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Josh

Ghost in the Shell

About Me

I'm a geek and a Christian for sure. Battletech player for 20+ years. Cat owner. Book addict. Mac guru. Music lover. Tracker of oddities and urban legends. Resident conspiracy-ologist. Random trivia resource. Ghost in the Shell.

My Interests

Christianity, Rock 'n Roll, Movies, Macintoshes, Sci-fi, Folklore, Urban Legends, Rare books, Old books, Libraries, Roadside attractions, Oddities, Cartoons (Warner Brothers, Matt Groenig, and Nelvana particularly and Sam & Max especially), conspiracy theories (You gotta love the paranoid goodness... ;) ), cats, weirdness (both general and specific), goofiness, bad jokes, computing, Urban Exploration, archeology

I'd like to meet:

Jesus Christ, The Ramones, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Joe Peschi, John Kennedy, Rosa Parks, Abe Lincoln, MLK, the Mythbusters, Jan Harlod Brunvand, Bender (from Futurama), Morgan Webb, Adam Sessler, the Battletech writing staff, the girl of my dreams, Kevin Mitnick, the Steves from Apple Computer, Anthony Bourdain, Bif Naked, Neil Armstrong, the 2600 writing staff, Roe Conn, Jim Johnson Christina Filliagi, Bill Leff, Sam & Max, the High Voltage Tattoo staff

Music:

The Ramones, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Petra, Peter Wolf, Joan Jett and The Black Hearts, George Thoroughgood and The Destroyers, Bertrayal, Resurrection Band (aka Rez), Glenn Kaiser, Woody Gutherie, Bif Naked, Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Mozart, Slade, Michael W. Smith, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, Enya, and many more

Movies:

the Alien Quadrology, the Star Wars series, Buckaroo Banzai, Dark Star, End of the Century, the Indy Jones movies, The Black Hole, Tron, Sneakers, Wargames, Hackers, World Trade Center, JFK, Full Metal Jacket, 2001, Rock and Rule, Streets of Fire, and that's just the beginning of my loooooooong list

Television:

MythBusters, Mystery Science Theater 3000, In Search Of, Star Trek, Star Wars Holiday Special, Warner Brothers cartoons, Family Guy, Futurama, Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, anything Discovery Channel (all of them), anything History Channel (all of them as well), The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Scooby Doo, Svenghoolie, Son of Svenghoolie, Wiseguy

Books:

The Bible, Anything Battletech, Puzzle Palace By James Bamford, Body of Secrets by James Bamford, CIA and The Cult of Intelligence by Victor Marchetti and John D Marks, The Search for the Manchurian Candidate By John D Marks, The Vanishing Hitchhiker by Jan Harold Brunvand, The New York Public Library Desk Reference, The Investigators Little Black Book third edition, Weird New Jersy, Casino by Nicholas Pileggi, Evidence That Demands a Verdict BY Josh McDowell, all of Anthony Bourdain's books

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Joey Ramone, The Mythbusters staff, my Grandparents, my friend and mentor Doug and his wife Cindy, my friends Grant and Debbie

My Blog

First run

Hi all, First day on MySpace. Just wanted to pull the old "hello world" bit... Posting more soon, -Hookah
Posted by Josh on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:57:00 PST