Dave

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About me

Gender Male
Location United States
Introduction I don't smoke, but here’s a picture of me with a cigarette. I know what you're thinking, "Dave looks mighty cool right there.” I agree.

Stuck in the crushing, joyless world of so-called professional journalism and its lesser moons (short-form reviews and service journalism), I longed for a better home where investigative reporting, spot-on trend analysis and erudite wit were rewarded. Instead, I created Maximum Awesome.

Interests philosophy, film, writing, humor, action figures, idiocy, ontology, epistemology, beer, NFL football, Jets, Harlan Ellison, Hunter Thompson, Quine, Thorstein Veblen, movies, tv, pop culture, screenwriting, Ponch
Favorite Movies 8 1/2, Antonioni's Blow Up, Barton Fink, Manhattan, Ingmar Bergman, Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky
Favorite Music Rancid, Sonic Youth, Bad Religion, NOFX, Fugazi, Le Tigre, Dead Boys, Pulp, Minor Threat, Social Distortion, Black Flag, Tool, Limp, Anti-Flag, Cream, Otis Redding, Bach, Ravel, Chopin, Prokofiev
Favorite Books Alright, enough, of the, profile stuff..., Just ask me, if you've got, a question.

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

Who am I to stand in the way of such colossal ignorance? Go Flat Earth Society! Go and spread your unique brand of stupidity!