(Updated 09-03-08) Aeronautics, music, anything nuclear, travel, stylish stuff, naked people, positive people, building stuff, bad jokes & good times.
Music
(Updated 05-30-09)
I like who I like regardless of style. If it sounds good, it sounds good. Below are some of my more notables but definitely not the only artists I like. (* Denotes an artist I have seen live.) (** Denotes a favorite.)
Movies
(Updated 07-24-08) Anything smart, demented, gorey as hell, stylish, and/or clever... With lots of nudity. (** Denotes a favorite.)
Television
(Updated 04-02-09) (** Denotes a favorite.)
Books
(Updated 11-21-08) Constantly always re-reading my all-time favorites:
- The entire Clavin & Hobbes Series ...Bill Watterson
- The Old Man and the Sea ...Ernest Hemingway
Currently reading:
- No Country For Old Men ...Cormac McCarthy
- Teller's War ...William J. Broad
Recent reads:
- Under The Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing ...Richard L. Miller
- Agent of Destiny: The Life & Times of General Winfield Scott ...John S. D. Eisenhower
- Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb ...Richard Rhodes
- Failure Is Not An option ...Gene Kranz
Some other favorites:
- This is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground ...Brian Doherty
- Pandora's Keepers: Nine Men & The Atomic Bomb ...Brian VanDeMark
- Desperation ...Stephen King
- The Regulators ...Richard (Stephen King) Bachman
- Ask the Pilot ...Patrick Smith
- The Hunt For Red October ...Tom Clancy
...and some others I can't remember.
Heroes
(Updated 09-19-07) There are a select few people close to me that I do admire attributes of and try to model characteristics of myself after. Some of those are my best friends, my family and family of close friends.
About me: I fly, I make music (Electronica & Metal), I build ridiculous things, I make really bad jokes, I like board/card/& especially strategy games, I read mostly non-fiction, and I like to laugh (Who doesn't huh?). I used to be a die-hard computer nerd but I've traded much of that in for science & flying nerdom and my path in school and life reflects that. I try to be a positive person as much as I can and I have an ultimate goal to do good in the world- To make a positive impact in some manner while also working towards improvement of myself on many levels (In the past I was a machine-like emotionless asshole and proud of it, but now... 'Tis not the case, and I'm definitely more proud by far. ;-) ). Other than that... Well, I used to have a bunch typed up for all to read but really, if you want to know what I'm about, just ask me.
One of my music projects:
My favorite readings of all-time. If you want to get to know me, get to know Calvin:
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