: About Me

Getting Old.

Skewed. Maybe even crazy.

Never satisfied.

A pain in the ass.

A little too attached to a four legged friend.

Enjoy the outdoors. But do not get out enough.

A loving husband. Hopefully she never doubts it.

A proud father.

My passion is ...

My family. Friends. Those damn dogs.

I know too much about ...

routines and structure.

My parents always told me ...

you better leave that thing alone.

My childhood ambition ...

to be the cowboy wearing the white hat.

My favorite memory ...

My wife and I hearing our son's heartbeat for the first time.

Why I write ...

beats television and drinking.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading up on wildlife conservation laws for class. watching planet earth. listening to a lot of STP lately.

My first job ...

ironing my father's pants for a quarter a pair.

My best moment ...

that first date with Tricia.

My inspiration ...

Tricia. Dignan. And those who live by simple means.

Entertainment > Directors & Film Makers Vampyres from France: Exploring the films of Jess Franco

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In my early teens, I used to work at a video store and can remember feeling funny, almost dirty, when restocking the shelves with certain movies. The graphics on the VHS boxes are still vivid in my mind, topless women with ecstasy and pain written all over their faces. And blood, there was always blood splattered across the image. Then as I got a little older and more curious, I viewed a couple of these films, and that funny, dirty feeling turned into guilt. I felt as if I had to shower and I thought to myself, as I attempted to scrub away the shame, who would make such movies? Like Luis B...

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