David E. R. Shaner
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | child of the Most-High |
| Location | Warrior, Alabama, United States |
| Introduction | When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present, I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.--Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 13:11-12 |
| Interests | textile arts, DIY-culture, thrift stores, abstract strategy games, Icehouse Pyramids, Mahjong, belt buckles, hats, gorgons, graphic novels, bodyweight exercises, irony, homesteading, slow food, singing, doomed relationships |
| Favorite movies | Reconciliation, Out of Africa, Beastly, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Amazing Grace, Courageous, Here Be Dragons, Brothers, Tonight You're Mine, Lars and the Real Girl, Autism: the Musical, The Color Purple, Sucker Punch, Water, The Way, Earth, Dancer in the Dark, Carrie, Lagaan, The King's Speech, Barabbas, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Enemy Mine, Solaris, The New World, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Clash of the Titans (the real one), Babette's Feast, Warriors, Safety Not Guaranteed, Rabbit Hole |
| Favorite music | almost any rendition of "Suzanne" and "Just Like a Woman", Nina Simone, Etta James, Joni Mitchell, David Daniels, Björk, Jill Scott, Tori Amos, Iron & Wine, the St. Louis Jesuits, Dolly Parton, really-old-school Cher, Kylie Minogue, Roberta Flack, Jill Phillips, Allison Krauss, Selah, Grace Jones, hymns, African music, demented fusions |
| Favorite books | pure snark by conservatives, Jane Eyre, Y: the Last Man, Fables, The Pirate Uncle, Send in the Idiots, 'Til We Have Faces, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, Nextwave: agents of H.A.T.E, Scott Pilgrim, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Winnie-the-Pooh, The Little Prince, Frog and Toad Are Friends, Beauty and the Beast, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Brave New World, Wicked, Peanuts, The Left Hand of Darkness, Frankenstein, Dracula, Candide, Flowers for Algernon, Paul Among the People |
You forgot your mom's birthday! What can you make out of super glue and olive pits?
This actually happened! I made a brooch; I couldn't tell why she started crying, though.