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| Age: | 47 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Twin Cities, Minnesota |
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| Height: | 6' 0" |
| BodyType: | Average |
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| Last Login: | May 3, 2008 (594 days back) |
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About Me |
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| I live just North of the Twin-Cities - Minneapolis & St. Paul. I have two kids, Megan & Alex, and a grandson, Ben. Megan has her hands full with Ben when she's not working. Alex is working hard to save for a car. Ben loves going to the park, watching cartoons, going to day care and chasing the cats. Our dog, Jax, loves to go for walkies. The cats, Butch & Peep, follow me around the house when they're not eating, sleeping and watching the squirrels on my deck.
I like coffee shops, watching classic films, reading and listening to talk radio. I'm cable TV free as of January 2008 so I don't watch a lot of TV. I also enjoy used book stores, movies, road trips, museums, conversation, bike rides and spending time with family and friends. And did I mention that I like movies? I'm a retired Master Sergeant as of 1 October 2007; 9 years active duty with the USAF, 4 years as a weekend warrior with the Minnesota Air National Guard and 11 years active duty with the Minnesota National Guard Counterdrug Taskforce. I deployed to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, twice; the first time in support of Operation Southern Watch - keeping an eye on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. I returned home the day before 9/11/2001. My second tour was from January to May 2002 in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Over the years I've spent time in Afghanistan, Alabama, Azores, California, Egypt, Hawaii, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oman, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Washington D.C. and Washington. .. I despise time wasters. I fear distracted drivers, weavers, wedgers, gap-closers and tail-gaters. I wonder about the common sense level of the knuckleheads who ride their bicycles in the winter on slippery roads and people who run on roads any time of the year. They may feel it's their right to do so, but they'll always be on the loosing end in an accident on the road with cars, trucks and distracted drivers. I believe in Global Warming, The Patriot Act and The Global War on Terror. Further, I don't fear Global Warming, The Patriot Act, President Bush or Islamo-Terrorists. I think name calling is childish and disrespectful and doesn't elevate any debate. Respectful, sincere and thoughtful discourse of opinion is productive even if it ends in disagreement. I have yet to meet anyone who enjoys the company of someone filled with anger and negativity. Ladies; beware of the man-child. Also known as a manboy, prettyboy, player or thug. They may look like real men, but the man-child doesn't want to grow up. He'd rather play video games or gamble or hang out with another man-child than spend time with his family, friends or a woman. Sometimes he lives at home with his parents in their basement. He may also drive a vehicle with a loud exhaust or has a wale tail like spoiler attached to the trunk of his front-wheel drive car or turns up the volume on his car audio system in an effort to say "look at me, my music is loud, my car is loud and I have this thing on the trunk of my car. The man-child is a Narcissist and is ready, willing and able to take you down with him. |
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My Interests |
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| I have a wide ranging interest in film, literature and music ranging from James Bond, The Beatles and Monty Python to Shakespeare, Mozart and the Simpsons.
I enjoy history, used book stores, going for walks and bike rides. I enjoy reading, love movies and have a huge collection of books and DVDs. I also collect vintage movie posters from the 60s to the present. Jamed Bond - Casino Royal .. Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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I'd like to meet:People with similar interests - especially those into classic film.The contents of my friend's MySpace accounts, and their message posts, are their own creation and do not necessarily reflect my personal views. il buono il brutto il cattivo .. Add to My Profile | More Videos The Good The Bad And The Ugly .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Good, Bad, Ugly .. Add to My Profile | More Videos "Once Upon a Time in the West" trailer .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Trailer - A Fistful Of Dynamite .. Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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Music:I love film music! Some of the greatest composers of the genre are John Barry, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, James Horner, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman and John Williams.I also like classical: Bach, Beetoven, Mozart, Ravel, Wagner and others; and pop: AC/DC, The Beatles, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Psychedelic Furs, The Rolling Stones, The Who and 80s music. The World Is Not Enough .. Add to My Profile | More Videos You Know My Name - Casino Royale - James Bond Music Video .. Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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Movies:Classic Hollywood & foreign films, silent films, animated, documentary and shorts from all genres and eras. I have too many to list, but I have a particular interest in the films of the 1960s; Cold War-espionage-thrillers; horror films made by Universal Studios in the 1930s, 40s and 50s and then re-invented by Hammer Films in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.Our Precious Bodily Fluids .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Excerpt from the movie "Dr Strangelove" .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Dr. Strangelove - Scene 27 .. Add to My Profile | More Videos I think the best films of all time were made between 1953-1983 - filmmaking entered a period of malaise after that which continues to this day. The two magazines I subscribe to, Cinema Retro and Video Watchdog, cover this period well. Peter Sellers .. Add to My Profile | More Videos The Party .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Some of my favorite actors are Brigitte Bardot, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Bronson, Charlie Chaplin, James Coburn, Sean Connery, Peter Cushing, Clint Eastwood, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Burt Lancaster, Christopher Lee, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Peter O'Toole, Vincent Price, Peter Sellers, James Stewart, John Wayne. Check out my MySpace blog and my movie site at www.geocities.com/themoviegurufilm/main.html |
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Television:24, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr, Alias, The Avengers, Battlestar Galactica, Black Adder, The Civil War, Columbo, Cops, Firefly, Foyle's War, Futurama, Get Smart, Island at War, Kung Fu, Lexx, Lost, The Man From Uncle, Mission: Impossible, Monty Python's Flying Circus,Monty Python - Spam .. Add to My Profile | More Videos monty python-bicycle repair man .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Night Gallery, The Office, Outer Limits, Police Squad, The Prisoner, Ren & Stimpy, Seinfeld, SCTV, The Simpsons, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, UFO and The Wild Wild West. The Prisoner Intro .. Add to My Profile | More Videos I'm Cable Free - I cancelled cable TV in January of 2008 - I do like AMC, TCM, The History Channel, Fox News and a few others, but I can live without them until the cable companies offer ala-cart bundling of cable so we can choose to pay for the channels we want! |
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Books:Most of my reading these days is non-fiction, history and film books, but I read and collect film, history & science-fiction.I have a nice collection of Isaac Asimov first editions. I also collect Ian Fleming and James Bond first editions. Arthur C. Clarke, Alan Dean Foster, Michael Moorecock, Larry Niven and Harry Turtledove are a few of my other favorite authors that I read and collect. Recent reading: America Alone by Mark Steyn, America the Last Best Hope Volume II: From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom by William J. Bennett, Channel Islands: Jersey, Gurnsey, Alderney, Sark by George Forty, Cinema Retro by Lee Pfeiffer (ed), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classic Movies by Lee Pfeiffer; Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up To the Facts by Davis Dunbar & Brad Reagan; The Great Fox War Movies: The Longest Day, Patton & Tora Tora Tora by Lee Pfeiffer & Dave Worrall, James Bond Encyclopedia by John Cork; Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band that Shook Youth, Gender, and the World by Steven D. Starke; The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-1945 by Madeleine Bunting, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism by Christopher C. Horner; The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book by Deborah Lipp; Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1,500 Years by S. Fred Singer & Dennis T. Avery, Video Watchdog by Tim Lucas (ed). |
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Heroes:The United States Military, Isaac Asimov, Brigitte Bardot, John Barry, Ingmar Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Mel Brooks, Sean Connery, Francis Ford Coppola, Jacques Cousteau, Wyatt Earp, Roger Ebert, Ian Fleming, John Ford, Terry Gilliam, Ray Harryhausen, Werner Herzog, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Hope, King Kong, Stanley Kubrick, T.E. Lawrence, David Lean, Sergio Leone, Sophia Loren, Norsemen/Vikings, Peter O'Toole, The Pythons, Diana Rigg, Martin Scorsese, James Stewart, Orson Welles, John Wayne and Wim Wenders.Where Eagles Dare .. Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Single |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Minneapolis |
| Religion: | Protestant |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | College graduate |
| Occupation: | Writer/editor |
| Income: | $60,000 to $75,000 |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Top 10 Sophia Loren Movies |
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| Top 10 Sophia Loren Movies (in alphabetical order):
Arabesque
Boccaccio '70
El Cid
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Houseboat
It Started in Naples
The Millionairess
Two Nights With Cleopatra
T... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:52:00 PST |
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Top 10 Gina Lollobrigida Movies |
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| Top 10 Gina Lollobrigida Movies (in alphabetical order):
Alina
Bad Man's River
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Come September
Hotel Paradiso
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Never So Few
Strange Be... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:07:00 PST |
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Top 10 Claudia Cardinale Movies |
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| Top 10 Claudia Cardinale Movies (in alphabetical order):
Blindfold
Cartouche
Circus World
8 1/2
Fitzcaraldo
Girl With a Suitcase
Leopard
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Pink Panther
The Profes... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:06:00 PST |
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Top 10 Brigitte Bardot Movies |
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| Top 10 Brigitte Bardot Movies (in alphabetical order):
And God Created Woman
Contempt
Doctor at Sea
Don Juan (or if Don Juan Were a Woman)
The Night Heaven Fell
Naughty Girl
Please Not Now!
Plu... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PST |
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Tribute to Charlton Heston |
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| Top 10 Charlton Heston Movies (in alphabetical order):
Major Dundee
The Naked Jungle
The Omega Man
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Soylent Green
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Touch of Evil
The War Lord... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:55:00 PST |
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Post Office |
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| I attended an open interview for a non-career carrier position (read: no benefits) at the downtown St. Paul Post Office. It took all morning getting finger printed, filling out the application and the... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:45:00 PST |
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10,000 Years B.C. |
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| I never have to see this movie ever again!!! Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:39:00 PST |
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Top 10 James Bond Girls |
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| Top 10 Best James Bond Girls (in ranking order):
Pussy Galore, Goldfinger
Honey Rider, Dr. No
Tracy, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Tatiana Romanova, From Russia With Love
Domino, Thunde... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:32:00 PST |
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Top 10 James Bond Villains |
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| Top 10 Best James Bond Villains (in ranking order):
Goldfinger
Rosa Kleb, From Russia With Love
Ernst Stavro Blofeld, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Oddjob, Goldfinger
Red Grant, FR... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:19:00 PST |
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Top 10 Best James Bond Pre-Credit Teasers |
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| Top 10 Best James Bond Pre-credit Teasers (in alphabetical order):
Thunderball That jet pack is still awesome!
The Spy Who Loved Me The ski chase and parachute jump
On Her Majesty’s S... Posted by Doug, The Classic Movie Guru on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:22:00 PST |
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