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Gerald_Waving my Freak-flag High ~ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ~ Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" ('Great Soul') Gandhi
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People say I'm:
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Describe Yourself:
Prefers, or perhaps confuses the fantasy with the 'real' thing. (or sees no difference)
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On Gather, I'm Looking For ...:
Perhaps another way to exercise my fingers, perhaps to determine if there are any earthlings worth saving when the time comes to leave this troubled planet.
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Favorite Music, Artists, Genres:
Although I pretty much grew up on hillbilly music and blues,
which evolved into rock and roll,
I love reggae,
classical,
flamenco,
middle eastern,
and much more. And lest we forget,
high praise to Country Joe and the Fish! (I sure as HELL wouldn't want to live on a planet devoid of music). Luigi Boccherini,
Georg Philip Telemann,
Johann Christian Bach,
Giuseppe Tartini,
Antonio Vivaldi,
Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach,
Celtic Music,
Flamenco,
Afro Celt Sound System,
Gino d' Auri,
Loreena McKennitt,
Junior Wells,
Jeff Beck,
Third World,
Big Youth,
Of course--Brother Bob (Robert Nestor) Marley,
Killer Miller,
Pietro Locatelli,
Mauro Guliani,
Ferdnando Carulli,
For 20 Years,
I bought NOTHING but Blues and/or Reggae,
but when "RAP" started creeping into it,
my taste abruptly switched to Chamber music! Music of the Spheres.
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Favorite Books, Writers, Genres:
fantasy,
mystery,
history,
Moonheart,
Mulengro,
Someplace to be Flying,
Widdershins,
Angel of Dakness,
Riddle of the Wren,
Harp of the Grey Rose,
Wolf Moon,
Svaha,
Promises to Keep,
Greenmantle,
Into The Green,
Onion Girl,
Blue Girl,
The Little Country,
From a Whisper to a Scream,
The Dreaming Place,
The Wild Wood,
Little (Grrl) Lost (anything by Charles de Lint),
Shadow of the Lion,
This Sceptred Isle,
This Rough Magic,
Reserved for the Cat (anything by Mercedes Lackey),
Wars of Light and Shadow (Janny Wurtz),
Solstice Moon,
Od Magic,
In The Forests of Serre,
(anything by Patricia McKillip),
Alice Hoffman,
Count of Monte Christo by A. Dumas,
Hadon of Ancient Opar and Flight to Opar,
by Phillip José Farmer,
FIRE in the HEAD~Shamanism & The Celtic Spirit-by Tom Cowan,
TALYN by Holly Lisle,
Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs,
The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour,
Candide by Voltaire...Hell,
I could be at this for a month and still not name all my favorites!,
Charles De Lint,
Mercedes Lackey,
Patricia McKillip,
Alice Hoffman,
Holly Lisle,
Thomas Perry,
Ann Perry,
Eric Flint,
Alexandre Dumas (père),
Janny Wurtz,
and as much Kahlil Gibran as I can get my hands on!
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Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres:
Secret of Roan Inish,
Brotherhood of the Wolf,
What Dreams May Come,
The Musketeer,
Underworld and Underworld Evolution,
Rockers,
Over The Hedge,
12 Monkeys,
The Fifth Element,
Magorium's Wonder Emporium,
Heart Like a Wheel (the Shirley Muldowney Story),
King Arthur,
Jeckyl and Hyde Together Again,
Erin Brockovitch,
Countryman (Jamaican Obeah),
Witches of Eastwick,
Bourne Trilogy,
Harry Potter Flicks,
Lord of the Rings Trilogy,
Planet Earth; Actors: Milla Jovovich,
Dakota Fanning,
Jodie Foster,
Paul Scofield,
Kate Beckinsale,
Bruce Willis,
Morgan Freeman,
Maggie Smith,
Gary Oldman,
Clive Owen,
George Clooney,
Anthony Hopkins,
Will Smith,
Derek Jacoby,
Antonio Banderas,
Brad Pitt,
Jet Li,
Bill Pullman,
Clint Eastwood,
Ioan Gruffudd,
Terrence Howard,
Freddie Highmore,
Dakota Blue Richards,
Denzel Washington,
Daniel Craig,
Sam Elliott,
Jack Nicholson
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Favorite TV Shows, Actors:
history,
Sharpe's Rifles,
History Channels (especially International),
Discovery,
Giants Baseball,
Without a Trace,
Nature,
Nova,
Leverage (Beth Riesgraf!),
but usually keep the damned thing turned turned off,
I just like to keep it ready and able to watch what I choose,
as long as it's in High Definition!
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Favorite Places:
My house,
and up on Mount Tamalpais,
Stinson Beach,
CA,
or ANYWHERE in the company of a beautiful woman! Sacred Groves,
anywhere there's a chamber ensemble playing the music of Luigi Boccherini,
The Otherworld,
Dreamtime,
Forests,
and of course,
any of the 18 libraries in Marin County,
and wherever I can see Carla Gugino.
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Interests and Activities:
Fantasy,
Speculative fiction,
mysteries,
ancient history,
Computer graphics (CorelDraw,
PhotoShop,
CorelPhotoPaint),
Giants baseball,
fantasy art,
all I can learn about,
also,
I am growing Concord grapes among other things,
I love to cook,
Computer graphics--hobby as well as vocation,
18th Century Chamber Music,
Blues guitar (alas,
I am grossly out of practice),
Interrested in Just about everything but polytricks ~ and Oh Yeah--BUYIN' STUFF!
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