Electronics, photography, computers, ham radio, weather, gardening, and writing - although not necessarily in that order.
Music
Anything with a beat and a message, excluding rap and country western. I also can't stand songs where the singer expresses "deep personal feelings" from the soulful depths of their overactive imaginations.
Movies
Sci-fi movies that don't have sci-fi as the main focus. Examples: Pleasantville, Back To The Future, Peggy Sue Got Married, Big, and so on.
Television
Non-Seinfeldian humor. Examples: Unusual people in usual situations, like the "Tag Sale" episode of Venture Brothers where scientists and supervillains had a yard sale. Also, usual people in unusual situations, as in the reverse.
Books
Ones that entertain. Nobody likes to read Hawthorne and answer 10 questions on symbolism, foreshadowing, and so on. In a good book, you don't care what the main characters ate for breakfast or what color shirts they wore.
Heroes
Not Superman or Batman, neither soldier nor fireman. How about the guy who saved a 911 emergency dispatch center from a crashed phone system, or the guy and his wife who raise a special needs granddaughter.
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Electrical engineering/electronics
Minor: Flunking out
Clubs: Amateur Radio club (W3MGF)
1977 to 1978
Lincoln Hs
Philadelphia, PA
Graduated: 1977
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Surviving walking past the "Animal Hall"
Minor: Getting a date (flunked that)
Clubs: Latin club, Amateur Radio club, orchestra
Company: You really think I'd post that? City: Undisclosed location, US Title: Evil Genius Division: I use a calculator for that.
Employed: Now, and I want to keep it that way!
Old Comedywriter 's thought for the day: Nothing gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside like breathing in lint from the dryer. Posted at 2:22 AM Apr 26 view more
Born, raised, graduated, hired, married. How's that for generic?
Yes, my name IS Earl.
Who I'd like to meet: Space aliens. I refuse to believe that, even though they are superior to us in every way, they must always be the assholes of the universe.
hi ya OCW -- sorry I haven't been around much. Life -- ya know? Anyway, I'm trying to decide if I really am a writer or just a wanna be writer. Time is pressing. I'm turning the big 5-0 in January. I hate growing up. ;)
