Rick

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About me

Gender Male
Location New York, United States
Introduction Adventure seeker. Bicyclist. Coffee aficionado. Embracer of innovation. Designer. Food enthusiast. Mac user. Musician. Gardener. Photographer. Pragmatic environmentalist.
Interests Music, piano, melodica, my friends, good coffee, espresso, Gimme coffee, Coffea arabica, Java Pop, Pom Tea, biscotti, anise, grapefruit, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, jingle bell toast, Monin, the Blue Frog iced and blended thin mint, baking soda, hemp, bamboo, borosilicate glass, stainless steel, brushed aluminum, Mac, Apple, OS X, computers, website design, photography, Pentax, nature, peace, love, dumpster diving, energy, SUNY-ESF, recycling, gardening, cooking, sewing, sledding, snowshoeing, canoeing, kayaking, biking, swimming, camping, s'mores, hiking, running, walking, jumping, breathing, eating, ectomycorrhizal fungi, numismatics, trees, wetlands, wildlife, Pop-Tart sleeve comics, Get A Mac ads, my MacBook, community service/volunteering, public speaking, CFLs, science, engineering, technology, politics, protesting
Favorite Movies The 11th Hour, A Bug's Life, A Hard Day's Night, An Inconvenient Truth, August Rush, Blades Of Glory, Cars, The Day After Tomorrow, Fern Gully, Fido, Finding Nemo, Forrest Gump, Happy Feet, The Hemp Revolution, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Incredibles, The Lorax, Monsters, Inc., I Am Legend, Ice Age, Ratatouille, Rent, Shaun Of The Dead, Stranger Than Fiction, Thank You For Smoking, Toy Story, Wall•E, Who Killed The Electric Car?
Favorite Music The Apples In Stereo, Aqualung, Architecture In Helsinki, Augustana, The B-52's, Basshunter, The Beatles, Beck, Beirut, Billy Joel, Blue Oc Bob Dylan, Chairlift, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Blue October, The Cranberries, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Daft Punk, The Darkness, David Bowie, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Deep Forest, Divinyls, The Doors, Eisley, Elbow, The Flaming Lips, The Frames, The Flashbulb, The Format, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, The Fray, Freezepop, Fun, Galactic, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, The Grateful Dead, Hanson, Hot Hot Heat, Incubus, Islands, Jack Johnson, Jack's Mannequin, James Blunt, Jet, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Johnny Nash, Joni Mitchell, Journey, Justice, Kashmir, Keane, The Killers, The Kooks, Kraftwerk, Lily Allen, Loch Lomond, Lykke Li, The Magic Numbers, Maroon 5, The Mars Volta, MGMT, Mika, Minus The Bear, Moby, Montana Mandolin Society, Muse, Nelly Furtado, Nolan Griswold, Oasis, Of Montreal, Old Crow Medicine Show, Oren Lavie, O-Zone, Paul McCartney, Phish, Phoenix, Pink Floyd, Polarus, The Postal Service, Queen, The Raconteurs, Radiohead, The Raveonettes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, R.E.M., Rilo Kiley, The Rolling Stones, Rush, Santana, Scissor Sisters, Semisonic, The Shins, Sigur Rós, Silversun Pickups, Simon And Garfunkel, The Slip, Snow Patrol, Spleen United, Spoon, Stars, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The String Cheese Incident, Styx, The Submarines, Sufjan Stevens, Tantric, Tegan & Sara, U2, The Unicorns, Violent Femmes, The Walkmen, The Weepies, Weezer, The Who, Wilco, Yaël Naïm, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Favorite Books An Inconvenient Truth, A Sand County Almanac, Coffee, Earth In The Balance, The Green Book, Last Chance To See, Last Child In The Woods, The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook, The Lorax, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy