D - ProfilesArchive

About Me

...i love making people laugh, smiling, travel, beauty, inspiration, friendships, family, education, experience, strength, conscience, generosity, wit, courtesy and passion....

My Interests

Travel....experiencing life in a way that allows me to expand my perspectives and serve those I care about. I love Europe and travel there once a year, but I've been really starting to enjoy non-work related domestic travel. There are so many true American gems (Morgantown, WV; Tucson, AZ; Santa Ynez, CA; Bowling Green, KY; etc, etc), I feel like I need to see more of the States..The pic below is my brothers and I in Beantown for St. Paddy's Day....magic;)

I'd like to meet:

People who inspire though character and kindness. . .and this guy..... width="425" height="350" ....

Music:

Everything you can imagine: west/east coast rap to classical; german hip hop; texan country; classical; trance, etc. the favorites include Outkast, Explosions in the Sky, Dre&Snoop, Die Phantastische Vier, DJ Tiesto, Cary Brothers, AFI, System of a Down, and on and on and on...

Movies:

layercake, fletch, 300, snatch, the departed, garden state, last samurai, man on fire, fletch, boondock saints, 7 samauri, zoolander, any given sunday, wedding crashers, fight club, little miss sunshine, anchorman, the rundown, leaving las vegas, the notebook, talladega nights, top gun, caddyshack, old school, bull durham, saving private ryan, lola rennt, etc.

Television:

Not if I can help it. . .actually, that's bull. English Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur&the Villians, USC&Pac-10 college football, Chargers&Raiders NFL games, Dodgers&Padres MLB, History Channel...

Books:

How about authors: Byron, Diamond, Hobbes, Machiavelli, Voltaire, Heinline, McMurphy, Hemingway, Goethe, Patrick O'brien...

Heroes:

My father... my cousins, my best friends . . .and of course, my mother.

My Blog

...it's not about the way she looks....it ALL about her attitude;)

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Posted by D on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:26:00 PST

Patrick O'brian and the Aubrey/Maturin series

"He still had this detached grey expression on the following Wednesday, as he stood in a bare dirty room on the south side on Cornhill waiting to be led out to the pillory. The sheriff's men and the ...
Posted by D on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:35:00 PST

Need a little motivation?

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Posted by D on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:36:00 PST

....oh the sweetness of the Santa Ynez vineyards...

...I like to think about the life of wine. How it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think abo...
Posted by D on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:05:00 PST

an incredible tirade on dating...

I apologize to you if I don't seem real eager to jump into a forced awkward intimate situation that people like to call dating. I don't like the feeling. You're sitting there, you're wondering do I ha...
Posted by D on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:42:00 PST

lucid thoughts on the wonders of whiskey...

If when you say whiskey, you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes...
Posted by D on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:38:00 PST

quotes...(ya happy now;)

Think of all those who filled their days with anger, suspicion, hatred and fighting-- and are now dust. Think on them and what has become of their wrong doing. -Marcus Aurelius Difficulties streng...
Posted by D on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:34:00 PST