M.R.F
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Gemini
- Occupation: Newman-esque Postal Worker
- Location: Springfield : Massachusetts : United States
Which do you prefer and why: whittling with soap or whistling with wood?
Why are we here?
Interests
- My wife
- my son
- dreaming
- reading
- drawing
- painting
- Red Sox Baseball
- baseball
- music
- home improvement
- bettering myself
- evolution
- Peace
- Justice and true Democracy.
Favorite Music
- Wilco
- The Wallflowers
- Bob Dylan
- Phish
- The Band
- Pearl Jam
- Uncle Tupelo
- Son Volt
- Jay Farrar
- Ben Folds (Five)
- Bright Eyes
- Youth Group
- DMB
- Widespread Panic
- The Meters
- Handsome Family
- Indigo Girls
- My Chemical Romance
- Fall Out Boy
- Beatles
- Rolling Stones
Favorite Books
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
- anything by Edward Hoagland
- Annie Dillard
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Philip K. Dick
- Hunter S. Thompson
- or Michael Swanwick
- The Hyperion and Eymedion series by Dan Simmons (though I don't care for the parts where he as narrator inserts his narrow-minded political & social beliefs)
- About a Boy and High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- The Dark Towers Series (OK
- OK
- mainly books 1-4
- I didn't care as much for the "post-car accident" books
- though I think its wonderful he finished his masterpiece
- and the last few paragraphs of book 7 kinda let the reader re-envision/rewrite the whole series in his/her head anyway--which is nice for us imaginative folks) by Stephen King
- Birthday Monsters by Sandra Boynton
- and on and on
M.R.F's Blogs
| Blog Name | Team Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield, MA Union News | ||
| Joe's Union Review | Charles Lezette PaulVa USLEAP AJ Tammy Jeff Ballinger Joe638NYC Bill the Lather Richard The Union Girl |