About Me
- About Me: "Valour needs first strength, then a weapon." -J.R.R. Tolkien Fallen but redeemed, I am a shepherd of souls first and a painter of houses second. Like all other "earthbound misfits" I'm stuck on a broken ball called Earth, with my eyes set on a far off country that's not of this world. My son said it best when he was three years old, "See the moon momma? When I get my wings, I will fly up there a bring back a piece for you."
Travel
- Places I love: The Black Hills, Scotland, New Zealand
- Places I've been: Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Lake Tahoe, Grand Canyon, San Francisco, Anaheim, Ensenada, Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Kiev
- Places to see before I die: Stirling Bridge, Scotland; The Palatine, Germany
- Dream Vacation: Camping all summer at Castle Peak
More About Me
- Nicknames: Well, um ... when I was three, my Dad started calling me Tiger. Why? That's another story.
- Nationality: My maternal great-great-great grand-da was a Scottish stone mason. I'm an American mutt.
- Religion: Christ-follower
- Heroes: Manfred VonRichthoffen; Uriah the Hittite; Boromir, Son of Denethor
- Interests: Theology, philosophy, compassion, campfires, good books and swing-top Grolsch bottles
- Expertise: Building campfires, listening to others discuss theology and philosophy and wishing to be more compassionate whilst pondering the depleting quantity of liquid within a swing-top Grolsch bottle.
- Occupation: Shepherd/Painter
- Industry: Home Improvement
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Open Range, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Braveheart, The Last Samurai, I,Robot, Sense & Sensibility, Sleepless in Seattle, The Family Man, Star Wars, Indiana Jones Trilogy (except the second one), Serenity, Big, Saving Private Ryan, The Pianist, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Hero, Pirates of the Caribbean, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man
- Favorite Actors: Tom Hanks, Sean Connery, Robin Williams, Alan Rickman, Robert Duvall
- Favorite Directors: Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard
- Favorite Soundtracks: Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "I've got a bad feeling about this." / "You'll shoot yer eye out kid." / "I'd rather kiss a Wookie."
- Movies I can watch over and over: Star Wars (the old trilogy)
- Actor that would play me in a movie: My wife says, Dennis Quaid ... no really, Dennis, not Randy
Video Games
- Games I Play: Halo (I & II); Starfox; Knights of Old Republic; Brothers in Arms - Earned in Blood; Zelda
- Consoles: X-Box; Gamecube
- Favorite Characters: Master Chief; Falco; Link
- Gaming Alias: Nikolai
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Space Invaders, Asteroid
- Most Addictive: Tetris
Books
- Favorite Books: The Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Night, Tales from the Perilous Realm; Chronicles of Narnia, Til We Have Faces, Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce; The King of Elfland's Daughter; War and Peace; Ivanhoe; Idylls of the King; Of Mice and Men; Nineteen-Eighty-Four; Toilers of the Sea; The Phantom of the Opera; Les Miserables; Giants in the Earth; The Iliad; The Aeneid; The Saga of Eric Brighteyes; The Adventures of Fafnir and the Grey Mouser; The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Band of Brothers; Imitation of Christ; The Pursuit of God; The Trivialization of God; Too Christian-Too Pagan; the dictionary
- Favorite Authors: Tolkein, Lewis, Tennyson, and the Holy Ghost
- Favorite Characters: Faramir, Samwise Gamgee, Odysseus, the Red Baron
- Favorite Quotes: I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
- Recent Reads: The Iron Lance, The Black Rood, Idylls of the King, The Once and Future King, The Soul of the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
Television
- Favorite Shows: Mythbusters; American Choppers; Dirty Jobs, COPS; CSI;
- Favorite Channels: Discovery, Sci-fi; Spike
- Favorite Reruns: Gilligan's Island
- Most Addictive Show: Battlestar Galactica
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Tonight Show with Johnny Carson; Late Night with David Letterman
- Favorite Episode: It's got to be when the Japanese sailor didn't know WWII was ended and he took the castaways from Gilligan's Island prisoner
- Characters you relate to: Buster from Mythbusters
- Favorite Theme Song: "Bad Boys"
- Show I Secretly Watch: Miami Ink
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Dragonfly (Bad Sci-Fi channel, bad)
Style
- Where I shop: Pier One; Borders; The Weathered Vane
- Brands I love: Levi's, Eddie Bauer, American Eagle
- I like to wear: Painter's shorts, cargo pants, T's, hoodies, sandals
- Can't live without: my fuzzy, warm slippers
- Prized Possessions: ESV goatskin Bible; Scottish claymore, and every book in my study
- Guilty Pleasure: Taking naps in my fuzzy blanket from Pier One
Music
- Favorite Artists: Eagles, Little River Band, Harry Connick Jr., Electric Light Orchestra, Kitaro, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Enya, Kendall Payne, Tchaickovsky, Wagner, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo Yo Ma, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Supertramp, Mercy Me, Jars of Clay, Natalie Cole, Nat King Cole, Ken Verhecke
- Favorite Albums: Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle
- Favorite Genre: none yet
- Favorite Songs: The Sad Cafe by the Eagles
- Favorite Lyrics: "I swore I would lover her til the end of time ... so now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive." from 'Paradise by the Dashboard Lights' by Meatloaf (it's funny when you take it in context with the song)
- Songs for Roadtrips: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (ullah!)
- Songs I hate: rappers and screamers are why mute buttons exist
- Guilty Pleasure: Bagpipes, the more the messier
- Songs I repeat the most: Fanfare for the Common Man
- Band I wish I was in: Harry Connick Jr's Band
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Anything grillable
- Favorite Dishes: Clean ones
- Favorite Desserts: Cheese cake custom made by my future daughter-in-law, Taylor
- Favorite Drinks: Diet Coke, Grolsch, coffee of any variety
- Favorite Junk Foods: Chocolate
- Best meal ever: Oh, so many to choose from ...
- Favorite Restaurants: Any where someone else picks up the bill
- Foods I hate: Pre-chewed
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- Name: Nick
- Country: United States
- State: South Dakota
- Metro: Rapid City
- Birthday: 5/1/1961
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 4/18/2006
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Hi Nick!!! I'm a little slow and just found out how old you are, only 2 years older than me - cool. We aren't even 1/2 way there yet. Blessings for your special day in the Lord. Deb
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