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Grouchy Ogre Dad

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About Me

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. MWS.... .

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My Interests

Contributing to the general state of piss-up (in a constructive manner, of course; akin to agitating the dirty laundry!)Giving y'all a piece of my mind (beer-killed brain cells to all the ignorant dweebs, functional hemispheres to the remainder...)Be, Know, Do, Work, Drink, Eat, Fuck, KillTo keep on rocking in the free world...Bringing those friends from my youth into our adult realm...Attempting to get my neighbors on a somewhat responsible agenda (¡GUTE LUCK!)...Surviving my second stint as a volunteer soccer coach and assistant traveling league coach; AT THE SAME TIME!!! (¡WAY!)

I'd like to meet:

My dark side, in a fair fight...Any others who may dare...My wife's biological father... ..

Music:

Just about anything, except for Eastern European folk music (bad memories), speed metal that you cannot distinguish the chord changes on ('nuff said), and all these no-hit wunders on MySpace (!)

Movies:

I Am Legend, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Golden Compass, 30 Days of Night, TRANSFORMERS, Underdog, All the 'Three-Quels'!!!, Taps, Night at the Museum, Flags of Our Fathers, The Sand Pebbles, Donnie Darko, Blade Runner, Blackhawk Down, Metropolis, The Mission, This Is Spinal Tap, Enemy Mine, the Wizard of Oz, Noseferatu, the Wild Geese, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, any Disney / Pixar movie, Tombstone, The Beast, Star Wars, the Legend of Hell House, Glory, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Caine Mutiny, Star Trek II, IV & VI, Blazing Saddles, Constantine, High Noon, The Matrix, Full Metal Jacket, Minority Report, The Wall, all Mad Max movies, 2001: a Space Odyssey, Hellboy, any Hammer movies with Lee/Cushing in it, Young Frankenstein, Silence of the Lambs, the Magnificent Seven, the Blair Witch Project, Repo Man, Planet of the Apes movies (original), Alien(s), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Forbidden Planet, The Omega Man, The Last Man on Earth, The Thing (both versions), 28 Days / Weeks Later, History of the World Part 1, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Zardoz, Appocalypse Now Redux, The Jacket, Silent Running.

Television:

CSI, NCIS, Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Fox News, the History Channel, OPB, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits (original), all Sid & Marty Krofft shows, The Prisoner, UFO, Space: 1999, Star Trek TOS / TAS, I Love the 80's, Adult Swim, X Files, Lost in Space.

Books:

Engaged Leadership, The Devil's Sandbox, My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir, Hazardous Duty, Fragile Things, The Te of Piglet, Blade Runner: Replicant Night, 1984, The Watchmen, The Giving Tree, Animal Farm, The Dark Tower series, A Study of History, Weaveworld, Zen and the Art of Making a Living, The Dark Knight Returns, Catch 22, Fahrenheit 451, Maus, Shadowland, The Idiot's Guide to the Civil War, The Tao of Pooh, Elements of Style/Grammar/Editing, Band of Brothers, anything in the Elseworld series, the Covenant the Unbeliever series, Citizen Soldier, Slaughterhouse Five, the Chronicles of Prydain, any Tolkien works, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), Flags of Our Fathers, Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human, Tiger Force.

Heroes:

Team Wunderlich (God Speed!), The Dalles Youth Soccer Club Volunteer staff, Home At Last staff, The Founding Fathers, Harriet Tubman, Lincoln, MLK, Lewis & Clark, Sacajewea, FDR, Rosa Parks, Teddy Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, the family Gandhi, and Ms. THX1138 (for resurrecting my WiFi network; TANKS!!!)

My Blog

Dungeon Master Has Departed The Realm.

Gary Gygax, co-creator of the first role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, has died at the age of 69. Gygax, who developed the game in 1974 with Dave Arneson, had been suffering from health problems...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:30:00 PST

My Belated Valentine. Bloody Hell? Its SWEET!

Happy Belated Valentine's Day, dear readers.  Here's a 'guilty pleasure' from my past, most appropriate for this holiday event... ...they don't write 'em like that anymore!...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:04:00 PST

Inspection A Go Go; The COMET Has Passed!

HHD passed their first COMET (Command Maintenance Evaluation Team) inspection today!  Not exactly flying colors, but an overall 'Satisfactory' nonetheless... ...huge kudos to SGT Hempen, the har...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:35:00 PST

Once More Unto The Breach, Dear Friends. (The Portland Empire Strikes Back!)

One more time with feeling, that sinking feeling that is... ...the road to Hell mayhap?  You be the judge, dear reader....
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:17:00 PST

Coming Soon to a Theatre Near Me?! FANBOY FAVE STRIKES ANEW!!!

Yes, I know this is not a legit movie trailer; but that won't stop me from hopeless wishing... ...one of these days!!!...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:45:00 PST

To Every Action There Is an Opposite and Equal Reaction: One Blue Bolt, Coming UP!

HOOAH!  Nothing beats the rush of getting out of the hot and heavy No-Go Armory, arriving at Home Station, and enjoying an ice-cold Double Bastard Ale.  That is, unless you finish quality ti...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:50:00 PST

Better Late Than Never, Sorry to the Purple Panthers; Seasons in the Sun!

In all the excitement, I kinda lost count myself; sorry grrrls.  Here be the final stats outcome for the U-11 Team 13 Purple Panthers:  5-2-1, the second last game was a decisive tie; but t...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:26:00 PST

What Comes Around, Stays On The Ground; Go Figure!

U-10 Team 5, 'Lil Devils:  3-5.  Redemption at season's end, as the Lil' Devils get a do-over with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Their first game was a 0-10 season opener (a potential sea...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:33:00 PST

Look Ma, I Is a World Famous Wordsmith!

Just caught a glimpse of my fifteen minutes of fame this AM: ..> 1. idiotarod ..> 248 up, 1349 down ..> The daily commute to school, work, home, etc. After five, time to commence the idiota...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:12:00 PST

A Mo’ Better Soccer Field Awaits!

U-10 Team 5, 'Lil Devils:  2-5.  Another triumphant game, glad to finally borrow enough players to take the field; thank you Olivia and Illiana from the Golden Eagles!  Good goals ...
Posted by Grouchy Ogre Dad on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:30:00 PST