The Wildcard
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science |
| Occupation | Life |
| Location | Missoula, MT, United States |
| Introduction | Obsessing compulsively over some things, the art of fermented beverages, playing trumpet or any other brass instruments I can get my hands on, learning about the world around me, the search for happiness, making a poor attempt to be a good student of science, trying to live a simpler life, NOT supporting companies that make the world worse (even though it MAY appear to make life better), getting hit by cars, dealing with ADHD, hitting dogs on my bike, and being an idealistic bastard pretty much make up a day in the life of me. I'm trying to reduce the amount of getting hit by cars and hitting dogs on my bicycle. |
| Interests | Good Beer--need I say more! OK I will. Music, science, history, learning in general, running, exercise, trying to living a healthy life, trying to live a simpler life, peace, quality/independent beer, brewing, laughing, entertaining myself--and so be it others, nature, hiking/camping, Geology, Climatology, Meteorology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Yourmomology, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, things related to space, caving, Germany, making miniature models of miniature models, German speaking countries, Europe, REAL football (not American football which BARELY even kicks a ball during the hours it takes a game to be played!), thinking, redheads, baked goods, brass instruments, Evolution, exploration, pears |
| Favorite movies | I don't really watch "movies" anymore for no real reason (I guess a couple reasons are because they are overpriced now and finding someone interested in seeing what I want to see are contributing factors)--refer to above, funny stuff, something I can believe, music DVDs, documentaries Some of titles: Big Fish, Stranger Than Fiction, Anchorman, Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Beer Wars, An Inconvenient Truth, Talledega Nights, The Hangover, The Other Guys, 1941, |
| Favorite music | orchestral and jazz are the biggies, but generally anything involving brass instruments of any kind will do it--Volksmusik has a special place--some exceptions are made--rarely for country and even less for hip-hop/rap like stuff; oldies, some rock and/or roll, some of the good ol' alternative stuff from the 90s, just stuff of substance, Mahler, Bruckner, Strauss, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Wagner, Tchaikovsky Mnozil Brass, GanschandRoses, Thomas Gansch, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in the days of Bud and when Ridenour played Principal), Charlie Vernon, Gene Pokorny, German Brass, Clifford Brown, Rachael Price, Hilary Hahn, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Reggie Watts, Wiener Philharmoniker, |
| Favorite books | I can't read historical, science, self-improvement, biographies, music related, something that helps me understand the world better "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris, "Within the Sphere of the Master" by Tim Kent, "The Weather Makers" by Tim Flannery, "The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist" by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, "Extreme Brewing" by Sam Calagione, "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" by Charlie Papazian, "Earth System History" by Steven M. Stanley, "Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine Beer and Other Alcoholic Beverages" by Dr. Patrick McGovern, |