JBanholzer

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Gender Male
Industry Manufacturing
Occupation Itinerant Idaho newspaper commentator transmorgifying into a Pennsylvanian blogger
Location Centre Hall Borough , Pennsylvania , United States
Interests Shining Paragons of Kindness, Hasspess, Busting up worthless chiffarobes, Embracing healthy climate changes of all sorts, Actual work over workouts, Good Books, Archaelogical rediscovery of ancient archetypes in creative writing workshops, Stretching the imagination, Weary hobo assistance, Snowshoeing, whiffleball, sculpting imaginary disc golf courses in the landscape, basketball jones, stimulating conversation, music, low key parties, Simpsons trivia, Outdoors Idaho, The three stooges, Mysticism, Impossibilities, Bringing 'Unknown unknowns' to light, Balancing rocks in seismic areas, Convincing doubters that life is well worth living, Resuscitating the good ol' U. S. of A., Avoiding meteor shower injuries, all things "hardscrabble", Narwhals, monsters of the id, machine elves, dancing in prayer, Monarch Butterflies, Eric Clapton and Cream, Strange loops, Kindness, Snowflakes, Obsidian chip magnetism, Waving across the pond at the Queen, Questioning people who leave the light on for the cat, Synchronicity, Serendipity
Favorite Movies The Fisher King, The Secret of Roan Inish, Shadow of a Doubt, Miracle on 42nd Street, Cool Hand Luke, The Unforgiven, Shawshank Redeption, Pale Rider, The Twilight Zone, To Kill a Mockingbird, Edward Scissorshands, Lord of the Rings, Remember the Titans, Willy Wonka, Wizard of Oz, Sun Valley Serenade, The African Queen, Up in Smoke, Napoleon Dynamite, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, It's a Wonderful Life, Support your local sheriff, The God's must be Crazy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And now for something completely different, The Flim Flam Man, Trading Places, Forrest Gump, The Matrix, The Outlaw Josey Wales, What about Bob?, Rear Window, Indiana Jones Series
Favorite Music Carlos Santana, Cream, The Doors, Tom Waits, Bluegrass, Blues, Hearts of Space, Neil Young, King Crimson, Led Zep, Credence, Dylan, Yardbirds, Hendrix, Danny Gatton, Stan Ridgeway, Buffalo Springfield, Zappa, Pete Seeger, Woody & Arlo, Donovan, Flatt & Scruggs, Old Railroad songs, Whistling music, John Lennon, Harp music, Eva Cassidy, Kraftwerk and Lawrence Welk
Favorite Books Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher, Physics of the impossible, Huck Finn, Godel Esher Bach, Indian Creek Chronicles, Iron John, The Prodigy, Books of Lists, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The holographic universe, The physics of Angels, Not even wrong, Animal Speak, Walden, Indian Givers, Lies my Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America, The Dictionary, Pascal - Thoughts and minor works, Idaho loners, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, News of the Universe, Lawrence Ferlinghetti poetry, Steppenwolf, Knulp, Demian, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Tracker by Tom Brown, The Vision by Tom Brown, Myths to live by, I am a strange loop, Holy Quran & Bible, Cheerleaders from Gomorrah, Dr. Zuess, More Smoothies for Life by Daniella Chace, Wittgenstein and Psychology by Harre and Tissaw, Meeting the Shadow, The Doors of Perception, Romancing the Raven by Rob MacGregor, Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson, On Writing and Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, Nickeled and Dimed, Lila by Robert Pirsig, The old man and the sea, Catcher in the Rye, Hot Springs and Hot pools of the Northwest, Complete Guide to Idaho Hot Springs - Roloff, Hunt for the Skinwalker, A Walk in the Woods -Bryson, Forbidden Knowledge, Fingerprints of the Gods, Supernatural by Graham Hancock