Jason Ward

About me

Gender Male
Industry Communications or Media
Occupation Satellite, Wideband and Telemetry Systems
Location Rodenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Introduction Hello. I am 29y, originally from New Jersey, but now living/working in Germany. I love music, reading and, in particular, travelling. I feel at home in Europe and I 'd like to stay here as long as possible - maybe forever. Anyhow, enjoy this blog and please be sure to check out some of these great links (linkit) here on this page.
Interests Music, Traveling, Midsummer Nights, Sarcasm, Finland, Tampere, Non-Fiction Literature, History, Geopolitics, Noam Chomsky, Tina Fey, NATO, Satellites, IT, Policy Debate, Information, Obama, Energy, New York Jets, PBS, Medical Marijuana Reform
Favorite Movies Shawshank Redemption, Der Untergang (German), Amelie (France), Fog of War, Office Space, Fargo, City of God (Brazil), Goodbye Lenin (German), Syriana, Schindler's List, Conspiracy (HBO), Pi, Trainspotting, Life Aquatic, Enemy of the State, Great Escape, Quiz Show, Empire of the Sun, Goodfellas, Dr. Strangelove, Usual Suspects, das Boot (German), Man without a Past (Finnish), Cuckoo (Russian, Finnish Sami), NaPola (German), The Edukators (German), das leben der anderen (German), Sorrow and the Pity (France), No Man's Land, This is England, The Butterfly and the Diving Bell
Favorite Music Portishead, Emiliana Torrini, Theavery Corporation, Trespassers William, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Ben Folds Five, Tony Rice, Zeppelin, Floyd, Doc Watson, Radiohead, Beethoven, Shins, Dave Matthews, David Grisman, Rilo Kiley, Neko Case, Azure Ray, Polarkreis 18, Simon and Garfunkel, Coldplay, Laura Veirs, The Decemberists, Björk, and some many that there is no point going on
Favorite Books Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand), The Prince (Machiavelli), Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (Shirer), Brave New World (Huxley), The Will to Power (Nietzsche), Roosevelt's Secret War (Persico), Talvisota (Antti Tuuri), The Gathering Storm (Churchill), Their Finest Hour (Churchill), 1984, Industrial Society and Its Future (Kaczynski aka.. Unabomber), Chomsky Reader, The Anti-Chomsky Reader, Diplomacy (Kissinger), Foreign Affairs (Magazine), The Economist (Magazine), Various Political Books, mostly history and philosophy

You forgot your mom's birthday! What can you make out of super glue and olive pits?

A Stiff martini