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Gender: Male
Status: Divorced
Age: 43
Sign: Taurus

City: LONG BEACH
State: CALIFORNIA
Country: US
Signup Date: 12/21/2004

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Saturday, September 13, 2008 

Current mood:  argumentative
Category: News and Politics
The ACLU's goal is to sign up 300,000 Constitution Voters by Oct.15 to demonstrate our power.

We will deliver your messages to candidates at all levels of government, all across the country. We must let our leaders know that when we step into the ballot box, the Constitution will be the first thing on our minds.

I Am a Constitution Voter

* I believe that no one -- including the President -- is above the law.
* I oppose all forms of torture, and I support both closing the Guantánamo Bay prison and ending indefinite detention.
* I oppose warrantless spying.
* I believe that government officials, no matter how high-ranking, should be held accountable for breaking the law and violating the Constitution.
* I believe that the Constitution protects every person's rights equally -- no matter what they believe, how they live, where or if they worship, and whom they love.
* I reject the notion that we have to tolerate violations of our most fundamental rights in the name of fighting terrorism.
* I am deeply committed to the Constitution and expect our country's leaders to share and act on that commitment -- every day, without fail.

Go here and to sign get your bumper sticker too!
Currently listening:
Lamentation from the Middle Passage
By Nolan Shaheed
Release date: 2002-10-29
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 

Current mood:  awake
Category: Travel and Places
I'd just staggered to the summit of Mt. Baldy (Mt. San Antonio), Calf., at 10,064 ft., when this medevac chopper was taking off. No one was being recued. The chopper was ferrying supplies for a race the next day. I shot this with a Sony point and shoot.
Helicopter taking off from Mt. Baldy summit
Currently reading:
Las Vegas Noir (Akashic Noir)
Thursday, August 28, 2008 

Current mood:  bitchy
Category: News and Politics
Currently watching:
Trouble in Paradise - Criterion Collection
Release date: 2003-01-07
Saturday, August 16, 2008 

Current mood:  bitchy
Category: News and Politics
What is the U.S. Department of Homeland (in)Security doing to "protect us" when we travel? As you would expect, just about everything wrong, unethical and unconstitutional.

If you travel frequently, you should take this quiz:

http://action.aclu.org/travel_quiz

Here are a couple questions:

True or false? Border security can seize your laptop, cell phone or camera with no suspicion or explanation.

True or false? Many airports use scanners that conduct a virtual "strip search" of passengers.

True or false? There are over one million names on the terrorist watch list.

Take the quiz to find out the answers.
Currently watching:
Pierrot Le Fou
Release date: 1998-11-24
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Please vote for me! It's just for a walk on role in "Mad Men." My campaign promises are:

1. Not making the war in Iraq and Afghanistan worse.
2. Doing my part for the economy by spending money.
3. I will hit my marks and say my lines with feeling during my walk on.



Please vote here: http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men-contest/2008/08/glengolightly-as-pete.php

Thanks!

Every vote counts!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 

Current mood:  angsty
Category: News and Politics
  1. Siphoning electrons from your electric car when it's parked in a public place.
  2. Advertisers jamming and replacing your car's GPS signal with theirs so you wind up at their place of business instead of your destination.
  3. Voice stress analyzers placed on telephones so your significant other knows you are lying when you tell them you are happy their mother is coming to visit.
  4. Neighbors raiding your liquor cabinet during cocktail parties to snatch ethanol to put in their gas tank. On the plus side, DUI rates will go down.
  5. Employers planting RFID chips under your skin to track your movements and actions. Wait, they're already trying to do that.

--30--

www.glengolightly.com

Currently watching:
Man With the Movie Camera
Release date: 2002-02-26
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 

Current mood:  apathetic
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
A UCLA classmate asked us to name our favorite flicks. I pondered and this is what I cam up with.

This is a fun, but impossible task and it reminds me of AFI's "100 best" publicity stunts. OK, I'll go along with it, though I may change my mind. . .


  1. Lawrence of Arabia
    They don't make them like this anymore. Well, they didn't before either. David Lean's film about a conflicted and larger-than-life character is simply epic.
  2. Casablanca
    It all comes together –- story, cast, music, directing and cinematography. There's lots of mise-en-scene to check out too.
  3. The Insider
    Michael Mann's ripped from the headlines whirlwind of a movie about big tobacco trying to crush a whistleblower is compelling and interesting.
  4. The Seven Samurai
    Kurosawa's Japanese western was the inspiration for "The Magnificent Seven." Kurosawa's version is magnificent.
  5. La Dolce Vita
    Fellini's film about a gossip columnist's sordid life has more layers to peel away than an onion.
  6. L.A. Confidential
    Turns a unwieldy and windy novel into a tight and concise noir of 1950s L.A.
  7. Local Hero
    Cool indie film that jumps from Houston to Scotland as a Texas oilman tries to buy up a small town, but instead gets stars in his eyes.
  8. Apocalypse Now
    Though maybe not historically accurate, Coppola and scribe Milius (with Joseph Conrad) may have figured out what went wrong for the United States in the Vietnam quagmire. "Redux" fills in more of the story, but I like the tighter original theatrical release best.
  9. The Blues Brothers
    Blues and car crashes rule in this messy and fun romp through Chicagoland. Besides, who doesn't hate Illinois Nazis?
  10. Cinema Paradiso
    Every boy needs a man like the projectionist in his life.
  11. Old Yeller
    OK, so I picked 11. Most of the film is mindless Disney fluff, but I still cry when Old Yeller dies.
Currently reading:
Meditations in an Emergency
By Frank O’Hara
Friday, July 25, 2008 

Current mood:  rebellious
Category: News and Politics
A buddy in Texas sent this to me. Now I understand why we're in the mess we're in. The Democrats were playing one tune, while Dubya and the GOP played another.
Got me a new truck!

I bought a new GMC Sierra and returned to the dealer yesterday because I couldn't get the radio to work.  The salesman explained that the radio was voice activated.

"Nelson," the salesman said to the radio. The radio replied, "Ricky or Willie?"

"Willie!" he continued and "On The Road Again" came from the speakers.

Then he said, "Ray Charles!" and in an instant "Georgia On My Mind" replaced Willie Nelson.

I drove away happy, and for the next few days, every time I'd say, "Beethoven," I'd get beautiful classical music, and if I said, "Beatles,"  I'd get one of their awesome songs.

Yesterday, some Mexicans ran a red light and nearly creamed my new truck, but I swerved in time to avoid them.  I yelled, "Assholes!"

Immediately the Iranian National Anthem began to play, sung by Jane Fonda and Barbara Streisand, backed up by Michael Moore and The Dixie Chicks, with John Kerry on guitar, Al Gore on drums, Dan Rather on harmonica, Nancy Pelosi on tambourine, Harry Reid on spoons, Bill Clinton on sax and Ted Kennedy on Scotch.*

Damn, I LOVE this truck!

*Feel free to sub with this paragraph:

Immediately "Send in the Clowns" began to play, sung by Dubya, backed up by Ben Stein and and Phyllis Schlafly (and her gay son), with Lee Atwood's ghost on guitar, Colin Powell lying like a rug about WMDs, Rumsfeld beating a war drum, Condi Rice tap dancing on North Korea, Sen. Larry Craig playing footsie with a cop, Dick Cheney on defibrillator and Rush Limbaugh on Oxycontin.

Currently watching:
Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition
Release date: 2003-09-09
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 

Current mood:  complacent
I'm in the cartoon! Woo hoo!



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Currently watching:
Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles’ Vision)
Release date: 2000-10-31
Sunday, June 22, 2008 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Writing and Poetry
Hey guys, dames, gunsels and shamuses:

You don't want to miss this fun time. Night of Noir blends music, literature, booze and shady characters into a memorable event.

And yours truly emcee's the event. We'll also be raffling off the L.A. and Las Vegas Noir books. And yes, there will be wine, beer and snackies. Plus, you gotta show up to learn where the after party is.

Who: Scribes, Shamuses, Shylocks, Shysters and Sirens
What: Night of Noir
Where: Imix Books, 5052 Eagle Rock Blvd. (Eagle Rock at Colorado) Los Angeles, Calif. 323.257.2512
When: Saturday, June 28, 2008; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Why: If you gotta ask, you don't gotta know
How: Music, readings, book signings and things you shouldn't tell mom about



Currently watching:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Release date: 2008-02-05