I am not a religious person, by any means. In reality I probably walk the razor's edge between agnostic and atheist. Perhaps being agnostic out of convenience, but that is a discussion for a different time. I do think, however, that a very compelling argument for the existence of God could be formulated around nachos. Nachos being such perfect food, how could they possibly come from fallible mankind? In fact, I think I shall capitalize nachos from now on in respect of its probable divinity. Now, when I speak of Nachos I speak of Nachos that are serious business. Not the stuff you get at the gas station made with stale chips and cheese sauce served with a plunger. I think those are basically the equivalent of that crazy guy on the corner preaching from some ratty book, and holding a giant sign. They mean well, but don't quite have it. I'm talking about Nachos with chips, cheese, tomatoes, peppers, onions, beef, beans, salsa, olives, sour cream, guacamole, and the stuff of which dreams are made. Yeah now that is some God-proving nourishment right there. mmm mmm mmm... In college I lived pretty close to a La Bambas, and their Super Nachos made me want to do missionary work in Haiti. Unfortunately I no longer live near a La Bambas. :(

Cliff Notes Version:
I'm Dave, and I live in Valparaiso IN. I have some nerdy tendencies, and have a couple unusual hobbies. I enjoy a good beer, or a Long Island if I'm feeling carefree.

I am contemplative, eccentric, and tongue in cheek

I really not sure that I'm comfortable answering this question initially with a description of my job, but that is what I am going to do anyway. I've never wanted to define myself with my job. For me work is just a means to an end. Granted I did put a lot of effort into ensuring that this means is enjoyable and capable. Anyway, they call me a "project engineer." I work for a small industrial automation company making machines in factories do stuff automatically. I like what I do, but It's not my end-all be-all.

What else am I doing? Well I’m helping my family through a hard time. I think Kant would be proud of that, but I have mixed feelings sometimes. I try to have fun, and avoid becoming stagnant.

I once read that an important aspect of having a good life is to have dreams not just memories. I think about that a lot sometimes. Basically when we are all young life is usually pretty good. We look at the world with bright eyes, and see all sorts of opportunities and dreams. Then we grow old, and sometimes jaded. Dreams breakdown, and go away. Then maybe we get stuck in a rut, and are left with only our memories. The archetype is like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. A man that has run into a dead end, and all in life that makes him happy is thinking back to the “good old days” of high school football. I try to avoid that. I try to have more dreams than memories. I hope I always will.

At times, when I am in good form, I'm really good at telling stories/jokes. I am also good at giving in to the allure of a Mexican restaurant, and I think I might be developing an addiction to chips and salsa.

Who are these people, and where are these people? When you tell me this I will ask them, and then let you know.

Books: In all honesty I don’t read much at all. But some books of note are as follows: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy , Dracula, The Demon-Haunted World, Watchmen, A Clockwork Orange.

Movies I think everybody should see:A Clockwork Orange, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, LOTR, Fantastic Planet, Ghost World, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Sleepaway Camp, Sin City, se7en, UHF, Clerks, Stranger than Fiction

TV: I don’t watch much TV. My shows of note are as follows: Simpsons, Southpark, ATHF, Sealab 2021, Arreted Development, Freaks and Geeks

Music: They Might Be Giants are my number one. Then in no particular order a few more of my favorites are: Offspring, (old) Metallica, Flogging Molly, The Dresden Dolls, Rasputina, Local H,Tom Waits, Nick Cave, The Protomen

Lungs, Skepticism, Bone Marrow, Chemical Reactions, Quarks, Life

I am pretty scatter brained. I think about all sorts of stuff all the time. I don't know if there is really one thing that uses up most of my thinking time. I do have some reoccurring thoughts though. I think that I will share them in order to get my word count up.

Often I’ll look at something (typically a metal object) and then think about the enormous amount of natural resources that were used to create that all of those items. For example: Imagine the metal parts of eyes in your shoes. Now think about all the shoes in the world, and thus all the shoe eyes in the world. Imagine all those metal rings taken out and piled up. All of them in the entire world. Think about all the metal used up in that item alone. All that metal came from the earth, and a near countless number of those rings are being made everyday. That amazes me. So next time you see some object that looks relatively insignificant apply that thought process to it. Maybe you’ll be amazed as well.

Also I tend to personify inanimate objects. I’ll look at something and based upon its features I’ll subscribe a personality to it. Yeah, it’s kind of odd. Probably comes from watching too many cartoons like Brave Little Toaster as a kid.

I don't have a typical Friday night. I like to spend it with friends when I can. Maybe out at a bar, maybe playing some games, sometimes traveling so that I can engage in SCA medieval combat.

However, THIS Saturday (30th) I'm going to see Local H in Chicago! Who wants to go?

I'm kind of a private person, and I don't readily give up information that is very personal.

You should message me if would like to chat. Also, you should message me even if you would not like to chat.