JZA profile picture

JZA

zeros & ones

About Me


have expensive taste when it comes to food & drink, more than I can usually afford
carry this notion that the grass is greener on the other side
love chili peppers, anything spicy/hot
not really into pets, but have developed an affinity for entomology -
like catching praying mantis in the summer - truly a brutal predator
run my own web site for kicks, maybe will get paid for it someday - here's the link ~jmangelo.com~
believe the only thing constant - is change
don't believe everything happens for a reason -
believe in the butterfly effect, or chaos theory
think globally - act locally
Volunteer for:

Member of:

My Interests

ChicagoBears.com
Camping/Backpacking
Mountain Biking
Free-Weights
Ba Duan Jin
Sa Kwon
BeerAdvocate.com
dirty guitar

I'd like to meet:

355/113 - Not pi but close

I agree with Mr. White
Quotes:
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been -- Alan Ashley-Pitt
He that lives upon hope will die fasting -- Ben Franklin
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it
-- Woodrow Wilson
Liberty is a dream - and it also is real -- Max
The more laws & order are made prominent, the more thieves & robbers there will be -- Lao Tsu
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm & superstition
-- Adam Smith

Music:

Blues
Rock
Rockabilly
Punk
Thrash
Grind
Garage
House
88.1 fm WCRX

Movies:

Samurai Assassin
Sword of Doom
The Road Warrior
House of Games
Iron Monkey
Falling Down
The Addiction
Starship Troopers
The Notebook
Match Point
Serenity
Thankyou for Smoking
Children of Men

Television:

mostly stuff without commercials
Globetrekker
Robot Chicken
PBS.org

Books:

work in a library, I'm always finding interesting books to read
Tao Teh Ching
The Art of War
Book of 5 rings
The Demon's Sermon on Martial Arts
The Art of Shen Ku
The Republic of Plato
Count of Monte Cristo
Power vs Force
Fast Food Nation
Reading nowCCNA 3 & 4
Moby Dick

My Blog

Libertarian Nut Jobs

Had a friend, lets call him Matthew, who convinced me to side with the Libertarians a few years ago. The concept sounded cool, less government interference. I already had voted for Perot & Nader, ...
Posted by JZA on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:24:00 PST

Gas Shortages

I don't worry much, & blog even less, but this is serious. There hasn't been an oil refinery built in the U.S. since 1976, & there probably won't be any new one's a comin'. Ethanol will only d...
Posted by JZA on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:18:00 PST