"Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends. -Isabel Paterson"
Male
42 years old
Peterborough, New Hampshire
United States
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Lou - DownsizeDC.org's Interests
General
acceptance, actionscript, aotearoa, art, astronomy, atonement, ayn rand, beauty, belief, c. s. lewis, caffeine, capitalism, cats, chaos, chat, children, cinema, closeness, color, commitment, computers, cosmos, creativity, dedication, design, digital photography, dolphins, dragons, drawing, dreaming, dreamweaver, entertainment, eyes, faith, family, fantasy, flash, fluidity, focus, forgiving, freedom, froglick, future, genealogy, graphic design, guitarists, guitars, h.h. the dalai lama, hair, hands, hard rock, healing, heavy metal, herbs, homeschooling, imagination, individual rights, infinity, influences, inspiration, internet, intimacy, islands, j.r.r. tolkien, jazz, julie cox, kierkegaard, king's x, laissez-faire, learning, left-handers, libertarians, live music, love, macromedia, marketing, maxfield parrish, moo, mountains, multimedia, museums, music, musicians, nature, nausicaa, nausicaä, new hampshire, new zealand, online, paradise, parenting, passion, performances, peter gabriel, philosophy, photoshop, pillows, poetry, pro-audio, progressive rock, property rights, punk, purple, real estate, recording studios, rural living, science fiction, self-control, sensuality, silver, sketching, skin, solitude, songwriting, sound, spirituality, t'ai chi, technology, thai food, the beach, touch, travel, truth, unity, universe, unschooling, water, web design, white, wine, wired, world travel
Music
I like to make my own
Influences: Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz, Metal, Funk, Blues, Bluegrass, Gospel, Classical, Ska, Punk, Gypsy, Zydeco, Folk, Celtic, Reggae, more...
Television
Big Love
Books
Ayn Rand, Daniel J. Boorstin, Bill Bryson, Thomas Paine, Adam Smith, Terry Pratchett, Søren Kierkegaard, Frederic Bastiat, JRR Tolkien, George Orwell, Robert A. Heinlein, C. S. Lewis, Stephen R. Donaldson, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, F.A. Hayek...
Heroes
Anyone who does what needs to be done when called to do it...
"Life is short and if you're looking for extension,
With your time, you had best do well,
Cause there's good deeds and there is good intention,
They're as far apart as heaven and hell."
-- Ben Harper "Ground On Down"
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."
-Buddha
"Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless.
Love and hate don't stand a chance against it."
-The Snow Queen
I am a musician/songwriter/guitarist going on 30 years now. I play mostly heavier hard rock with influences ranging from ska to jazz and funk to metal. http://www.rumorsofwar.org/ is the last band I was in. I was also in Froglick and Swim Herschel Swim. You can DL MP3's for both bands at the Froglick site.
I want to discover everything and only have a limited amount of time. Stupid procrastination is my closest buddy. I don't think he's a good influence.
Ecstasy -Maxfield Parrish
I have this print in my band room/studio. It has been my favorite piece for many years and expresses how I feel about life, beauty, love, passion, color, imagery, women, and music. It's called "Ecstasy". You can see more of Maxfield Parrish's work here
I am currently administering and moderating the following sites:
Just wanted to drop you a line to reinforce what I think you already know--Your fellow Porcupines are here for you if you need us. I reckon I'll see you and your young'uns at PorcFest. Take care.
Yo Lou, I've been a fan of yours from back in the day at the Jackson Street Junction in "O" town. Didn't know ya moved back east. Good to find ya on Myspace. Sup anyway?
Ecstasy -Maxfield Parrish
