Tool, A.P.C., Klayton from Celldweller, Critters Buggin', Matt Chamberlain (drummer), Earl Harvin (drummer, etc.), David M. Hutchison, Jr. (drummer), Old School Smashing Pumpkins, Danny Lohner (Renholder), Duran Duran, Enya, Tori Amos, Fuel: Something Like Human, Imogen Heap, Massive Attack, Bjork, Cibo Matto, U2, Fiona Apple, Iona, Jeff Buckley, Dave Navarro, Peter Gabriel, Pillar, Seal, Sting, The Police, My Brightest Diamond, Mute Math, Blindside, Further Seems Forever, Depeche Mode, Neuroticfish, The Birthday Massacre, Karsh Kale, Poe, BT, Soul Coughin', Rubberbullet (available at Amazon.com), Deprogrammed, Catherine Wheel, EELS, Bitter:Sweet, Blue Stahli, Vertical Horizon, DJ Shadow, Unkle, Radiohead, Astral Projection, Enigma, Frou Frou, Gogol Bordello, Ours, Mur, Plumb, Portishead, EBTG, M.I.A., Stina Nordenstam, Soundgarden, Zeromancer, and many others.
Movies
Gattaca!, The Princess Bride, Departed, Batman Begins, (Star Wars III, IV, V, VI), Hitch, Dune, Toy Story2, V for Vendetta, Terminator II, LOTR, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Saving Private Ryan, Jackie Chan movies, The Incredibles, Cars, Finding Nemo, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, National Geographic: Relentless Enemies, The Fifth Element, Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, The Bourne Identity, A Beautiful Mind, Meet the Parents, X-Men I and II, I Robot, The Matrix, The Green Mile, Superman, Minority Report, Dumb and Dumber, The Italian Job, Sleepy Hollow, The Chronicles of Riddick, 007: Casino Royale, Labyrinth, Kung Fu Hustle, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, others.
Television
Rare indulgence of the Science Channel-HD and Discovery Channel, PBS (Nova), The Big Bang Theory, and that's mostly it.
Books
I haven't read most of these yet, but I will be freeing up a lot of time in the near future to help with that.
Science:
Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime (Aubrey de Grey)
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Ray Kurzweil)
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence (Ray Kurzweil)
Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind (Gary Marcus)
The Birth Of The Mind: How A Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought (Gary Marcus)
Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are (Joseph LeDoux)
The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century (John Brockman)
Beyond AI: Creating the Conscience of the Machine - (J. Storrs Hall)
The Lost Self: Pathologies of the Brain and Identity - (Todd E. Feinberg)
Space: A HISTORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Universe (Nicolas Cheetham)
Philip's Astronomy Encyclopedia
Principles of Genetics: Sixth Edition (Robert H. Tamarin)
The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in The Cosmos
Cassell's Laws of Nature (James Trefil)
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the READING BRAIN (Maryanne Wolf)
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
Moral Calculations: Game Theory, Logic, and Human Frailty (Laszlo Mero)
Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century (Neil Levy)
Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science: Essential Readings in Neuroethics
Hardwired Behavior: What Neuroscience Reveals about Morality (Laurence Tancredi)
Moral Psychology: The Evolution of Morality: Adaptations and Innateness (Volume 1)
Science and Human Values (J. Bronowski)
Why We Believe What We Believe
The Road Less Traveled (Scott Peck, M.D.)
Save Your Hearing Now: The Revolutionary Program That Can Prevent and May Even Reverse Hearing Loss
Religion:
The Case For Faith (Strobel)
The Case For Christ (Strobel)
The Purpose Driven Life (Warren)
Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Pathway to Joy (Crabb)
A 31-Day Guide to Prayer (Andrew Murray)
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
The End of Faith
Breaking The Spell (Dennett)
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold (Acharya S)
Who Was Jesus?: Fingerprints of The Christ (Acharya S/D.M. Murdock)
Miscellaneous:
Peace Between the Sheets (Marnia Robinson)
The Wishsong of Shannara
1984 (Orwell)
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A New Earth (Eckhart Tolle [Bought this used because it sounds dumb to me and Oprah has everyone reading it.])
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I'm moving towards design engineering... fusion is already perfected... the only thing that isn't it the ability to contain the reaction... hense the reason why it's not used... the plasma leaks out... apparently we haven't figured out how to contain a sun yet... but we will. I'm going to specialize in Thermodynamics @ Drexel so i'll be pretty much working towards the practical use of said fusion... hopefully by the time I finish the ME they'll have already perfected containment :)
Yeah... failed banks suck. WaMu deserved what they got. Bad business practice should never be rewarded... Job's great. I love mechanics and design and big, old power plants that need constant repair... lots of OT :)
Hey Dallas! Yeah, so I've been busy as all hell so I pretty much accepted a while ago and I figured I'd get around to saying hi later... like now. What's up fellow anti-religious prophet?
I enjoy laying in the sun, reading - it's relaxing. I started finding that I was tanning uneven though, so it turned into more extensive monitoring of tha taaaan. Mmmmhm. I ended up very dark. I'm not too worried about skin cancer. I think I know how I'll die. Seen it in premonitions.
Great to hear from you! Thanks for the comments. I'm so proud of you for furthering your education and pursuing this career path. Sounds like a perfect fit. Good luck with school, and keep me updated.
Hey mister man!!! I have so much to talk to you about!!! I started a new job and the office is currently in Dallas, but we are moving into a brand new building right off Eldorado and HWY 75 in January 2008...
Hey you! Thanks for the comment! It's been a long time. A lot has changed here but you still look the same and not a day older! So how have you been? Hope everything is going well for you!
