Welding, solid geometry, sideshow, carbon nanotubes, Kevlar, Nomex, polypropylene wallets, ball lightning, microwave oven plasma, Leatherman Super tool, rectilinear motion, curves of constant width, artificial sweeteners, counterfeit American paper money, "slugs", ferro-cement boats, the moon illusion, false memory, geodesic domes, octet trusses, space filling solids, Johnson solid #26 the gyrobifastigium, autoerotic asphyxia, gavage, peel jobs, punch jobs, "The Love Bug" by J.C. Rupp, To Live and Die in LA. lockpicking, aa, zed vs. zee, Winslow Homer, M.C. Escher, human blockheads, polydactyly in cats, Yellow #5, the class of classes that are not members of themselves, geeks, Spectra, Dyneema, circular braiding, 3D braiding, yocto and zepto, armadillos, soy protein isolate, Madonna's pap smear.
Music
I mostly like what was called "hard rock" when I was growing up, unfortunatly it's now called "classic rock".... Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Van Halen, Devo, were all favorites in high school and college.
In the Early 1990's I was lucky enough to be around some of the Seattle bands, particulary in 1992 on Lollapalooza. Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mother Love Bone, and Alice in Chains are some of my Seattle favorites.
Lately I've been discovering Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot.
Check out the blue guy in the Soundgarden video:
Some day I'd like to be as cool as Alvin Stardust:
Movies
To Live and Die in LA. Manhunter. Bad Lieutenant.
Beyond that, the usual YouTube fodder, as most Hollywood films suck donkey balls.
Television
I like the History Channel and the Discovery Channel. Besides that, mostly cartoons like Futurama, South Park, and King of the Hill. I like "The Ultimate Fighter", and usually pony up for pay-per-view UFC fights.
Recently, I discovered "Mr. Meaty". My all time favorite would probably have to be the original Star Trek.
Star Trek had a huge influence on me as a child. I never cared for the Star Trek movies or the other TV shows.
The greatest development in the history of television would be the mute button.
Books
How to Draw a Straight Line, Alfred Bray Kempe. Why I am not a Christian, Bertrand Russell. Strange Creatures from Time and Space, John Keel. Language, Truth, and Logic, A.J. Ayer.
Heroes
Bertrand Russell, A.J. Ayer, John Bonham, Stephanie Kwolek, Charles Hard Townes, Pafnuti Chebyshev, Isaac Asimov, Martin Gardner, Edward Jenner.
About me: I grew up in Missoula Montana, and moved to Seattle in 1987 where I worked as a pharmacist. I was one of the founding members of the Jim Rose sideshow in the early 1990's, and toured all around the world for several years doing that.
I returned to the Norman Rockwell world of pharmacy when I came back, but eventually left in 2002. Then I started building and selling lamps. I welded the bases and lampshade frames, and wraped the lampshades with a variety of materials including polyester, Nylon, fiberglas, Nomex, and my favorite, Kevlar. I sold my lamps with my girlfriend Dana, who sold Russian lapel pins, at an outdoor market in Fremont, here in Seattle.
Recently, I attended South Seattle Community college for one quarter, and obtained 4 welding certifications.
I'm currently welding professionally in a shop that fabricates stainless steel pipe.
I like things that are extreme, particularly ideas and behaviors that are on the "cutting edge" between reality and fantasy, like sideshow and Bigfoot.
Who I'd like to meet: Sideshow performers, solid geometry fans, metal workers, people who build lamps, skeptics, fans of mixed martial arts, "weird science" fans, ball-lightning-in-the-microwave-oven experimenters.
There is within each of us a spirit, an urge, that reaches out to all others. That part of us is not controlled by our egos, it knows no time, it knows no boundaries, it has no concept of death...it is undefeatable. It is the friend that we wish, we seek, we know and yet cannot fathom. Welcome to my circle of friends.
"...It is hard to sometimes walk away from a problem in order to solve it. Sometimes our burdens seem so great that they are irresolvable. I have learned this from the study of Logic: To actually know that a problem exists there needs to be some form of a solution to base it on that it exists. As in Physics we cannot measure darkness, so we used Mythos to describe the darkness, even the darkness of our minds. Mythos predates and is the ancestor of our modern Psychologies. The problems we find hardest to walk away from are those that cause us to feel dread. What is easiest to change is the feeling of dread..." From the book: The Lyth of Lemmings by Frank Mueller
Thanks so much for the add, Matt. It is much appreciated. I will keep you posted with the next volume of SHOCKED AND AMAZED! arrives...Zamora is the cover darling, dontcha know?
"Do you believe in God, Andrei? No. Neither do I. But that's a favorite question of mine. An upside-down question, you know. What do you mean? Well, if I asked people whether they believed in life, they'd never understand what I meant. It's a bad question. It can mean so much that it really means nothing. So I ask them if they believe in God. And if they say they do -- then, I know they don't believe in life. Why? Because, you see, God -- whatever anyone chooses to call God -- is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own possibility thinks very little of himself and his life. It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own."
Ayn Rand, We The Living Part One Chapter 9
Thanks so much for adding me! I hope I can further your
understanding of our universe, and give you realistic hope
for a practical method of travel across our galaxy and beyond!
