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About Me

My name is Michael, and I'm a liberal humanist with strong passions in the fine arts, performing arts, and architecture. I live in NY.



First...I don't block people...it's childish and cowardly. If SodaHead is for open debate, why are so many people afraid of it, and block? If you don't like, or can't take, an opposing viewpoint, you don't belong here.

Relaxed and laid-back...a live and let live kind of person, but I will speak up when others are oppressed or left behind, especially by the government.



I enjoy talking on many different subjects, and will change my mind when I come across new information which forces me to reconsider my position. I like talking with independent thinkers...not those who can't break away from the crowd once and a while.

Interested in travel, art museums, art fairs, photography, theatre, modern dance, technology, 30s - 50s movies...I still have a few Frank Lloyd Wright homes I just have to see, hopefully this year or next. I like seeing and doing new things...

Some clarification is needed in the profile section, as the questions don't really cover all the bases.

I'm a liberal, but mostly on social issues...I'm not in favor of abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or if the mother's life is in danger, and believe that it's ultimately the woman's choice, and not the state or federal government's business. I tend to be a fiscal conservative and prefer small or no government. But anyone who thinks government will ever shrink is naïve, and is going to have a very long wait.

I consider myself agnostic, as I've always questioned the presence of a God, but I was raised Protestant, and I'm a strong believer in the teachings of Christ as a man, and not the son of God...The Golden Rule, etc.

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Interests

So many...most of them in the fine arts, performing arts, and architecture.

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Favorite Music

Rock, jazz, classical, R+B, big bands...depends on the mood...

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Favorite TV Shows

That changes yearly...

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Favorite Movies

Dodsworth, It Happened One Night, Random Harvest, Lifeboat, Notorious, Best Years of Our Lives, 12 Angry Men, Elmer Gantry, Lonely Are the Brave, The Apartment, many others

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Favorite Books

Fiction, non-fiction, reference...

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Favorite Quotes

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

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"There is no right or wrong...only opinion" – Unknown

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"Show me a conservative and I'll show you a conspiracy theorist waiting to explode." – Me

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"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Time and changes in the condition and constitution of society may require occasional and corresponding modifications." – Thomas Jefferson to Edward Livingston, 1825

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"If animals weren't meant to be eaten, why are they made of meat?" - Sarah Palin (posted on BlueMax372’s profile…I find it hilarious!)

I guess we humans, also made of meat, can be included as being "meant to be eaten" as well...LOL...

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Favorite Heroes

Anyone who fights for the rights of all of the people, and not a select few.

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  • UnusualSuspect
  • Male
  • NY, US
  • 2010/09/24 13:56:17
  • 2 hours ago
  • July 19
  • Straight
  • Cancer
  • Discovering Opinions
  • Post Graduate School
  • Full-Time
  • Advertising/Graphic Design
  • No
  • No
  • Agnostic
  • Proud Parent
  • Liberal
  • White/Caucasian
  • Athletic
  • 5 feet 9 inches