Randy
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Introduction | Music is a big part of my life, and I have a number of favorite songs that fit my mood at any given time; that is, happy and upbeat, serious, inspirational, melancholy. To me, not all songs have to have some deep, serious meaning to them, but are just for fun. Jokes and joking are also a big part of my life, and in some quarters, I'm known for my one liners. Politically I'm interested in economic populism/progressivism, with emphasis on income distribution and health care. |
| Interests | Music, classic rock, rock-n-roll, pop music, American History, German History, European history, World War II, World War Two, Second World War, equality, history, Tsar Nicholas II, Czar Nicholas II, Romanovs, Rasputin, comedy, economic populism, income inequality, income gap, progressivism, workers,workers' rights, unions, AFL-CIO, Teamsters, SEIU, Fraternal Order of Police, American Postal Workers Union, APWU, NALC,National Association of Letter Carriers, AFSCME, Transport Workers Union, United Auto Workers, genealogy, libraries, equality, linguistics,languages, English, Sprachen, German, Deutsch, Dialekte, Mundart, Mundarten, Hessisch, Oberhessisch, Plattdeutsch, Germanic languages, etymology, English etymology, animal welfare, dogs, mental health, human behavior, blogging, cooking, ethnic foods, German food, Indian food, Korean food, Thai food, chai, German beer, English brown ales, American brown ales, brown ales, hot peppers, chili peppers, Ohio Valley, Germany, Deutschland, Austria, Österreich, Switzerland, Schweiz, Alsace, Elsass, England, Hessen, Oberhessen, Marburg an der Lahn, Marburg/Lahn, Marburg, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Stadtallendorf, England, Apple Wine, Apfelwein, Ebbelwoi, Altbier, Stilton cheese, Stilton, Eiswein, gorgonzola, gorgonzola cheese, Limburger chesse, Pecorino Romano, pumpernickel bread, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Cleveland |
| Favorite movies | East of Eden Mini Series, East of Eden, Bang The Drum Slowly, For Whom The Bell Tolls, It's A Wonderful Life, Gandhi, Of Mice and Men, Gone With The Wind, Khartoum, Der Untergang, Downfall, The Oxbow Incident, 12 Angry Men, Patton, Becket, Lovers and Other Strangers, Breaking Away, McHale's Navy Joins The Air Force, Rio Bravo, Hitlerjunge Salomon, Europa Europa, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Schindler's List, Big Man On Campus, Bridge On The River Kwai, The Best of Enemies, The Good Earth, Sophie Scholl-The Final Days, Sophie Scholl-Die Letzten Tage, The Bridge, Die Brücke, Meet John Doe, Das Boot, The Boat, Nowhere In Africa, Nirgendwo In Afrika, Stalag 17, Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, The Cincinnati Kid, In Cold Blood, Falling Down, Amadeus, Of Human Bondage, Nicholas & Alexandra, Best Day Ever, A Tale of Two Cities, Sleuth, The Last Of Sheila, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, A Big Hand For The Little Lady, The Captain, Der Hauptmann, Witness for the Prosecution, Lilies of the Field, Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Brokeback Mountain, Phantom of the Opera (1943), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), |
| Favorite music | The Moody Blues, The Guess Who, ELO, Electric Light Orchestra, Kansas, The Grass Roots, Guns N Roses, Todd Rundgren, The Alan Parsons Project, Billy Squier, AC/DC, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, The Doobie Brothers, Foghat, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Sweet, Queen, Steve Winwood, Bad Company, Styx, Bon Jovi, Aretha Franklin, R.E.M., Dan Fogelberg, Sly & The Family Stone, Def Leppard, Ray Charles, Blue Oyster Cult, Jason Mraz, O.A.R., Glass Tiger, Toto, Tijuana Brass, 10 CC, Petula Clark, Fifth Dimension, 5th Dimension, Cher, Linda Ronstadt, Rush, Rammstein, New Radicals, Coldplay, Air Supply, Scorpions, Louis Armstrong, Eric Carmen, James Ingram, The Cleveland Orchestra, X Ambassadors, Fontella Bass |
| Favorite books | East of Eden, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Gone With The Wind, Of Mice and Men, The Oxbow Incident, The Tin Drum, Die Blechtrommel, The Bridge Of San Luis Rey, The Good Earth, All The King's Men, Nicholas and Alexandra, To Kill A Mockingbird, Babbitt |