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spaceshuttlemike

space enthusiast

About Me

I like all things to do with space and the cosmos. I am a kind, quiet person who is a good listener.I am also a big baseball fan. My favorite hobby is collecting autographs. I served in the USMC (1985-89). I became a Christian on August 15, 2006 and I was baptized on November 5, 2006. I have a cat.

My Interests

space exploration, astronomy, all kinds of music (I'm an old metalhead),baseball, collecting autographs, snail-mail pen pals, Christian theology and history, American history, politics

I'd like to meet:

Anybody who likes to talk. Everyone has a story to tell. I'm looking for friends.

Music:

heavy metal, country, 70s and 80s pop. KISS, Van Halen, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Dio, WASP, Malicious Hate, old Metallica, old Anthrax, Dixie Chicks, Leeann Rimes, Jericho Road, Malachi, Venom, Motley Crue, Ratt, old Poison, Nuclear Sewage, and Spudzpuller.

Movies:

Rocky Horror Picture Show, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Apollo 13, Ed Wood, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Maniac (1934), The Ten Commandments, Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park.

Television:

PBS, TCT

Books:

any and all about space, astronaut biographies, 1984, Animal Farm, The Rocket Boys, Starship Troopers, KISS and Makeup, and the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, The Bible, Loving God, How Now Shall We Live.

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, John Glenn, Jack Lousma, John Young, Charles Colson, Leo Buscaglia, Isaac Asimov, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Leonardo da Vinci, Herbert S. Zim, Albert Einstein, Lance Parrish, Alan Trammell, and Paul the Apostle

My Blog

My Dad was a war veteran

My dad, James Edward Ireland, was drafted into the U.S. Army in February 1942. He was 21 years old. He took basic training in Jefferson Barracks, MO. He originally went to signal school to become a r...
Posted by spaceshuttlemike on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:25:00 PST