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About me

Gender Male
Occupation Clinical Research
Location Durham, North Carolina, United States
Introduction Disgruntled primate. Progressive with a libertarian/anarchist bent. Hopeful cynic. Spiritual humanist. Reclusive altruist. Outdoors type who doesn't read the sports pages. Occasional artist of sorts. Reluctant professional who loves the simple life. Prone to thinking too much and speaking my mind. "to be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." --e.e. cummings
Interests Hiking, camping, travel, drawing, painting, woodworking, reading, fishing, quality time with wife, quality time with friends, quality time with dogs and cats.
Favorite Movies Godfather 1 & 2, Matewan, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Kung Fu Hustle, Motorcycle Diaries, Lord of the Rings, Usual Suspects, Brazil, Ran, etc.
Favorite Music Not new country., Not adult contemporary., Not R&B., Not ganster rap., Most anything else, but especially, bluegrass, downtempo and drum and bass.
Favorite Books Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy), Western Lands trilogy (Willam S. Burroughs), Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac), Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson), Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Culture of Make Believe (Derrick Jensen), A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn).