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Monday, 12 March 2012

Friday, 27 January 2012

  • Stroller Sleepies

    Charlie woke up at 3:15 this morning. So after a few hours of him tormenting me, I dressed Charlie for school an hour early and took him on a walk in a stroller in the hopes that he would catch a nap. He insisted he bring his Elmo book and then probably fall asleep holding it.

    "I love my Elmo book! But I love my sleep more!"

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Friday, 20 January 2012

  • What's for lunch

    I'm on a high fiber, low fat diet. It is tough, but I'm feeling much healthier. Here is lunch from a local deli. Tofu, mozzarella, broccoli, greens and a little chicken. I miss my old meals, but am getting healthy for my kids.

    What's for lunch for you today?

Chatboard (213)

  • vdwpatrick
    free ebook downloads
  • vdwpatrick
    great pictures :) the kid is so cute... ebooks
  • kytarra@hoodstars
    Hey John, How you been? How is your wife doing? How is the baby doing? i know all cant wait until the baby born well i hope everything is well.
  • IfWallsCouldTalk21
    hey john. hope everything's okay. it's been a long while since your last post. hope you and your mrs are well, and that your little one is growing well and strong.
  • ninja3
    Hi John can I ask u something am if your neighbor is right next to u and a child has been abuse by the father and mother what will u do and they brought her to the room and you saw them right in front of you and they saw you looking at them and they say it's none of your concern what I do to our chi
    • Posted 8/11/2009 1:13 PM
    • by ninja3

Books

  • Favorite Books: Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, The Diamond Age... The Goal, Toyota Production System... A Wild Sheep's Chase
  • Favorite Authors: Neal Stephenson, Malcolm Gladwell, Haruki Murakami, Shigeo Shingo
  • Favorite Genres: Biographies, Memoirs, Business History, Scifi, Fantasy, History of Science, Journalism, Military History, Political Science... basically, I'm a nerd.
  • Favorite Characters: Sherlock Holmes (I'm a cliche), Edward Cullen (just kidding)
  • Recent Reads: The Case for Goliath, The Elements of Journalism, Beyond Band of Brothers, Scalia Dissents, Raising the Bar

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: The Paper Chase
  • Favorite Actors: Harrison Ford (pre Hollywood Homicide), Kiefer Sutherland (post Jack Bauer)
  • Favorite Directors: David Lean
  • Favorite Genre: documentaries, action movies (with big explosions), foreign flicks with subtitles (because I am going deaf... why don't all movies have subtitles?!)
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: I've got a bad feeling about this
  • Movies I can watch over and over: The Paper Chase
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Jack Bauer

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Burnout 3, Burnout Revenge, Tribes 2, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, Starcraft Broodwar
  • Consoles: Xbox
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Digdug, Elevator Action, Gauntlet, Street Fighter 2 (where I would get schooled by 6 year olds mashing the buttons).
  • Most Addictive: Probably Diablo 2
  • Proudest Achievements: Finishing all five single player missions in Tribes 2 on the hardest level, without dying once.

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About Me

  • I believe that children are our future. Teach them well, and let them lead the way.

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More About Me

  • Nicknames: My nickname growing up was "Xanga". It was an acronym for Xceptionally Awesome Ninja GangstA.
  • Religion: Xanga
  • Website: http://www.xanga.com

High School

  • School Name: South Lakes High School
  • Class of: 1992
  • Attended: 1988 - 1992

College

  • School Name: Dartmouth College
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 1996
  • Attended: 1992 - 1996
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Economics, Japanese
  • Minor(s): Engineering

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: French Bistro, Steakhouse, Korean, Thai. Also, greasy spoon diners.
  • Favorite Dishes: Anything with carbs in it. Also: steaks, eggs, and broccoli.
  • Favorite Desserts: Cheesecake
  • Favorite Drinks: Diet Peach Snapple
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Cool Ranch Doritos
  • Favorite Restaurants: 'ino, Danal

Travel

  • Places I love: Xanga. Oh you mean like, real places? Ok here goes: Tuscany, New York City, Tokyo, the Philippines, and anywhere that feels like "family"
  • Places I've been: Italy, South of Spain (sounds cooler than just saying "Spain" huh), Japan, the Philippines... that's about it.
  • Places to see before I die: I would like to go to North Africa, and visit the ruins of Carthage.
  • Dream Vacation: I don't really take vacations, except to visit my family.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Keane, Maroon 5, Lauren Hill
  • Favorite Albums: Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson, ok basically when anyone meets Oscar Peterson
  • Favorite Genre: Jazz standards, Funk, R&B, and whatever Keane/Maroon 5 are
  • Favorite Songs: The Touch of Your Lips, with Ben Webster on Sax
  • Guilty Pleasure: Pink
  • Songs I repeat the most: My headphones broke so I am music-less.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: 24, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Cheers, Seinfeld, Lois & Clark <-- I guess I haven't watched a lot of TV ever since this thing called the "Internet" came out.
  • Favorite Channels: HBO, any channel with Law & Order on it
  • Favorite Reruns: Three's Company
  • Most Addictive Show: 24
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Conan. And for the record: everyone says that Dave Letterman is better than Jay, but I totally disagree. Dave is so bitter and angry... I feel sorry for him
  • Favorite Episode: Season 5 of 24, when Jack Bauer kills the President of the United States! Just kidding... did I get you?
  • Show I Secretly Watch: The Nanny. She was working at a bridal shop in Flushing Queens, when her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes. Awesome.
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: La Femme Nikita