Thinking, ideas, words, HOCKEY, reading, my book collection, people, writing, intelligent conversation, Alexander Ovechkin, my freedom well earned, the human brain, sufficient good company, linguistics, the glorious feel of fall, travel, Ales Hemsky, foreign languages, psychology, bookstores, Charlie Teljeur's hockey comic The Instigator, mysteries I have lived, my hockey collection, Anje Kopitar, being ME, education, anthropology, furry beings, waking up happy, Edmonton Oilers, going to sleep grateful, night, cats, rivers, Eddie Belfour, sufficient aloneness, mountains, my promises, space, plants, Dion Phaneuf, trees, the secrets I keep, Portland Winter Hawks, quiet hilltops, grassy afternoons, Hawkeye Pierce, sculpture, Detroit Red Wings, cars with ooomph, piano, peach iced tea, Ray Whitney, explanation, birds, real smiles, Pavel Datsyuk, green, asking why, starry skies, future, Ladislav Smid, thunderstorms, bagpipes, loud silence, self, the smell of ice, stories the elders tell, Ryan Smyth, birdsong, minds, ease of spirit, sociology, San Jose Sharks, neuroscience, natural humor, cello, voice of the wind, Marty Straka, rockin out, people watching, dancing from the soul, paintings, flowers, good hearts, spectacular saves, speedy wingers, mobile defensemen, The Twin Towers Kanzanskis, reasonable logic, the whoosh of skates, hope, riding horses, strange cities, abstract games, dogs, calm confidence, Neal Postman, mental challenge, integrity, authenticity, exploring mythical scripts, rockin sax, atheism, asking how, Evgeni Nabokov, gratitude, existence, yellow highlighters, pen pals, past, journals, freedom, living a journey, laughing, waking up, soft furry blankets, responsibility, rich dark strong coffee, dawn, Evgeni Malkin , choice, old photographs, cooking for friends, cooking with friends, Toronto Mapleleafs, midnight summer BBQs, high places, art museums, being the only english speaker in town, Rollo May, seeing behind the curtain, those who laugh with a happy soul, Corey Stillman, always having "too" many favorites, remembering where I have been, dreaming about where I am always headed.....
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Music
Classic rock, hard rock & metal, classical, blues, alternative, Russian and other euro rock and pop. I rarely listen to the radio beyond hockey as I detest the constant barrage of commercials and absurd talk filler that crams the airwaves in lieu of good music or intelligent discussion. My taste in music probably shows all that age that my face doesn't! I love a lot of the old classics. I should keep up with modern music, but its not the first thing on my mind most of the time. With my nose always in a book or my fingers always "talking" up a good conversation, I rarely think to listen to music in the first place, let alone check out what or who is new in music. Except in the car. THERE the stereo blasts good tunes so I can rock and roll down the highway like there is no tomorrow.
ACDC, Amok Vibes, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Basement Jaxx, The Beatles, Beethoven, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Bob
Marley, Bob Seger, Booker T. & The Mg's, Buffalo Springfield, Canned Heat, The Cars, Chevelle, Chopin, Chris Isaac, The Clash, Clay Hillman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills and Nash, David Gray, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Devo, Dire Straits, Don Henley, Dvorak, The Eagles, Eartha Kitt, Elliot Smith, Enigma, Enya, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Fatboy Slim, Fats Domino, Fiona Apple, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Gorillaz, Gravity Kills, Green Day, Guns 'n Roses, Handel, Haydn, INX, Isaac Stern, Jack Johnson, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, Jim Brickman, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joe Cocker, John Coltrane, John Fogarty, John Scofield, Keb Mo, Keiko Matsui, Kool & The Gang, Kreisler, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, The Levellers, Linear, Linkin Park, Loreena McKennitt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Men at Work, Men Without Hats, Metallica, Miles Davis, Morphine, Mozart, Neil Young, Nicola Piovani, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, The Offspring, Otis Redding, Paul Simon, Peggy Lee, Pink Floyd, Puddle of Mudd, R.E.M., R.L. Burnside, Rachmaninoff, Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, Sara Vaughn, Sheryl Crow, Simon and Garfunkel, Sinead O'Connor, Smashmouth, Soweto Gospel Choir, Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Sting, The Stray Cats, Tears for Fears, Tom Petty, Tracy Chapman, Traffic, The Traveling Wilburies, Trio, Van Morrison, Vivaldi, Wynton Marsalis, Yes, Zemfira, ZZ Top, and BAGPIPES!!!......
Movies
Reading, writing, thinking, discussing attract and hold my attention far better than the passivity of TV and movies. The kind of movie that has a chance of holding my attention tend to be of a non-superficial nature that invite me to think and that teach me something about reality past, present, possible future. I prefer substantial dialogue and character development, although some movies can be appealing for certain elements such as notable cinematography and scenery, special effects, surprising story strategies, cinematic innovations, great attention to period details, significant social issues, ect.
Alive, All Quiet on the Western Front, Amen, American History X, The Anniversary, l'auberge espangnole, Au revoir, les enfants, Ararat, Ark, As Good as it Gets, Ashes And Diamonds (Poiol i Diament) Band of Brothers, Batman(s), A Beautiful Mind, Before Night Falls (Antes que anochezca), Behind Enemy Lines, Blue Velvet, The Breakfast Club, The Bridge, Bridget Jone's Diary, Captain's Courageous, The Children of Huang Shi, Chocolat, The Chorus, Cinema Paradiso, City of God (Cidade de Deus), The Color Purple, Come and See (Idi i Smotri), Contact, The Diary Of Anne Frank, Downfall (Der Untergang), A Dry White Season, Edge of Darkness, Educating Rita, Eight Men Out, Elizabeth, The Elephant Man, Enemy At The Gates, Equilibrium, Escape From Sobibor, The Eye (Gin Gwai), Far And Away, Fateless (Sorstalanság), A Fish Called Wanda, The Four Seasons, Four Weddings And A Funeral, A Generation (Pokolenie), Girl Interrupted, Glory, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Gone With The Wind, Gorillas In The Mist, The Graduate, The Great Escape, The Grey Zone, Guarding Tess, Hamlet, Harvey, Hoodlum, Hotel Rwanda, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hunt For Red October, Ice Age, In America, Inherit The Wind, The Inner Circle, It Happened Here, Jacob The Liar (Jakub, der Lugner -1975), Jane Eyre, JFK, Joe The King, Judgment at Nuremberg, Kanal, The Krays, Landscape After Battle (Krajobraz po bitwie), The Last King of Scotland, Last Of The Mohicans, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, Lethal Weapon(s), Life is Beautiful (La Vita e bella), Little Women, Malcolm X, Matewan, Max, Men With Guns (Hombres armados), The Messenger, Metropolis, Miracle, The Milagro Beanfield War, Mindwalk, Mississippi Burning, Modern Times, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, A Nous Liberte, Of Mice And Men (1939), Of Mice And Men (1992), Old Yeller, Oliver Twist (Take your pick), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, One of The Hollywood Ten, The Outsiders, Pauline & Paulette, Pearl Harbor, The Pianist, Platoon, The Power Of One, Pride and Prejudice, The Princess Bride, The Quiet American, Rain Man, A Raisin in The Sun, The Road Home (Wo de fu qin mu qin), Romero, Slapshot, Schindler's List, Seven And A Match, Seventeen Moments of Spring (Semnadtsat Mgnoveniy Vesny), The Shawshank Redemption, Silence Of The Lambs, Son Of The Bride (El Hijo del la Novia), Spring Forward, Stalingrad, Stand By Me, The Sweet Hereafter, The Three Musketeers (1993), The Train, Triumph of The Will (Triumph des Willens), Total Recall, U-571, The War at Home, The Widow of Saint-Pierre (La Veuve de Saint-Pierre), The Winter War (Talvisota), The Wizard Of Oz, Wuthering Heights, The Year of Living Dangerously, Y tu mama tambien (And Your Mother Too), 12 Angry Men, 21 Grams, 1984....
Television
HOCKEY!!!! Not much for TV, besides hockey, except for documentary type programs on such channels as OPB, Discovery, History, and Travel. I tune into some TV shows now and then, but since it is not a habit I remember to do on a regular basis, it can be annoying!! Better off with a book since they don't operate on a schedule! Charlie Rose, 30 Days, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Dr. Who, Will & Grace, Friends, Star Trek (original), M*A*S*H, Courage the Dog......
Coppin A Cattitude
Oh Yeah? Well you can just KISS MY FURRY LITTLE ASS!
Books
I love text! I practically inhale books to the tune of one every day or two and have collected thousands. My interest is primarily non-fiction and oriented towards the abstract. I am absolutely fascinated with the human condition and mental exploration of the complexities of human reality. Good conversation is rarely far apart from good reading. Popular topics on my bookshelves include psychology, neuroscience, sociology, philosophy, education, linguistics, a/theology, history, mythology, foreign cultures, ect. My reading spans hundreds of authors to include Ayn Rand, Bertrand Russell, Neal Postman, Carl Sagan, Edward O. Wilson, David Shapiro, Joseph Campbell, Eric Fromm, G.J. Whitrow, Sam Harris, Steven Pinker, Peter Berger, Stanley Coren, Christopher Lasch, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Carl Jung, James Gilligan, Matt Ridley, Roy Baumeister, Viktor Frankl, Isaac Asimov, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rollo May, Thomas Paine, C. Wright Mills, John Douglas, Nancy Friday, Thomas L. Thompson, John Mann, Howard Gardner, Elie Wiesel, Robert Ressler, Robert Ingersoll and hundreds more. I choose a book because the topic and/or its treatment interests me, regardless of whether I agree or disagree with the contents. I also have a taste for classic fiction of previous centuries, as well as for classic poetry. I maintain a partial listing (social science portion) of my book collection on my homepage at http://morgankeller.50megs.com
Heroes
Humanity does have its heroes, whether we know one personally or not. They simply don't wear capes and tights and gleaming perfect smiles always ready on cue for the timely flash of the paparazzi. My heroes are real people with their heads and hearts on straight. My heroes are people who think....and think well. My heroes are people of integrity, a quality far deeper than honesty, an integration of inner and outer self, of behavior and speech, of integrated, meaningful, constructive life philosophies and the healthy living of them. My heroes are people who understand, value, and actively accept and demonstrate fair responsibility in regards to themselves and others. They are responsible TO others and responsible FOR themselves. My heroes are those who are not afraid to be decent and yet not afraid to live the reality of being human. My heroes know they are alive, they don't take it for granted, and they live with gratitude, purpose, creativity, and joy. My heroes know that heroism is not so much about useless sacrifice as it is about building, improving, and maintaining something far greater and broader than mere self. In the end, regardless of what trials they may face, my heroes never lose sight of beauty, wonder, hope, and love.
I rarely meet this kind of person. My closest, dearest friend is such a person and perhaps everyone knows it but him. And he is only just beginning. He teaches me to be a better me and I am not the only one.
I am by nature a friendly, caring, and glad-hearted sort of person. On the other hand I also have a deep love of thinking and being inside myself. Introspection and self-reflection of a functional, non-narcissistic sort is highly underrated. Laughter, humor, and a positive, calm outlook come very naturally to me. Laughing at myself and laughing at life are all in a day's living and tends to permeate much of everything, at least in here, in my own private world. I have a very shy and quiet side to me that sometimes people get and sometimes they don't. I have a few close friends and I take friendship very seriously. What attracts me? A stimulating mind encased in a caring, decent heart....people who think well and have not lost the will to live love in the process.
It is true, I am an atheist. I always have been. The label of "atheist" can lead some people to form hasty assumptions and judgments about my morality, personality, and values without even knowing anything fair or true about me as a person or what I actually do or do not believe in or value. That is a common experience for the atheist. Personally, I live a good, decent, loving life because I live by a life philosophy that is grounded in positive, constructive morals and joyful spirituality, but simply does not include a belief in a god.
Life is about experience and it is about growing. I am always doing both.
All four of my grandparents are of different heritages. I am Native American (Cherokee and Wy-am), Indian (Punjabi), and Dutch.
My homepage: http://morgankeller.50megs.com/index.html
On Yahoo Messenger: morgan_keller
Who I'd like to meet:
Fantasy meetings? Imagine a large, informal summit between several opinionated guests. Among them: Thomas Paine, Neal Postman, Oscar Wilde, Bertrand Russell, Robert Ingersoll, Joseph Campbell, Winston Churchill, Carl Jung, Ayn Rand, Martin Luther King Jr, Nietzsche, and Socrates.
I think it would be fun to sit down with Alexander Ovechkin and converse in Russian about his path to the NHL, his rookie season experience in the USA, and about himself as a person. Things seem so easy and simple in Russian and despite his awesome rookie campaign, I bet he misses that musical flow that feels like home. Eddie Belfour, Pavel Datsyuk, Jiri Fischer, Marty Straka, Evgeni Nabokov all make the fantasy meeting wish list along with other hockey favorites.
As for more reality-based contacts, I would love to meet friendly people who know how to be their own person. They think for themselves, take responsibility for themselves, and yet still connect with others as decent, involved human beings. They enjoy thinking and communicating and find neither a painful or boring task. They do not conceive of disagreement or difference of opinion as something to be avoided or feared. They enjoy being. They enjoy becoming. They enjoy life and want to make the best of it. They love and respect other human beings regardless of differences such as sexual orientation and basic personal philosophies. They look at the will of the heart more than the social, political, philosophical label. The very rare breed of non-drinking, non-smoking, non-religious, atheist, abstract, basically friendly, intellectual is highly urged to apply, although in reality, my friends and connections of affinity usually do not contain every one of these elements. A note of forewarning: I am not interested in the popular concept of "generic friendship by the numbers" so "friend" requests will be handled according to the reality of our actual interest in one another, or lack thereof, as real people. Alrighty then! Just be yourself, keep it real, say hi, and we will go from there!
CHIEF TOMMY THOMPSON: A GOOD MAN NEGOTIATING IN A WORLD OF CHANGE
Hey Vanessa! What's new with you? Since you
left me a nice comment a while back I just wanted to personally let you
know my two new CD's "Ascension" & "Singles" are now available at
iTunes and btkeys.com/purchase_audio_tracks. I think you'll enjoy them!
Be in touch... bt
Hello Morgan! In which hemisphere are you right now? Hope all goes great for you. I plan to be through with my stuff till July, 3. PS I guess it's too late with the promised report now. It seems the clouds are spreading out for them ;-)
Hello Morgan! Hope all is well in your parts of the world. Yeah, the potential dispatch on the state of Russian hockey still remains my humble intention ;-)
thank you!! i talked to the owner on the phone this morning for awhile.he said we want you aboard. my meeting with them got pushed back to thursday morning do to the store director being out of town till then. so nothing official till thursday
