-ben
- Age: 953
- Gender: Male
- Occupation: Gadfly
About Me
A round peg in a world of square holes...
Interests
- Scuba diving (technical & recreational)
- swimming
- inline skating
- mountain biking
- cycle touring
- hiking
- caving
- literary events
- literary criticism
- poetry
- audiophilia
- singing
- DIY electronics
- modifying electronics
- photography
- politics
- theology
- trolling
- browsing old bookstores
- driving along the Pacific Ocean
- walks along the beach
Favorite Movies
- Godfather Trilogy
- Aliens Trilogy
- H.E.A.T.
- The Score
- Sea of Love
- Poltergeist Trilogy
- The Professional
- movies with/by Clint Eastwood
- The Hours
- Possession
- A Beautiful Mind
- The Remains of the Day
- Shadowlands
- The Royal Tenembaums
- One Hour Photo
- Koyaanisqatsi Trilogy; serious anime: Grave of the Fireflies
- Perfect Blue
- Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade
- Millenium Princess; documentaries: Life and Debt
Favorite Music
- Philip Glass
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Sergei Rachmaninov
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Gustav Mahler
- Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
- Takashi Kako
- Rodrigo Leão & Vox Ensemble
- St. Louis Jesuits
- Leonard Cohen
- Nick Cave
- Jeff Buckley
- Tori Amos
- The Doors
- Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Andrew Bird
- The Ratpack
- Voltaire
- Lycia
- John Barry
- John Williams
- Jerry Goldsmith
- James Horner
- Gabriel Yared
- Michael Nyman
- Kronos Quartet...
Favorite Books
- _Brothers Karamazov_
- _Crime and Punishment_
- _The Idiot_
- _The Sound and the Fury_
- _The Dead_
- _The Last Summer of Reason_
- _Texaco_
- _The Sea of Fertility Tetralogy_
- _The Remains of the Day_
- _Never Let Me Go_
- _Tess of the D'Ubervilles_
- _Lolita_
- _The Enigma of Arrival_
- Samuel Beckett's works
Blogs
| Blog Name | Team Members | |
|---|---|---|
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Sandbox | |
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Narcissus' Echo | |
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Pedal! Damn it! |
