About Me
- About Me: an Endless Pedestrian, in a manner of speaking, moving from one place to another at a pace that varies roughly between a slow plod and a nearly frenetic boogie. My feet are high-mileage, but they only hurt once in a while; my back still bends without crumbling under the load; my eyes still see well enough to distinguish between darkness and light; my ears (even with this damned tinnitus) can still make out the difference between music and clangor, and my nose still sensitive enough to know between flowers and dung. I am making progress on a novel that's been in the works for 20+ years, and though it may never see publication, it'll be just about the only thing I'll leave behind. It's all good.
Books
- Favorite Books: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: an inquiry into values, Lila: an inquiry into morals
- Favorite Authors: Thomas Cahill, HP Lovecraft, TH White, EB White, James Thurber, Robert Pirsig
- Favorite Genres: eeny-meeny-miney-moe ...
- Favorite Characters: Phaedrus
- Favorite Quotes: What is Good, and what is Not Good? Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?
- Recent Reads: Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
High School
- School Name: Valley Forge Military Academy
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1971
- Attended: 1970 - 1971
- Sports: pizza consumption
- Organizations: choir/glee club (what IS "glee', anyway? And why a CLUB?) - some additional research has revealed that a "glee club" is an instrument, usually wood, with which whiners are struck repeatedly about the head and shoulders. While very distressing to the clubbee, the activity does manage to induce glee in the clubber.
More About Me
- Nicknames: Homer
- Nationality: Earthling
- Religion: atheist for jesus (there's really no contradiction there I don't accept the idea of "God" as commonly presented these days, so I guess that puts the "atheist" moniker on me)
- Heroes: Socrates, for putting his money where his mouth was.
- Interests: reading, music, writing, outdoors, self-control, "I believe it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe that is is better to be free than a slave. I believe it is better to know than to remain ignorant." H.L. Mencken
- Expertise: home repair
- Occupation: breathing in and out, taking care of whatever I can.
- Industry: Humanity
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Brazil, Syriana, Key Largo, Contact, 12 Monkeys, Good Will Hunting, Razor's Edge
- Favorite Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Willlis, Sandra Bullock, Jody Foster, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ingrid Bergman, Cate Blanchett, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Roy Scheider, Matt Dillon
- Favorite Directors: Terry Gilliam, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and some others whose names I can't recall
- Favorite Genre: more than one
- Favorite Soundtracks: "Country" a film soundtrack by Charles Gross, "Sorcerer" by Michael Stearns, "Film Music" by Mark Isham (a compilation of scores from 3 different films)
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Nobody talks to Rocco that way, see? Nobody!" (Edward G Robinson in "Key Largo")
- Movies I can watch over and over: the Razor's Edge (1984 release with Bill Murray),Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, 2001, 2010, 13th Warrior, All Quiet on the Western Front, the Big Sleep, Casablanca, Key Largo, Contact, City of Ghosts
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Uncle Fester or maybe the Blob, maybe even your dogs' butt!
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: foods whose menu description doesn't require translation or explanation
- Favorite Dishes: paper plates (100% post-consumer recycled paper)
- Favorite Desserts: only my "just desserts", thanks, and ice cream
- Favorite Drinks: Negro Modelo beer, vodka & tonic, margaritas, diet Pepsi
- Favorite Junk Foods: nuts, any kind
- Best meal ever: it was cooked, and served on a plate (instead of the floor or stuck to a wall)
- My Original Recipes: put water in sauce pan ...
- Favorite Restaurants: Macaroni Grille, Poco's (Tex-Mex), King Street Grille, Ruby Tuesday, Asian Bistro, Hong Kong Jack's
- Foods I hate: entrees that require a mortgage or contain elements that I already know I dislike.
Style
- Where I shop: any rack with a "CLEARANCE" sign
- Brands I love: dosen't matter, as long as it fits
- I like to wear: burlap bags and tie-dyed longjohns with the brightest, loudest Aloha shirt I can find
- Can't live without: kleenex and toilet paper
- Prized Possessions: my Catskill Moccasins
- Guilty Pleasure: farting in closed places
Music
- Favorite Artists: Tweetin' Dante Hidex & the Fat Lice Torpedoes, David Lindley, Bruce Cockburn, Eliza Carthy, Joni Mitchell, Dead Can Dance, Enigma, Deep Forest, Doobie Brothers, BB King
- Favorite Albums: Sonnets for a Flea Circus, Hejira, Charity of Night
- Favorite Genre: not this again!
- Favorite Songs: not enough room, here, either
- Favorite Lyrics: "Losing My Religion" - REM
- Songs for Roadtrips: 100 bottles of beer on the wall
- Songs I hate: the dreck that fills the air in shopping malls and other retail places
- Guilty Pleasure: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Brian Eno and David Byrne)
- Songs I repeat the most: Old McDonald Had A Farm
- Band I wish I was in: Tweetin' Dante Hidex and the Fat Lice Torpedoes
Video Games
- Games I Play: Diablo II - Lord of Destruction
- Consoles: PC only ... ain't smart enuff fer them fancy consoles!
- Favorite Characters: Beo Hygilliakson, Rose Methane, Tin-Tits
- Gaming Alias: KingOfStink, cheap_sneakers
- Servers I Play On: Battle.net
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: zaxxon
- Most Addictive: all of them, except the ones that aren't
- Proudest Achievements: limiting game-play time to 30 minutes
Contact Info
- Yahoo: solarhead353
Television
- Favorite Shows: Millennium (yeah, I know ... it's not on anymore), Criminal Intent, CSI, Body of Evidence
- Favorite Channels: Science Channel, National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery, A&E
- Favorite Reruns: CSI (the original one), CSI: Miami
- Most Addictive Show: the test pettern
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: whatever is playing on the inside of my eyelids
- Favorite Episode: the one where I'm not snoring loudly enough to awaken anyone
- Characters you relate to: Frank Black, Uncle Fester, Gomez Addams
- Favorite Theme Song: the theme from "Millennium"
- Show I Secretly Watch: the test pattern
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Soupy Sales
Travel
- Places I love: the Black Hills, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Wupatki Ruin, Mesa Verde, St. Thomas, Palma de Mallorca, Scotland
- Places I've been: the above and a lot more
- Places to see before I die: Germany
- Dream Vacation: any vacation for which I would not need to pack
Solarhead
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- Name: Steve
- Country: United States
- State: Pennsylvania
- Metro: West Chester
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 8/17/2005
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tomesara, wherever you are, I hope everything's well with you! -
Re: your intended mid-atlantic swim.... I'm so glad you didn't.....you probably would have frozen your nuts off (english speak, lol) and not have resurfaced in time to sign up for xanga.......your memory was really intense.....thanks for putting it in writing.;-) Tomesara.
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