User:Memecollector

Basics About Me
I am an English-speaking citizen of the United States. I grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas, attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence and currently operate out of Tampa, Florida.

I have resided at various times in Overland Park, Kansas, Chicago, Illinois, Austin, Texas and La Jolla, California.

Photography
At present, I am a real estate photographer. I drive across the USA taking pictures of houses using a digital camera. During my journeys, I also capture thousands of images for use in stock photography. Subjects include urban architecture, tourist destinations, rural landscapes and agricultural scenes.

Advertising and Graphic Design
Prior to being a photographer, I was an advertising agency art director and freelance graphic designer. In Chicago, I worked for such agencies as DDB Needham and J. Walter Thompson.

Interactive Design
Aside from being a print-based art director, I also specialize in the design and content organization of new media presentations. At one time I was well-versed in the use of Macromedia Director. I am also able to program simple Internet sites using basic HTML.

Online, I currently have two primary websites in operation. One is called Fantastic Places, which relates to my photography of architecure and travel destinations. The other is a site devoted to popular science and technology historian, James Burke.

Music
For most of my life I have been an amateur musician. Early on I played the trumpet and french horn. Later I took up keyboard instruments. First there was the piano. Then came electronic organs. Finally, I arrived at synthesizers. During this phase, I owned devices produced by ARP, Moog and Yamaha. My most substantial unit was a large Moog modular system similar to the ones used by Keith Emerson, Walter Carlos and Roger Powell.

Boating, Sailing, Water Skiing
Info to come.

Movies
Drama - Amadeus, The Right Stuff, Truman Show, K-Pax, Grand Canyon, Drowning By Numbers, Titus, Dr. Strangelove, Patton

Romantic - Moulin Rouge, Amelie, Love In the Afternoon

Comedy - Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Holy Grail, Meaning of Life, Trading Places, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Airplane, Little Shop of Horrors, Pink Panther, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Sleeper

Science Fiction - Star Wars, Star Trek, 2001, Blade Runner, Close Encounters, The Thing, Alien, Matrix, Men In Black, Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, RoboCop, Predator, Andromeda Strain, Forbidden Planet

Fantasy Adventure - Indiana Jones, James Bond, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Back To The Future, Wizard of Oz, X-Men, Superman, Escape From New York, True Lies, Excaliber, Mad Max, High Plains Drifter

Animation - Bug's Life, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Incredibles, Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Robots, Iron Giant, Cowboy Bebop

Documentary - Rivers and Tides

More info to come.

Television
Comedy - 3rd Rock From the Sun, NewsRadio, Hogan's Heroes, Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart, My Favorite Martian, McHale's Navy

Fantasy Adventure - Wonderfalls, Xena, Mission Impossible, Wild Wild West, Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Science Fiction - Star Trek, X-Files, The Prisoner

Cartoons - Venture Brothers, Aeon Flux, Cowboy Bebop, Kim Possible, Invader Zim, South Park, Ren & Stimpy, Jonny Quest, Bugs Bunny, Rocky & Bullwinkle

Infotainment - Mythbusters, American Chopper, Dirty Jobs

Documentary - Connections, Day the Universe Changed

More info to come.

Music
Art Rock - Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Jethro Tull, Todd Rundgren, Triumvirat, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa, The Tubes

More info to come.

Books
Fiction - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Science Fiction - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series by Douglas Adams, Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, The Planiverse by A. K. Dewdney

Religious Fiction - The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

Humor - 1-Dave Barry's Complete Guide To Guys and 2-Dave Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry, Sex Tips For Girls by Cynthia Heimel, How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less Using the Secrets of Professional Dog Trainers by Karen Salmansohn & Alison Seiffer

Self Help - 1-Taking Care of Number One and 2-Winning Through Intimidation by Robert Ringer

Business - Peter Principle series by Laurence J. Peter

Marketing - 1-Positioning and 2-Marketing Warfare by Al Ries & Jack Trout

Sociology - Age Wave by Ken Dychtwald, Mind Wars by Ian McFadyen

Technology - The Media Lab by Stewart Brand

Science - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra, The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav, The Mind of God by Paul Davies, Fuzzy Thinking by Bart Kosko

Chemistry - Atkins' Molecules by Peter Atkins

Biology - The Way Life Works by Mahlon Hoagland & Bert Dodson, The Way of The Cell by Franklin M. Harold

Evolution & ID - Darwin's Black Box by Michael J. Behe

Psychology - Maps of the Mind by Charles Hampden-Turner

Metaphysical - Seth series by Jane Roberts, Messages From Michael series by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Planets In Transit by Robert Hand

Politics - 1-What Uncle Sam Really Wants, 2-The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many and 3-Secrets, Lies, and Democracy by Noam Chomsky

More info to come.

Magazines
Advertising & Design - Adweek, Communication Arts, Print, Archive

Computer - Macworld, MacUser

Humor - National Lampoon

Comic Books - Gen 13, Fantastic Four, Nick Fury

More info to come.

Travel
Info to come.