JTF's Obligatory Personal Bio

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Name: Jeffrey Thomas Flynn
Nickname: Shiv
Born: Ft. Collins, CO on March 18, 1974 (Pisces)
Heredity: 1/4 Irish, 1/4 Norwegian, 1/4 Polish, 1/8 German, 1/8 English
Residence: Wonderland (my first house in Portland, OR)
Employment: happily unemployed [previously a Manufacturing Development Engineer with Hewlett Packard (8/96-5/00)]
Email: jtflynn@yahoo.com

Books

All-Time Favorites
Some of the stuff I have read recently may soon make it onto the all-time list, but here is an existing list off the top of my head. Maybe I'll add more later, but I prefer concise lists.
  • Catch-22 -- Joseph L. Heller
  • Cat's Cradle -- (and anything else by) Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
  • Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card
  • Foundation Series -- Isaac Asimov
  • "The Long Walk" (from The Bachman Books) -- Stephen King

    Recent
    Since I moved to the House of Men in November of '98, I have done a lot of reading. I've continued that trend even after the end of the HoM. Here's an ever-expanding list. My most recent reads are at the top with the approximate date I finished reading them in parenthasis.
  • Guns, Germs and Steel-- Jared Diamond (01/05)
  • World class quality : using design of experiments to make it happen-- Keki R. Bhote (12/04)
  • Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River-- Peter Heller (11/04)
  • Under the Banner of Heaven-- Jon Krakauer (9/04)
  • Middlesex-- Jeffrey Eugenides (7/04)
  • SWAT Teams: Explosive Face-Offs with America's Deadliest Criminals-- Robert Snow (5/04)
  • Sister of My Heart-- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (5/04)
  • Girl With a Pearl Earring-- Tracy Chevalier (04/04)
  • Dude, Where's My Country?-- Michael Moore (03/04)
  • The Last River-- Todd Balf (02/04)
  • Sorrow Floats-- Tim Sandlin (1/04)
  • Masters of doom : how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture-- David Kushner (7/03)
  • The ultimate history of video games-- Steve L. Kent (6/03)
  • Sometimes a Great Notion-- Ken Kesey (abandoned)
  • The New Joy of Sex-- Alex Comfort (abandoned)
  • Fast Food Nation-- Eric Schlosser (7/02)
  • Lizard Music-- Daniel Manus Pinkwater (6/02)
  • The Dirty Dozen-- E.M. Nathanson (5/02)
  • The Phantom Tollbooth-- Norton Juster (4/02)
  • Me Talk Pretty One Day-- David Sedaris (4/02)
  • The Closing of the American Mind-- Allan Bloom (3/02)
  • A Confederacy of Dunces-- John Kennedy Toole (2/02)
  • Heaps of home improvement/decorating books-- various (various)
  • Crime and Punishment-- Fydor Dostoevsky (1/02)
  • The Soul of a New Machine-- Tracy Kidder (abandoned)
  • Five Equations That Changed the World-- Michael Guillen (11/01)
  • Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War-- Nick Taylor (abandoned @halfway 11/01)
  • Cat's Eye-- Margaret Atwood (10/01)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -- J. K. Rowling (10/01, again)
  • Akira, Book 2 of 6-- Katsuhiro Otomo (10/01)
  • Akira, Book 1 of 6-- Katsuhiro Otomo (10/01)
  • The Gilrs' Guide to Hunting and Fishing-- Melissa Bank (10/01)
  • Ghost in the Shell-- Masamune Shirow (9/01)
  • The Sun Also Rises-- Ernest Hemmingway (9/01)
  • The Princess Bride-- William Goldman (8/01)
  • The Magician's Nephew-- C.S. Lewis (7/01)
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-- Lewis Carroll (7/01)
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe-- C.S.Lewis (7/01)
  • Slapstick-- Kurt Vonnegut Jr (7/01)
  • Armadillos & Old Lace-- Kinky Friedman (7/01)
  • The Poisonwood Bible -- Barbara Kingsolver (6/01)
  • The Empiricists -- Locke, Berkley, Hume (6/01)
  • Visual Explanations-- Edward R. Tufte (5/01)
  • The Rationalists-- Decarte, Spinoza and Leibniz (5/01)
  • Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America-- Kalle Lasn (4/01)
  • The House at Pooh Corner-- A.A.Milne (4/01)
  • Winnie the Pooh-- A.A.Milne (3/01)
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany-- John Irving (3/01)
  • Holes-- Louis Sachar (2/01)
  • Spanking Watson-- Kinky Friendman (1/01)
  • Carrie-- Stephen King (12/00)
  • Battlefield Earth-- L. Ron Hubbard (12/00)
  • Song of Solomon-- Toni Morrison (in progress)
  • The Third Best Hull...-- Dennis Hull (12/00)
  • Brett: His Own Story-- Brett Hull, Kevin Allen (11/00)
  • The Postman-- David Brin (11/00)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-- J. K. Rowling (9/00)
  • Treasure Island-- Robert Lois Stevenson(8/00)
  • Bagombo Snuff Box-- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.(7/00)
  • Breakfast of Champions-- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.(6/00)
  • Angela's Ashes-- Frank McCourt(6/00)
  • Sirens of Titan-- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.(5/00)
  • Naked-- David Sedaris (5/00)
  • Watership Down-- Richard Adams(5/00)
  • Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown; A Mountain Journal-- Alan Wilson Watts (returned to librabry)
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in progress)
  • The Green Mile-- Stephen King (4/00)
  • Faster : The Acceleration of Just About Everything-- James Gleick (3/00)
  • Brighton Rock-- Graham Greene (abandoned)
  • Ender's Shadow -- Orson Scott Card (2/00)
  • In Cold Blood-- Truman Capote (2/00)
  • The Edible Woman-- Margaret Atwood (1/00)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-- J. K. Rowling (1/00)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets-- J. K. Rowling (1/00)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey-- Arthur Clarke (1/00)
  • To Kill A Mockingbird-- Harper Lee (12/99)
  • Howl-- Allen Ginsberg (abandoned)
  • Naked Lunch -- William S. Burroughs (abandoned)
  • Rising Sun -- Michael Crichton (11/99)
  • A slew of books about New Zealand (10-11/99)
  • Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior -- Dan Millman (11/99)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -- J. K. Rowling (11/99)
  • Way of the Peaceful Warrior -- Dan Millman (11/99)
  • On Becoming a Leader -- Warren G. Bennis (11/99)
  • Shampoo Planet -- Douglas Coupland (9/99)
  • Life After God -- Douglas Coupland (9/99)
  • Jitterbug Perfume -- Tom Robbins (9/99)
  • Strange Mystery at the 24 Hour Church of Elvis-- Your Friend, Stephanie Pierce (9/99) [more of a picture booklet than a true book]
  • Children of the Mind-- Orson Scott Card (9/99)
  • Ender's Game-- Orson Scott Card (8/99)
  • Darkness at Noon-- Arthur Koestler (8/99)
  • Sophie's World : A Novel About the History of Philosophy-- Jostein Gaarder (8/99)
  • The Alchemist/a Fable About Following Your Dream-- Paulo Coelho (7/99)
  • The Cube: Keep the Secret-- Annie Gottlieb, Slobodan D. Pesic (6/99)
  • Geek Love-- Katherine Dunn (6/99)
  • Timequake-- Kurt Vonnegut (6/99)
  • Ubik-- P.K.Dick (6/99)
  • The Body Project-- Joan Jacobs Brumberg (5/99)
  • Dharma Bums-- Jack Kerouac (5/99)
  • Picture of Dorian Gray-- Oscar Wilde (4/99)
  • Godel's Proof-- Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman (3/99)
  • The Monkey Wrench Gang-- Edward Abbey (3/99)
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being-- Milan Kundera (1/99)
  • Friday Night Lights : A Town, a Team, and a Dream-- H. G. Bissinger (1/99)
  • The Bone People-- Keri Hulme (1/99)
  • A Personal Matter-- Kenzaburo Oe (12/98)
  • The Millionaire Next Door-- Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (12/98)
  • The Hollywood Eye : What Makes Movies Work-- Jon Boorstein (12/98)
  • One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest-- Ken Kesey (11/98)
  • The River Why-- David James Duncan (11/98)

    Film

    All-Time Favorites
  • THX-1138
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Clockwork Orange
  • The Princess Bride
  • Aliens
  • Fargo
  • Sling Blade
  • Bottle Rocket
  • Waiting for Guffman
  • Slam
  • Akira
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Flash Gordon
  • Clash of the Titans
  • ...and more that I'll list as I discover them.

    Music

    You can see my complete list of CD's or just scan the faves:

    All-Time Favorite Artists [and best album(s)]

  • Aphex Twin [I Care Because You Do; Selected Ambient Works 2]
  • Dead Can Dance [Toward the Within]
  • Lush [Split]
  • Meat Beat Manifesto [Storm the Studio; 99%]
  • Skinny Puppy [Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse; Vivisect VI]

    Other Signifiant Artists and Albums (Whatever that means)
  • "Akira" Soundtrack
  • Art of Noise
  • Autechre
  • Camper Van Beethoven [Key Lime Pie]
  • Cocteau Twins
  • Crash Worship (concerts)
  • The Cure [Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me; Standing on a Beach]
  • Future Sound of London
  • The Herbaliser
  • Lamb
  • Locust [Truth is Born of Argument]
  • Massive Attack
  • Milk Cult [Burn or Bury]
  • Ministry
  • Morcheeba
  • Mu-Ziq
  • My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
  • Negativland [Escape From Noise]
  • Orbital [2 (the brown album)]
  • Liz Phair
  • Portishead
  • Sarah McLachlan
  • Third Eye Foundation
  • Amon Tobin
  • Ween
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