God, Country, my Cherokee-Irish heritage, Mixed Martial Arts, Harmonicas, Keyboards, Pyrates, Reggae music, Jazz, Blues, R&B, Baseball, Good movies, Better Books, Less TV, more family, Basketball, Using common sense in protecting the environment, ending human trafficking!
martial arts, pyrates, hatha yoga, bhakti, tai chi, qi qong, reggae, baseball (Phillies), the ocean, reading, writing, music, art, politics, history, blues, 80s hair bands,jazz, soul, R&B and things I can't afford to buy .. my cupboard is full of varied interests.
"Stop putting holes in my ship!!!"
Music
Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Ramones, Carlos Santana, Ziggy Marley, Jimmy Buffett, Sting, Jimmy Cliff, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, Lenny Kravitz, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, John Mayer, Seal, Alicia Keys, Bob Marley, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Norah Jones, Miles Davis, Macy Gray, Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Eagles, Beach Boys, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Inner Circle, 3 Dog Night, Aretha Franklin, Nigel Kennedy, Bruce Springsteen, Crusaders, Chick Correa, Billy Joel, Nina Simone, Percy Sledge, Amy Winehouse, Gladys Knight, Black Uhuru, Curtis Mayfield, Lionel Richie, Vanessa Williams, Herbie Hancock, Branford Mansalis, Natalie Cole, Toots Maytall, Queen Latifah, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Marvin Gaye, U2, John Lennon, Keb Mo, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Johnson, Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bon Jovi, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Who, Rolling Stones, Black Keys, Taj Mahal, George Thorogood, Stray Cats, Aerosmith, The Doors, Johnny Cash, J. Geils, Jefferson Airplane, Meat Loaf, Elvis Presley, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cars, Azam Ali, Clannad, Enya, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, The Cure, Beatles, Pillar, Stryper, Pink Floyd, POD, Day of Fire, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave
Movies
Pirates of the Caribbean, Geronimo, Eddie and the Cruisers, Hero, 30 Days of Night, I Am Legend, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Exorcist, Star Trek film series, Streets of Fire, The Passion of the Christ, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Amazing Grace, Remember the Titans, 300, Mars Attacks, Beetlejuice, Jaws, Malcolm X, American History X, The Nativity Story, One Night With The King, Casino Royale, Amistad, Glory, Hotel Rwanda, Cry Freedom, Paul the Apostle, Lady Sings the Blues, Ray, Dreamgirls, What's Love Got to Do With It?
Ack! Ack!
Television
I've pretty much given up on this medium. I don't watch TV, per se, but would rather just rent seasons on DVD at my local video store. Most of TV programming after about 1995 is trash. What ever happenned to Abbott & Costello, The 3 Stooges and Saturday morning cartoons??? Strikeforce!
Books
I'm an avid reader and will read most anything. I've been known to be reading 5 books concurrently. The books I am reading now, as evident by the large stack on my nightstand are: (1) The Bible (in Deuteronomy now)(2) Way of the Master by Ray Comfort (3) Real Christianity by William Wilberforce (4) Jesus Freaks by DC Talk (5) Road of Repentance by Steve Gallagher (6) The Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborne (7) House by Ted Dekker and Frank Perretti (8) The Case for Socialism by Alan Maas (9) Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and (10) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Heroes
Jack Sparrow ok, seriously, Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Aung San Suu Kyi, William Wilberforce, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Wes Studi, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, John F Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Luther King jr, Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Cung Le, Ken Shamrock, Chuck Liddell, and, most importantly. my parents who molded me into this imperfect creature standing before you.
Hanover Area Jshs
Wilkes Barre, PA
Graduated: 1985
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: College Prep
Clubs: National Honor Society, Track, School Newspaper
About me: I am a retired Navy veteran. My best education came not at any school but from seeing people all over the world. What my military career taught me was that violence is never the answer to anything and that I want to change the world -- with God and Jesus at the forefront. I enjoy writing and playing the keyboard, the harmonica and playing baseball. I attend Calvary Chapel in Philadelphia where I am repairing my soul. I'm married with 3 really great kids. I love UFC and Strikeforce on NBC. Cung Le is the best! I play a poor harmonica & an even worse keyboard.
Who I'd like to meet: All the Yin and Yang of the human race; the serious and the not so serious. The poetic and unpoetic. Political progressives, Social activists, and environmentally concious people, writers, musicians, Judeo-Christians, Muslims, and Parrotheads (it's kind of a religion) historians, and anyone else I haven't yet mentioned.
I am interested in helping end the scourge of human trafficking.
