Freedom. Music. Guitar. The UFO problem. Shark Conservation. Shark Behavior and Biology. Basic Carpentry. Computer Programming Languages. Hanging out with fun, cool people. Laughing, drinking beer and a shot or two (Ha! Only on the weekend) with cool, funny friends and checking out the scenery. Ancient civilizations of Sumer, Egypt, Mayans, Olmecs, Syrians, Babylonians, Dogon Tribe of Africa, Chachapoyas of the Andes, Trojans, Spartans, Ancient Romans , Ancient Greeks. Ancient languages like: Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, Akkadian, Sumerian, the mystique of Egyptian Hyroglyphs. The ancient history of India chronicling the skygods who travelled in vimanas or sky ships. No, I'm not an ancient astronaut theorist, but the stuff is just darned interesting to me...information transmitted to us from a chronicler who lived long, long ago. Things like the Epic of Gilgamesh [still not completely translated], the oldest known poem and a literary marvel in its own right.
Music
A bit of everything. Classical guitar; Cake; Audioslave; Jimi Hendrix; Marty Robbins; Led Zeppelin; James Brown; The Cars; Three Dog Night; Johhny Winter; Mozart; Tchaikovsky; Strauss; Peter Gabriel; Hall & Oates; Jerry Goldsmith; Johnny Cash; Les Paul & Mary Ford; Robert Johnson; Albert King; Buddy Guy; Muddy Waters; Howlin' Wolf; Danny Elfman; Heart; Cream; The Beatles; Paul McCartney;
Movies
Jaws, Close Encounters, THX 1138, The Omen (Original but new one's ok too.) Stuff with action, cool special effects, thick plots and/or good laughs. Oh yeah, hot chicks sure don't hurt either. (So then I guess X-men movies are a shoe-in. LOL.) Underworld movies, Matrix Trilogy, Star Wars movies, Blade (The first one was the best). I don't dig cheap horror flicks though, I think I would prefer psychological horror over something like Doom. (But I love the game!) I think Blade Runner was awesome, but I don't like the Director's cut, which is more available than the original with Harrison Ford's narration. They need to combine the versions somehow.
Television
The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Futurama (returning soon on Comedy Central and maybe Cartoon Network in 2008) Funny stuff, nature or animal documentaries, Mythbusters and news sometimes. Documentaries on: Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Technology, Modern Technology, etc.
Books
All sorts of stuff, but mostly non-fiction. Maybe one day I'll list my library in the blog. Anyway here's two that I love, one non-fiction and one fiction: UFOs and the National Security State by Richard M. Dolan, and Redbeard by Michael Resnick.
Heroes
Real: James E. McDonald, Ph.D.; Jacques Vallee, Ph.D.; Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC; John A. Keel; Jimi Hendrix, Elliot Easton, Michael Allsup, Floyd Sneed, All of Led Zeppelin, Art Bell, George Noory, Bruce Lee [da mastuh], Jet Li [one of the fastest dudes on the planet] and Jackie Chan [him too, in his prime]. Fictional: Selene from Underworld, Neo from The Matrix, Red Will Donahoe from Redbeard by Michael Resnick.
About me: First of all, I've gotten myself a new website: Dennypoo.com.
I am a full-time musician (in a band called DATM, sponsored by Jägermeister!) and part-time web-developer, which means I build websites. A by-product of my web design studies was an interest in video game programming, which I now have more time to explore. I read a lot of books (mostly non-fiction) and I am always learning new music, much of which I will never perform with the band, DATM, or in my solo act. It might be some classical piece or an obscure oldie. I just learn it for fun.
There are a few things that I am good at. (Things like, say, screwing up. At that, I am the master.) Some people think I am funny, but most people have no clue about the dark beast that lies just under the surface, ready to burst out unexpectedly at a moment's notice. Just kidding. I get along with most people. Maybe I'll get along with you too.
I really enjoy homonymous word play jokes. Double entendre is nice too, but I'm fascinated by the rare triple entendre, the only example I can think of is "We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed."~Groucho Marx
Other than the obvious stuff: learning new music, writing songs, performing with the band, repairing guitars, guitar instruction, playing solo and junk...I also am totally into: video gaming, video game history, video game programming [yes, I've made a few little games], marine biology, shark conservation, building things with wood, gardening, cooking [yeah , a little] and other stuff.
If you would like to download my games, you may do so here:
What many people never know about me is my interest in the "UFO problem" [interpret that phrase however you like]. I own what is likely the largest private collection of books on the subject in the area. One thing I've never even told any friends is the fact that I have even looked into a few cases involving local witnesses and corresponded with investigators from MUFON [Mutual UFO Network, the largest civilian research organization in the country] and some well known researchers who have been on many tv programs about the subject.
By a weird coincidence, a book I ordered from Amazon [used] recently was actually from the personal library of a well known UFO researcher [Philip J. Klass, debunker] who passed away last year. [His personalized gold label is inside the jacket.] How it ended up at my door may forever be a mystery...a Google Maps search of the label address turned up a building a few blocks away from the Pentagon, btw. (Turns out it was just the UFO Skeptic's Newsletter Headquarters.)
Your natural reaction to the UFO topic may be to laugh or whatever, but if your only exposure to the subject has been from the mass media, like tv, I can't say I blame you. I'm not some wild-eyed "true believer". In fact, I actually do not support the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) as the answer to the UFO question.
The truth is, when you get into some of the primary sources of info, you start to realize why the topic still represents a real problem. Even now, 38 years after the University of Colorado study and Condon Report helped the Air Force out of [public] UFO investigation, by basically saying nothing of scientific value would be obtained by further study of UFOs. It's a problem that I say needs solving...if it even can be solved...and I think it can be.
If you would like to learn about the topic, I would recommend books by Jacques Vallee, Richard M. Dolan or maybe John A. Keel. If you are new to the topic and want to know what all the fuss is, without a long read, get UFO Briefing Document, by Don Berliner [it's a book - $6.99 for the paperback]...now. Anyway, enough random info for now. Try my pics or blogs or something...or my website: Dennypoo.com!!!!!
Who I'd like to meet: You...oh yeah and Shigeru Myamoto, György Doczi, Jacques Vallee (Please, before one of us passes away), Lela Star, Ron Jeremy, Kate Beckinsale...
Won't Happen:
Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix, W.A. Mozart, James Brown, Robert Johnson, Nikola Tesla...
Guess you're getting ready to go entertain a bunch of folks for the night? I am enjoying this yummy cold beer now that I am back to the land of the living. Happy Friday!
Thank you so much, Dennis, for sending my this sad news. Indeed, I totally concur with you that John A. Keel was, without doubt, one of the foremost researchers on UFOs.
ill have to see what map support data the game carries, i think it is .map because if im not mistaken the cell factor game was also .map and it runs off of the same software engine
i was telling people on farcry 2 on ps3 about your phantasm maps on sentinal sphears . they think it would be kool if u got the game and built us some maps , i built a few mausoleums on farcry 2 and now everybody likes phantasm
