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About me

Gender	Male
Occupation	craftsman
Location	Seattle, Washington, United States
Introduction	I grew up in Missoula Montana, and moved to Seattle in 1987 where I worked as a pharmacist. I was one of the founding members of the Jim Rose sideshow in the early 1990's, and toured all around the world for several years doing that. I returned to the Norman Rockwell world of pharmacy when I came back, but eventually left in 2002. Since then I've been building lamps. I weld the bases and lampshade frames, and wrap the lampshades with a variety of materials including polyester, Nylon, fiberglas, Nomex, and my favorite, Kevlar. I sell my lamps with my girlfriend Dana, who sells Russian lapel pins, at an outdoor market in Fremont, here in Seattle. I like things that are extreme, particularly ideas and behaviors that are on the "cutting edge" between reality and fantasy, like sideshow and Bigfoot.
Interests	Welding, solid geometry, sideshow, carbon nanotubes, Kevlar, Nomex, polypropylene wallets, ball lightning, microwave oven plasma, Leatherman Super tool, rectilinear motion,
Favorite movies	To Live and Die in LA
Favorite music	I mostly like what was called "hard rock" when I was growing up, unfortunatly it's now called "classic rock".... Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Van Halen, Devo, were all favorites in high school and college. In the Early 1990's I was lucky enough to be around some of the Seattle bands, particulary in 1992 on Lollapalooza. Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mother Love Bone, and Alice in Chains are some of my Seattle favorites. Lately I've been discovering Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot.
Favorite books	How to Draw a Straight Line, Alfred Bray Kempe. Why I am not a Christian, Bertrand Russell. Strange Creatures from Time and Space, John Keel. Language, Truth, and Logic, A.J. Ayer.