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About Me

Im a social nerd. I love gaming and games of all forms, Im into computers and electronics. I am a travel agent. I am currently residing in Parkersburg, WV and need more people to hang with, as most of my friends went away to another place to do school or start a career. I've got a few wonderful friends, but I wouldn't mind rounding out the roster.

My Interests

cinema, acting, video games, gaming, board games, roleplaying, roleplaying (yeah -- that kind), theatre, electronics, computers

I'd like to meet:

Im looking for people that like playing any sort of games, into certain sporting activities, etc. If I end up finding a nerd-girl, that'd be absolutely perfect. Bored and trying to do my best to fix it, I need people to hang with and run around with.

Television:

Babylon 5, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: DS9, Megas XLR, Venture Brothers, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Home Movies, Mission Hill, Sealab 2021, Six Feet Under, Hellsing

Books:

Ender's Game, Stanger in a Strange Land, The Art of War, Zen in the art of Archery, The Prince, A Wrinkle in Time

Heroes:

Holly Moyseenko, Chrissa Campbell, Jeremy Smith, Sheree Fulton, Gloria Goubeaud, Ryan Trimble, Mike Berg, Nick Wedig, Sean Wedig, Megan Crandall, Meghan Hahn, Rachel Carbone, Jim Couts

My Blog

Ross’s Po’ Man’s (blank) Chowda’

So -- if you don't like the oh so humble side of me, you should stop reading now. Not that the I'm so awesome portion of this entry lasts much more than a short bit, but that's where I'm coming from, ...
Posted by Ross on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:45:00 PST

Radical Freedoms

Below is the title of a petition and a few select "signatures" from a petition to have a MySpace group removed. I picked a few of the longer comments, some nasty and horrible, others genuinely compas...
Posted by Ross on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:34:00 PST

A Tree in the Forest

While in North Carolina the discussion before we went to see a movie with a group of people came up with one of standard geek faire:Who would win in a fight between the Enterprise-D and an Imperial St...
Posted by Ross on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:26:00 PST

Kramer vs. Kramer

Wow...I don't have cable -- and the only news I generally read is that which is pointed out to me and NPR... And NPR is mainly worried about world events and all that, ya know?So Michael Richards (wh...
Posted by Ross on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:33:00 PST

A treatise on tea

So -- I drank three cups of tea tonight.Tea has a lot of positive stigma relating to it as far as I'm concerned, and I haven't had much of it lately, at all. +Last time everything was going right tha...
Posted by Ross on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:55:00 PST

Narcisscism

My first reaction was amusement...Then mild annoyance...Then more amusement.Here's an article from our local paper...It's about the "appropriateness" of the videos I posted to YouTube over a month ago...
Posted by Ross on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:27:00 PST

I get it, I get it...

So, I wrote previously about the evolution of curse words and "The Shocker". This entry is a string of words about words. I love etymology. Maybe I should take some classes or something. This shit ent...
Posted by Ross on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:37:00 PST

We could win without cheating...

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin said that and it's been the largest struggle in the United States and ...
Posted by Ross on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:37:00 PST

Not just prose anymore!

Here's a poem I just wrote.About poems...And how some of them suck:Enigmatic poetryinstead ofexpressive prosemay make you feellike you've made your point...Maybe I ama clodwith no appreciationfor the ...
Posted by Ross on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:41:00 PST

A treatise on Grammar and Etiquette

-->StartFragment --> In the ever evolving world of communication that we live in it has become more and more acceptable to correct grammar. Many (including myself) who value good grammar appreci...
Posted by Ross on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:07:00 PST