brian

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Government
Occupation	Firefighter
Location	Riverside, California, United States
Introduction	Just some guy who drives a fire engine for a big department here in Southern California. Husband to the always beautiful wife.mom.nurse.blogspot.com. Father of two school kids who are genetically incapable of cleaning up their !@#% rooms. Former English teacher for Cal State Northridge. Former writer, and assistant editor of a film & video magazine. Former shift manager for Licorice Pizza. And before that, I was a paper boy, I think…
Interests	things that burn, writing...
Favorite Movies	Almost Famous, Elizabeth Town, Blade Runner, North by Northwest, Dr. Zhivago
Favorite Music	U2, Jimmie Vaughan, B.B. King, J.J. Cale, Kenny Burrell, Brad Mehldau, Medeski Martin & Wood, David Gilmour, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Zep, Black Crowes, Jars of Clay, Bob Dylan
Favorite Books	Stuff by Bukowski, Hemingway, Huxley, Tim O'Brien, and Tom McGuane; "Pattern Recognition" by William Gibson; "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman; "Enough" by Bill McKibben; “Velvet Elvis” by Rob Bell; “Generous Orthodoxy”; and “Secret Message of Jesus” by Brian McLaren...