Lawrence
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Adventure tour guide, writer, culture critic |
| Location | near Austin, Texas, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | "A Better Nation" is home to Lawrence's political punditry, cultural commentary, and personal essays. Lawrence holds a master's degree in American Civilization (interdisciplinary cultural history) from the University of Texas at Austin, has served as a research assistant for history texts and a PBS television series, and has directed scores of adventure travel tours across the U.S. All content Copyright Lawrence Walker, 2004-2009. |
| Interests | creativity, art, politics, philosophy, psychology, relationships, laughter, whimsy, the environment, globalism, nature, bicycling, hiking, media, music, cities, solutions, sentiment, sensuality, zesty good times, quality time, the world |
| Favorite movies | Life is Beautiful, The Fisher King, The Big Sleep, To Kill a Mockingbird, Moulin Rouge, Dr. Strangelove, The Royal Tenenbaums, Pleasantville, Thunderheart, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Big Fish, Waking Life, North by Northwest, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| Favorite music | The Four Seasons, Barber's Adagio, Copland, Glass, Gorecki, Part, Talking Heads, Midnight Oil, Cranberries, Pretenders, Sam Phillips, Coyote Oldman, Brian Eno, solo piano, cello, space, eclectic, world, movie soundtracks |
| Favorite books | To Kill a Mockingbird, Walden, The End of Nature, How to Want What You Have, The Thurber Carnival, Winnie the Pooh, e.e. cummings, Pablo Neruda, poetry, Lewis B. Smedes, E. B. White, Steinbeck, Hemingway, The Great Gatsby, About Love: Reinventing Romance for Our Times, Necessary Losses, Desert Solitaire, The Art of Loving |
When you hesitate before hitting snooze on your alarm clock, are you being lazy?
Hey, if you're in the habit of waking in an ALARMIST mode, something's out of kilter. Better to live outside the box and unplug the thing.