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About Me

My name is Casey Sledge (ok, my name is Steve Sledge but people never call me that). I'm Christian (and if you stop reading there, you're not nearly as tolerant as you think you are), Scot, Kentuckian & American, in that order... I live in Irving Texas, work a mundane accounting job, try & look as little like an accounting person as possible. I'm a fanatic photographer, non-stop reader (sf, mysteries, religious, Marvel & DC, westerns, animals, etc.), singer-songwriter (with a Celtic folk duo called October Country), & fan of science fiction conventions, rennaissance festivals, music (see list) & British comedies. I'm known for random drive-by backrubs and (says the roommate) really bad jokes. I'm Baptist with an astonishing number of pagan friends. I'm originally from Kentucky, spent 13 years in USAF, and have lived in England, Thailand & Mississippi, but now reside in the USA. I don't/can't dance but have an astonishing number (!) of belly-dancer friends. . I'm conservative with flashes of radicalism. I love children, like ferrets and tolerate cats. I actually KNOW 90% of the people on my friends list. I can't think of anything else...~created by Savage layouts~
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My Interests

Scotland, Celtic music, science fiction/fantasy, rennaissance fairs, Christian apologetics, bellydancing, rum, UK, songwriting, forensic science, bears, badgers, Calvin & Hobbes, C.S. Lewis,Tolkien, Thailand (food, music, people) Japan (same), Spider-man, and a blonde I once knew named Kelly...

I'd like to meet:

Sandra Bullock, Sean Connery, "Abbie" from NCIS, Harrison Ford, Barry Gibb, Pat Benatar, the cast from "Lost", Christopher LLoyd (the actor), anyone with interests in science fiction, Celtic music or Narnia.

Music:

Celtic (traditional & contemporary), 70's pop/rock, contemporary Christian, 80's pop, Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, Elvis, Love Song, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Larry Norman, Culture Club, Randy Stonehill, CSNY, Cherish the Ladies, Blondie, Gordon Lightfoot, Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Keith Green, Beatles, Eagles, Ravens, Ceili's Muse, Abba, Rocky Horror, Sheila Walsh, John Denver, The Makem Brothers, Spriggan, REO Speedwagon, Lisa Markley, Blarney Brothers, Stan Rogers, Sarah Dinan, Corsairs, Siren's Song, Heather Alexander, Phil Keaggy, Wolfstone, Pearl Jam, Hallelujah Joy Band, Dougie MacLean, Dolly Parton, Steppenwolf, Aaron Neville, Steve Harrison Trio, Smithfield Fair, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Amy Grant, Karen Lafferty, Linda Ronstadt, Jiggernaut, Melanie O'Sullivan, CCR, ELO, Dan Fogelberg, Dylan Sneed, Pegasus Project, Meatloaf, Sam Bush, Petra, Servant, Frampton, Blackmore's Night, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin, Peter Paul and Mary, Barry McGuire, Cliff Richard, Queen, Rod Stewart, Lamb, Annie Benjamin, Honeytree, Supertramp, Kansas, Styx, Paul Clark, Dana Davis, Carpenters, Roxy Music, Agnes Chan, Guess Who, The Who, Herman's Hermits, John Talbot, E Muzeki, The Monkees, Dean Martin, Dion Demucci, Nickel Creek, Jed Marum, Chicago, Vogues, Four Seasons, Anne Murray, Cyndi Lauper, Trinity River Whalers, QAL, Malvinas, Kraftwerk, Train, October Country (!)

Movies:

LOTR, Narnia, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Serenity, Madagascar, Casablanca, Sin City, Camelot (yes, really), They Call Me Trinity, Marx Brothers, The Last Remake of Beau Geste, anything with Sandra Bullock, Bruce Campbell, Steven Seagall (yes, really) Gene Wilder or Christopher Lloyd; The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Dark Star.

Television:

NCIS, CSI, Cold Case, Whose Line?, Bones, Lost, Dr. Who, SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Firefly, Painkiller Jane, BBCAmerica, Poirot, Body of Evidence, Criminal Minds, Project Runway (why?), Craig Ferguson, Dresden Files, Peanuts Holiday Specials, Buffy, Angel and... Spongebob.

Books:

Bible, LOTR, Chronicles of Narnia, The Stand, Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury, CSLewis, Patricia Cornwell, Charles De Lint,C J Cherryh, Jane Fancher, Dune books, David Eddings, the "Cat Who" mysteries, Rachel Caine

Heroes:

C S Lewis, Billy Graham, Karen Lafferty, Annie and Buck Herring, Gene Roddenberry

My Blog

IT’S OCTOBER! (TIME FOR CELTIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL)

Yep. It's my favorite month of my favorite season and it's also time for the CELTIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL held in Bedford, Texas. The dates are October 13-14th,the place is Bedford Boys Ranch in Bedford...
Posted by Bearhugger on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:28:00 PST

IT'S ISIS' ANNIVERSARY!

...or so they tell me. 30 years on? First off, that ain't possible. Just look at her. I mean, really. If ya want people to believe you've got a 30th anniversary of ANYTHING, it's best to look the ...
Posted by Bearhugger on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:13:00 PST

IT'S MEMORIAL DAY!

Yet another in a continuing series meant to remind you of what day this is....Memorial Day weekend. Upfront, I'm not going to discuss the merits of the current war situation, because the meaning of t...
Posted by Bearhugger on Sun, 27 May 2007 11:08:00 PST

IT'S EASTER!

Lots of people say that miracles don't happen.Some of those people in North Texas had no explanation, then, for the snow whichfell yesterday, April 7. All day, if you were at Scarborough Faire.Me, th...
Posted by Bearhugger on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:46:00 PST

IT'S BRIGID (OR IT WAS...)

This past weekend was the annual Brigidantia Bardic Bash in Denton, Texas~a gathering of friends who have become family to each other over the last 16 or 17 years. Friendships that last, that deepen o...
Posted by Bearhugger on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:03:00 PST

IT'S CHRISTMAS!

It's Christmas. The time of year when everybody seems to have similar thoughts about the importance of life, hope, giving, spirituality, et al.So here's my take, offered with no animosity toward anyo...
Posted by Bearhugger on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:05:00 PST

OCTOBER COUNTRY MYSPACE PAGE

OK,There is now an October Country Myspace Page, complete with downloadable songsfrom Casey's solo project "Of Unicorns and Elven Kings" featuring Shaddow Walter,Gypsy Youngraven, Sessa Morning, John ...
Posted by Bearhugger on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:13:00 PST

BELLYDANCE & CELTIC MUSIC

That's what I did this weekend. Two nights watching bellydancers & one listening to local Celtic band. It's an exhausting job, but someone has to do it, and it might as well be me...Isis' big giant ...
Posted by Bearhugger on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:00:00 PST

August is FULL

I just looked at a partial calendar for August. Good grief. I'm going to be very busy, apparently....First off, the Metroplex's biggest dance party, YaHalla Y'all, is the third weekend in August.Hel...
Posted by Bearhugger on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:33:00 PST

Pirates 2, Rama 2

Okay, last night I went to see what everyone else went to see: "Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest".Altogether a brilliant job. Depp is a genius, the CGI rocks, and it beats "Superman Returns" and "X-Men: ...
Posted by Bearhugger on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:04:00 PST