The things I know, any man can know, but O, my heart is mine alone!.. That being said, I've also been known as a Jean Claude Goddame Bruce Mohammad A-Lee wild Rebel Yell on the front line; never punctual with white man's time; John Henry's Hammer swingin'; Honky Tonk Blues singin'; Voodooing; Karate choppin'; Custer scalping; whiskey after wine; Revolution number 9; fine design; Dixie born Scotch-Cherokee-Chickasaw; yeah, I say "Y'all"; when I give it, I give it all; last one standing by you if you fall; I'll get there by and by-- kind of guy...
Interests Sad old songs; traditional country; the globalization of language; the preservation of quality, beauty, and utility in the art of human communication and interaction; writing; reading; translation; making air molecules vibrate in ways that please the ear with various instruments; community; education; astronomy; astrology; physics; elementary particles; space-time relativity; gravity; wave-particle duality; and WTF Dark Matter?!
Favorite Books Omeros; Obesan; Elegant Universe; The Sorrows of Young Werther; The Old Man and the Sea; The Odyssey; As I Lay Dying; Of Mice and Men; The Giving Tree...
Favorite Authors Homer; Shakespeare; Faulkner; Steinbeck; Hemingway; Anne Rice...
Favorite Movies The Labyrinth; Pan's Labyrinth; Disney's Robin Hood; Limits of Control; Mystery Train; The Other Guys; New Jack City; Jeremiah Johnson; Gone With The Wind; Gods and Generals; Waterworld; Snatch; Heat; Braveheart; A River Runs Through It; New Country for Old Men; Sunshine of a Spotless Mind; The Time Traveler's Wife...
Favorite TV Shows 30 Rock; X-men: the Uncanny (cartoon); Warner Brothers Cartoons...
Favorite Music W A Mozart; J S Bach; Yo Yo Ma; Tom Waits; Ernest Tubb; Hank Williams; George Jones; JJ Cale; Merle Haggard; Mark Knopfler; Willie Nelson; The Beatles (not over-rated!); The Grateful Dead; Jerry Garcia; Beirut; Leonard Cohen; Guy Clark; Townes Van Zandt...