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Neil

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I guess you could say I'm an arts person. My "day job" is as a freelance theatrical designer, doing primarily sound, but also lighting. In my spare time, I'm a guitarist (and singer, too, these days!!) in a rock & blues band, Mike's Garage, and also doing solo acoustic performances. --------------------------------------- I've been very happily married for just over 11 years now (but I suppose the fact that I married my best friend helps). We don't have any kids, nor any pets right now, and we live in a very cool apartment that has enough room for my guitars and her drafting gear.--------------------------------------------------What else do ya wanna know?

My Interests

Music (all kinds), theatre, reading, sci-fi, people, beer (drinking and brewing), politics... all kinds of stuff, really...My webpage has more info - http://www.McFaddenArts.com

I'd like to meet:

Check out my band, too! http://www.myspace.com/mikesgaragerocks or at www.mikesgaragerocks.com (Mike's Garage homepage)------------------------------------------------------

Music:

I've played pretty much everything from classical to metal over the years, and I like just about everything in limited doses. What I usually listen to is classic rock, blues, jazz and classical - it depends on my mood. . . .

Movies:

Too many to try to list...

Television:

West Wing, MASH, Firefly, CSI (all 3 flavors, though I like the original best), Star Trek, Monk, House, Law & Order, Chuck, Dark Angel

Books:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, The Dresden Files, sci-fi, mysteries...

My Blog

A Scientific Inquiry Into the Existence of Santa Claus

Well, it's December again... Time to post my annual holiday article.This was in the Washington Post about 10-15 years ago, and I loved it so much I send it around again every year. Hope you enjoy it a...
Posted by Neil on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:16:00 PST

Met a "celebrity". Yes, Im a geek.

I met, and chatted with Marc Okrand this past Sunday evening. For those of you who don't know who him, he is the guy who actually created the Klingon language for Star Trek (as well as bits and pieces...
Posted by Neil on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:53:00 PST

Just sold my house

I just got back from the closing.We've been trying to sell it for a while now, and it's a relief to have it done. But it feels pretty weird to think that it's somebody else's house now. We lived there...
Posted by Neil on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:21:00 PST

Stereotypes

Hey! Whatta ya know?? Once of those survey thingies that is actually pretty accurate! ..> Your Top Stereotypes   Artistic (100%) [||||||||||||||||||||] Slut (100%) [|||||||||||||||||||...
Posted by Neil on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:46:00 PST

New tune - NEEDS WORDS!

Just wrote/recorded this today. "Sunset Over Autumn Mountains" Anybody got any lyrics that would fit? I have stuck the name "Sunset Over Autumn Mountains" on it for no particular reason - it's a phras...
Posted by Neil on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:00:00 PST

I wonder what this says about me...

Granted, this is just one of those survey things, and has no scientific basis for it's conclusions.... I took it two times, since I felt a few of the questions were a little ambiguous. First answering...
Posted by Neil on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:05:00 PST

I was nominated

I know I'm tooting my own horn here, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I was just nominated for another Helen Hayes Award (the Helen's are the Washington Theatre Awards - New York has the To...
Posted by Neil on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:21:00 PST

Those damned talking ads!

I was sick to death of those damned talking ads already. You know the ones I mean: "Oh my god! no Waaay!!", "Helloooo!", etc.  I've gotten pretty good about noticing when they are the current pop...
Posted by Neil on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:51:00 PST

I look like...

    I'm in some interesting company here!   ...
Posted by Neil on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:56:00 PST

My element - Fire!

You scored as Fire. Sometimes people are afraid to approach you, either because of your reputation, how you look, or how you act.  People under the .."Fire.." category often tend to stand ou...
Posted by Neil on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:50:00 PST