ...
Posted by Frank on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:10:00 PST

Music in my head

During the last couple of weeks, I frequently hear songs playing in my head. When I was younger that was a common enough occurrence. Then I don't remember it happening for dozens of years. I don't ...
Posted by Frank on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:38:00 PST

Two good things this week

First - good news on the medical front. No cancer in my thorax! After waiting for an irritating five days more than needed to hear the results of a combined PET/CT scan, I was told the results were ...
Posted by Frank on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:13:00 PST