James

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Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Technology
Location Charlotte, NC, United States
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Introduction A resident of Charlotte, I love keeping up with what's going on in my city. I'm a contributor with CLTblog I'm a die-hard urbanist and love exploring Earth, and I have traveled in a dozen countries and half the states so far. I'm interested in photojournalism and love learning about photography.
Interests Computers, skyscrapers, urban planning, photography, theology, mass transit, Japanese cars, Asian culture, geography, anime, Asian film, architecture & design, domestic and international travel, social and charity work.
Favorite Movies Children of Men, Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut only), Hotel Rwanda, For the Bible Tells Me So, Darfur Now, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Kite Runner, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Dark Knight, The Killing Fields, original Star Wars trilogy, various Asian films, mostly by Akira Kurosawa, John Woo, Ang Lee, Kinji Fukasaku, Zhang Yimou and others.
Favorite Music Derek Webb, Suneohair, Bump of Chicken, Yui, The Pillows, Bebel Gilberto, Telepopmusik, Pharcyde, Bonnie Pink, Buena Vista Social Club, Ben Folds Five, L'arc en Ciel, Fischerspooner, Porno Graffiti, Black Uhuru, Benjy Davis Project, Swollen Members, BOA, Going Under Ground, Von Bondies, MC Chris, Miles Davis, Suga Shikao, Spitz, Dexter Freebish, Common, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Pastor Troy, Wailing Souls, Do As Infinity, Evoka, The Brilliant Green, Sixpence None the Richer, Flemming and John, Gorillaz, Aphex Twin, Yano Maki, Gotan Project, Greta Gaines, Greyboy Allstars, Los Amigos Invisibles, Dragon Ash, Madeline Peyroux, Tito Puente, Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts, Third World, Nortec Collective, Jimmys Chicken Shack, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Hitomi, Gilles Peterson, Jim's Big Ego, MxPx, Scissor Sisters, Move, The Apex Theory, Del the Funky Homosapien, Orange Range, Shiina Ringo, Thelonious Monk, Round Table feat. Nino, The Indigo, Maxwell, The Delgados, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Burning Spear, Duke Ellington, The Skatalites, 2 Skinnee J's, Afro Cuban Allstars, Aiko, B'z, 1 Big Love, Mandy Moore, The War
Favorite Books "Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality" by Donald Miller "Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West" by T. R. Reid "Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals" by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins, "The Post-American World" by Fareed Zakaria

What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?

Do you mean in the Thomas Freedman sense?