Alexplorer's Personal Page

Alexplorer's Personal Page

Name: Alex
Other aliases: neural_net and one half of Team D'n'A (Dani and Alex)
Email: Here

Age: 34
Citizenship: United States
Present residence: Fort Worth, TX
Birthplace: New Orleans, LA

Status: In a relationship
Kids: None
Pets: Only foster dogs
Smoke: No!
Personality: ENTP (Rational : Inventor)

Occupation: Career student, part-time eBayer
Education: B.S. (biology, minor in chemistry), M.Ed. (secondary science education). Currently working on: M.S. (neuroscience)
Religion: Not much.

Hobbies and Interests: Urban exploration, Playing/building guitars, Watching movies in fast-forward, Teaching methods, Neuroscience (and most other science).

Favorites

My favorites: some lists
My favorite "toys"
My favorite movies
My favorite guitarists
My favorite media on the web
My favorite This American Life segments

Random thoughts

Politics

Priority Mail - Which culture do you subscribe to?
You gotta be a moron - ...to vote Republican.
Just a thought... - for the Sickos out there.
(Electoral) college math - It just doesn't add up to democracy.

Religion

Synchronicity - Life, the Universe, and MacGyver.
My own religion - Writing your own deprogramming.
Christmas for Christians? - An open letter.
Meditations in a Catholic church - Unholier than thou.

Sex and relationships

Treasure chests - Simply the breast.
Kiss me like a man - What (wo)men want.
Briefly... - Tell me what's wrong with briefs?
Can't Help Falling... - Or can he?
Howdy, partner! - Terms of endearment.

Writings about writing

Journaling about journaling - A meta-entry.
"To do" lists - Finally got around to writing this.
I'm telling you the truth... - No lie.
Masturbation isn't quite useless - Oscar Wilde's jerking you off.

I don't get it

Tattoos - This will mark you for life.
Smoking - Choke on it.
Mind your own business - ...and worry about your own sex life.
Where did your name go? - One for the ladies.
Why don't you identify yourselves? - It's MySpace too.

Technology

But I don't own a cell phone - It's one of my hangups.
Yeah, I saw the Notebook... - Notebook computer.
Kurt Vonnegut: 1, Haters: 0 - We all win.
Life in FFwd - No late fees.
Top Friends - Proposed taxonomies.

Technology keeps getting stupider

Misc.

Spoiled aesthetics - How and why to trick out your car.
Thoughts on humor - What's so funny?
Laughing at yourself - The neuroscience of creativity?
Are you excited? - Think before you answer.
I'm tired of being human - A letter of resignation.
Don't be catty - And I won't call you a pussy.
What's in a name? - You called?
Laughing matters - What's so funny?
Head start on the hate - Your guide to hating children.
Simultaneity - What's happening right now?
No/No - But can I buy you a drink?
Chemicals I love - Part of my endorsement deal.
I don't like the Beatles - I want you to hit me as hard as you can.
An intersection of memory and experience - Unforgettable times.
Haunted by the Ghosts of Xmas Presents - It's the receipt that counts.
The other side: Giving gifts - The opposite pole of the North one.
Dieting - It's not what's for dinner.

True stories

Prank calls - In the days before Caller ID...
The Junky Next Door - Yes, that Junky.
The interview - Sex, Lies, and Videotape only without the videotape.
In a Lurch - ...and in need of a shower (and some meds).
The Lemon Joke - Ron was the punchline.
Janice's story - Ever had a stalker?
Acting out - I'd like to thank the Academy.
I know Spanish! - Yo hablo espanol!
Tales of non-traditional students - Stories shorter even than their college careers.
Trilogy - What's the opposite of a love triangle?
Jack/Off - Jacked up in more ways than one.
About face - She got the look.
A limited engagement - Not quite a love story.
A wedding story - How to do a wedding (and everything else) in 5 days.
Conventional geek - Tales from sci-fi con.
...and thanks for all the fish - A raw deal.
A story with subtitles - Sprechen sie Deutch?
The mystery of the pens - The Da Vinci Code, part two?
Bachelor party - So this is a strip club?
Bugs - Manifestations of an infestation.
The Prophecies of EON ZERO - Quick, call the Weekly World News!
Playing on the swing set - A safari of sorts.
Casting the first stone - A rock caught in a sore spot.
That sinking feeling... - Sinking a lot of time into home improvement.
Catharsis - Too much to go in the "Too Much" series below.
Too Much, Part I - Garage Days I Wish I'd Never Visited.
Too Much, Part II - Moving.
Too Much, Part III - Garage sailing.
Uplifting - Hang gliding.
Angie's story - Which hasn't ended, thankfully.
Biking with Dani - ...means our relationship has hit a bump in the road.
First sushi, now this - My name is Alex, and I'm a karaoke whore.
Surprise, surprise - Surprise attack.
Only Yaz - Another surprise.

Photo galleries

Dani

Car Crash - or "What I did over xmas vacation."
Dani is a card... - designer.
Ringing in the New Year - with her engagement ring.
Dani's 2003 Xmas card
Dani's 2004 Xmas card

On the Road

Travels - Colorado and... more Colorado.

More Travels - To El Paso and back.
Rainbow Ranch - "Gay." "Camp." Now put them together.

Painting the house

Outside - Or you could just drive by and have a look.
Inside - And we cleaned it, even!

Misc.

My fingernail - Out with the old and in with the new.
Misc. Photos - Leftovers.

Links

Interesting links

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