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I'm a migrant worker with time done in Alaska in a cannery and crab boat, in Florida packing oranges, hotels in Germany, insanity in Baghdad, and some space travel, though that was purely for pleasure.
Interests: reading, writing, photography, scuba diving, snowboarding, calling bush and all his cronies to account before god and man for all the evil they've done, and whatever other fun stuff is on offer. my favorite geek books of all time are the wheel of time series by robert jordan. in the non-geek category are 'infinite jest' by david foster wallace, or anything by herman hesse, john steinbeck, vernor vinge, and five freakin' million other names i could drop and you could give a crap about. i hate sports, except the kind where i get to jump out of an airplane or strap on a snowboard for. but the tv kind, forget it. buffy the vampire slayer totally rules, smallville totally blows. but having said that, i did watch 5 seasons of it at one go. 'grizzly man' was an awesome movie, but somehow it made me respect werner herzog as a human being much less than timothy treadwell. if you haven't seen 'trapped in the closet' by r. kelly, you are really really really deprived of the most amazing experience ever. thank you, jeff, for making me watch it, so very against my will. and that's me in a blurb. fascinating. if there was a tip jar here, i'd let you take a dollar out of it.
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NURDS!
I don't usually trot that kind of stuff out unless someone makes a point of it. Plus, there was so much other great material to work with.
I don't mind being condescending... some people deserve condescension. Many people. Sometimes, I deserve it too.
Commented Jan 25, 2013 on Shooting Fish In A Barrel In Prague at messiestobjects
Shooting Fish In A Barrel In Prague
It's time for one more of my audience-killing school-related posts. It's another Philosophy class discussion board from last year; I'm taking American History and some micro-computing class this semester, so I'm not anticipating many lively conversations coming up. But the topic for this ...
Gah!!
Commented Jan 23, 2013 on Shooting Fish In A Barrel In Prague at messiestobjects
Shooting Fish In A Barrel In Prague
It's time for one more of my audience-killing school-related posts. It's another Philosophy class discussion board from last year; I'm taking American History and some micro-computing class this semester, so I'm not anticipating many lively conversations coming up. But the topic for this ...
Now if only these lessons would sink through to our "leaders". I've never seen such a bunch of smug self-satisfied self-important bunch of thugs ever.
Commented Sep 10, 2011 on Mount Wilson Observations And Coronal Messy Ejections at messiestobjects
Mount Wilson Observations And Coronal Messy Ejections
Stuck in LA for three days because of mass flight cancellations due to Hurricane Irene while Julie is at home alone filling the bathtub with water and battening down the hatches, and what do you do? You find the coolest thing in LA and go there. The Mount Wilson Observatory is up the road past...
Haha because I photograph stars, I get it!
Commented Feb 1, 2011 on "Astronomy Compels The [Mind] To Look Upwards And Leads Us From This World To Another" at messiestobjects
"Astronomy Compels The [Mind] To Look Upwards And Leads Us From This World To Another"
Guess where I went again? And this time I brought my tripod. One aspect of my job that I very much appreciate (one aspect among many) is how I am able to return to the same place more than once. With some assignments it's not the greatest, but getting to return to Napa Valley, Death Valley or...
They're mean to those bulls! I was on board at first but after reading about how they terrorize those poor bulls... well it still sounds pretty fun.
Commented Jan 20, 2011 on "O Krampus! My Krampus! Our Fearful Trip Is Done... at messiestobjects
"O Krampus! My Krampus! Our Fearful Trip Is Done...
...The whip has weathered every whack, the prize we sought is won; The beer is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady march, the Krampus grim and daring" -A Krampusization of the first verse of 'O Captain! My Captain!' by Walt Whitman And so we come to...
Well I haven't actually been to Pamplona for that, though Scott has been to that and Krampus so maybe someday we can get an official ruling on it.
I agree that Krampus is probably more fun because it's weirder and also, according to hipster douchebag scaling, because it's less well known. However I imagine the risk of being gored by a bull is probably pretty exhilarating, and I'm not against having a go at it one day.
Commented Jan 19, 2011 on "O Krampus! My Krampus! Our Fearful Trip Is Done... at messiestobjects
"O Krampus! My Krampus! Our Fearful Trip Is Done...
...The whip has weathered every whack, the prize we sought is won; The beer is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady march, the Krampus grim and daring" -A Krampusization of the first verse of 'O Captain! My Captain!' by Walt Whitman And so we come to...
It's not my fault you're not famous enough to have an accurate findable quotes page on google. Besides, spleen, gallbladder, they're practically the same thing. At least I knew it was death you found so sexy.
Commented Jan 13, 2011 on So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night, I Hate To Go And Leave This Pretty Sight at messiestobjects
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night, I Hate To Go And Leave This Pretty Sight
And now... we have arrived. I want to sing poetry for Munich, that's how gay for it I am. My favorite city in the whole wide world. We got off the train from Nürnberg and I was able to begin extolling about the pure awesomeness of the city to Julie right there in the best train station in the ...
Well you can't appreciate life until you've fucked death in the spleen, so I hardly think a Virgin will do you any good.
Commented Jan 12, 2011 on So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night, I Hate To Go And Leave This Pretty Sight at messiestobjects
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night, I Hate To Go And Leave This Pretty Sight
And now... we have arrived. I want to sing poetry for Munich, that's how gay for it I am. My favorite city in the whole wide world. We got off the train from Nürnberg and I was able to begin extolling about the pure awesomeness of the city to Julie right there in the best train station in the ...
Well, you were born in Cologne, after all. Of course Cologne isn't Bavaria, which explains why you moved to Britain when you were 18. If you had been born in Berchtesgaden, you'd never have left.
Commented Jan 12, 2011 on So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night, I Hate To Go And Leave This Pretty Sight at messiestobjects
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night, I Hate To Go And Leave This Pretty Sight
And now... we have arrived. I want to sing poetry for Munich, that's how gay for it I am. My favorite city in the whole wide world. We got off the train from Nürnberg and I was able to begin extolling about the pure awesomeness of the city to Julie right there in the best train station in the ...
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