Writer, independent scholar, professional linguist and translator, U.S. military veteran living in the northwest. I love the outdoors, stories and... more
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interests
- What I would Change About the World: An increase of empathy in human beings for one another and other forms of life.
- Current Project: "The Year of a Thousand Dragonflies" - a reflective journey of craft and imagination.
- Influences/Heroes: Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa, Anais Nin, Virginia Woolf, Ayn Rand, Carl Sagan, David Suzuki, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Atwood, Mary Oliver
- Organizations: The Sierra Club, Brights, ACLU, Amnesty International
- Political Bent: Classical Liberal/Libertarian
- Favorite Bands: Seal, Jean Luc Ponty, Miles Davis, Coldplay, Philip Glass, Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel, Baaba Maal
- Favorite Directors: Darren Aronofsky, Peter Jackson, Ridley Scott, M. Night Shyamalan, The Wachowski Brothers
- Favorite Movies: The Fountain, Contact, Phenomenon, Solaris, Code 46, Pi, Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqatsi, Naqoyqatsi, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix Trilogy
- Favorite TV Shows: NUMB3RS, CSI, CSI NY, Stargate Atlantis, Heroes, Brimstone, Journeyman, Survivors, Fringe, Caprica
- Favorite Track: "Barra Barra" by Rachid Taha, "Still" by Baaba Maal
- Celebrity Crush: Nicole Kidman
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- Naumadd voted up Liberals turn to violence...again 1 year ago
SEATTLE — Black-clad protesters using sticks and bats smashed stores and automobile windows during May Day demonstrations that turned violent in Seattle, and police recovered homemade... more
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- Naumadd voted up 10 Questions To Ask Your Favorite Conservative 1 year ago
Why is it that when people hoard things, they are a scourge on society and when they hoard money, they are job creators? In fact, aren’t the people that buy things the true job creators?... more
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- Naumadd voted up Black-clad Anarchists Storm Seattle 1 year ago
Dressed in black, their faces covered, they struck quickly and then seemingly disappeared. The anarchists responsible for much of the violence during Tuesday’s May Day protests employed a... more
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- Naumadd voted up Black-clad Anarchists Storm Seattle 1 year ago
Dressed in black, their faces covered, they struck quickly and then seemingly disappeared. The anarchists responsible for much of the violence during Tuesday’s May Day protests employed a... more
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- Naumadd voted up Black-clad Anarchists Storm Seattle 1 year ago
Dressed in black, their faces covered, they struck quickly and then seemingly disappeared. The anarchists responsible for much of the violence during Tuesday’s May Day protests employed a... more
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- Naumadd voted up First evaluation of the Clean Water Act effects on coastal waters reveals major successes 1 year ago
Levels of copper, cadmium, lead and other metals in Southern California's coastal waters have plummeted over the past four decades, according to new research from USC. Samples taken off... more
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- Naumadd voted up Scientist debunks misleading coverage of wind farm study 1 year ago
A recent study of satellite data found that nighttime land temperatures in the immediate vicinity of wind turbines in Texas have increased relative to nearby areas without turbines. Conservative... more
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- Naumadd voted up Yosemite Range of Light 1 year ago
Shawn Reeder - I am a destination visual artist who specializes in photography, timelapse cinematography, & filmmaking. I love to travel, so if you have a project in some far flung... more
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- Naumadd voted up Unimaginable Horror as Helicopter-Borne Poachers Massacre 22 Elephants Before Hacking Off Their Tusks and Genitals 1 year ago
Daily Mail... . . Unimaginable horror as helicopter-borne poachers massacre 22 elephants before hacking off their tusks and genitals Record numbers of ivory seizures amid rise of... more
