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DATE OF BIRTH: 24 Jan 55 PLACE OF BIRTH: Oklahoma City, OK TIME OF BIRTH: 3:49pm NICKNAMES: Skulldude, Killer, Mad Hatter, The Big Pig, Hippie, The Black Hole of Radio, Swami HOMETOWN: Garland, TX PETS AND NAMES: From 1988 to 2002, Adolph -- a midnight black DSH cat, who was very possibly the only animal on the planet who was mellower than I am. Since February of 2007, my roomate has been Draco, an American Pit Bull Terrier with Blue Fawn coloring. He has very strict requirements about who he does and doesn't like. In order to be his best friend on the planet, you must have a pulse. He's like a furry can of love that someone shook before opening. JOB EXPERIENCE: Burger-flipper, butcher, printer, disc-jockey, real estate salesman, photographer (freelance), computer operator, tele-marketer, phone installer, voice-over talent, secretary, bartender, commercial writer, club manager HOBBIES: Reading, writing, music, rock-climbing, lapidary, scuba, leather-craft, chess, etymology, philosophy, renaissance fairs, graphic design, photography, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, freaking out people who think that their opinions constitute a natural law. COLLECTIONS: Shot glasses, combat weaponry (mostly edged), rare and classic comedy bits, Rock One-Hit-Wonders FAVE SYMBOL: Only narrowly defeating the Yin & Yang Symbol for the No. 1 spot, the winner and still Champeen, The Skull & Crossbones! (To avoid drawing erroneous conclusions, please see The Legend of Skulls) FAVE SPORT (PARTICIPATING): Swimming, surfing, scuba, diving (any water sport) FAVE SPORT (SPECTATOR): Football, baseball, tennis, billiards SPORT(S) YOU EXCEL AT: Swimming, wrestling FAVE EXPERIENCE (OF A NON-SEXUAL NATURE): Leading an ascent of White Spire (5.7) in Garden of the Gods, Colorado. SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER DONE: The crux move while leading an ascent of White Spire (5.7) in Garden of the Gods, Colorado. FAVE THINGS TO DO IN WARM/HOT MONTHS: Water volleyball, travel, beachin' it with friends FAVE THINGS TO DO IN COOL/COLD MONTHS: Climbing, camping, travel SPECIAL SKILL(S) OR TALENT(S): Promotions, writing satire/parody, facing reality CHARACTER TRAITS YOU LOOK FOR IN A PERSON: A sense of humor, compassion, a sense of adventure, open-mindedness CHURCHES: I prefer KFC FAVE COLOR: Magenta (at least THIS week) FAVE FOOD: Dungeness Crab LEAST FAVE FOOD: Anything with fat (shiver) FAVE ACTORS: Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Sean Connery, Mel Gibson, Arnold Swartzenegger, Charleton Heston, Tom Hanks, Jeff Goldblume, Malcom McDowell, Kurt Russell, Richard Dean Anderson, Woody Allen, Nick Nolte, Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Steve Buscemi, Jean Reno, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Senise, Edward Norton FAVE ACTRESSES: Jane Seymour, Cameron Diaz, Jodie Foster, Helen Hunt, Kathleen Turner, Meg Ryan, Mary Steenburgen, Daryl Hannah, Demi Moore, Gena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Sigourney Weaver, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Lee Curtis FAVE CARTOON: Bambi Meets Godzilla FAVE MOVIES: Castaway, Fiddler on the Roof, Spartacus, All That Jazz, Vanilla Sky, Galaxy Quest, The Green Mile, Regarding Henry, Stargate, The Big Lebowski, Contact, Apollo 13, The Postman, Dogma, Somewhere in Time, Young Frankenstein, Meet Joe Black, 12 Monkeys, Swordfish, The Princess Bride, Phenomenon, A Knight's Tale, The Matrix Series, The Back to the Future Series, The Planet of the Apes Series, The Alien Series, The Lord of the Rings Series, The Jurassic Park Series and 3 or 4 hundred more. MOVIE CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH THE MOST: Joe Gideon (played by Roy Scheider) in "All That Jazz." FAVE WRITERS:Robert A. Heinlein, William Shakespeare, Issac Asimov, Dean R. Koontz, Patricia Cornwell, Stephen King, Clive Cussler, John Grisham, John Sandford, Lawrence Ferlingetti, Steve Martini, Phillip Margolin, Lee Child FAVE ANIMAL: Dachshund FAVE TV SHOW: Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica FAVE DAY: My birthday FAVE MONTH: November FAVE SEASON: The holiday season FAVE HOLIDAY: New Year's Eve FAVE AMUSEMENT PARK: Schlitterbahn FAVE BANDS/MUSICIANS: The Beatles (includes all four solo careers), Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Dire Straits, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, R.E.M., Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits, Jackson Browne, Def Leppard, Cast in Bronze FAVE WORD: Synchronicity FAVORITE MOVIE LINE: [Glenn Close, in The World According to Garp, replying to her son's question, "Why did Grandpa have to die?"] "Everybody dies. Someday I'll die. Someday you'll die. The thing is, to have a life before you die. It can be a real adventure." FAVORITE SONG LINE: [Tom Waits, from Step Right Up] "Yeah, the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." FAVORITE BUILDING: The Muenster Cathedral, Ulm, Germany. On the banks of the Blue Danube, in the city where Albert Einstein was born, this 534 ft. wonder of medieval architecture boasts the tallest church steeple in the world.
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