· name: William Lonergan
· age: 36
· marital status: single and unattached
·
children: none that I know of
· disposition: dry & stoic but frequently jovial
· profession: mainframe systems analyst
Served in the U.S. Army as a Radio Teletype & Telecommunications Center Operator, 1990 to 1994.
[The
Falcon and the Snowman (1984) depicted the civilian version of my
job. Most of the time I operated radios and teletypes in the field]
Education
·
Missouri State University, Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems,
May 2000
Travel
· Army-related: Georgia, North & South Carolina, South Korea (including
DMZ/Panmunjon), Virginia, Washington D.C., Baltimore
· other: Curacao, Honolulu, Oahu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, Southwest
and Midwest U.S.
· Future SCUBA diving
trips: Bahamas, Bonaire, Belize, Aruba
· would like to visit England and Australia within the next few years.
Mass Media Interests
· hobbies: SCUBA diving (PADI Open Water certified), amateur filmmaking, web page
design, bike riding, visiting caves
· television series: Doctor Who, The Prisoner (1967), Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
· most-admired directors: Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Terry Gilliam, Kevin
Brownlow
·
favorite James Bond actor: Sean Connery [and Pierce Brosnan]
· actresses: Shawnee Smith, Holly Marie Combs
· actors: Fred Dryer, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford
· authors: Arthur C. Clarke, Rod Serling, James Burke, Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov
· prefer subtext, themes and ideas more than plot
Last Few Major Books I've Read
· the 14 James Bond novels -- Ian Fleming [in progress]
· Roadshow: Landscape with Drums -- Neil Peart
· The Masked Rider -- Neil Peart
·
Traveling Music -- Neil Peart
· When
Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops ? –- George Carlin
· Ghost Rider -- Neil Peart
· The Art of the Steal -- Frank W. Abagnale
· Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: An After Hours Tour –- Skelton/Benson
· Napalm & Silly Putty –- George Carlin
· Catch Me If You Can –- Frank W. Abagnale
· Amusing Ourselves to Death -- Neil Postman
· Mars and Venus on a Date -- John Gray
· Brain Droppings -- George Carlin
· Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner -- Paul M. Sammon
· Radio Waves: Life and Revolution on the FM Dial -- Jim Ladd
Musical Interests
· Pink Floyd, Rush, Bob Seger, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Tears For Fears, Genesis
· Alanis Morissette
· classical: Vincent Persichetti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gyorgy Ligeti
· genres: ambient space music, film scores, binaural recordings
· prefer tonal over atonal, instrumental over vocal and non-traditional over
war-horses
Major Concerts I Have Attended
· Rush, Riverport
Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 28 June 2008
· Rush, Starlight
Theatre, Kansas City, 7 June 2008
· Rush, Riverport
Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 24 August 2007
· Rush, Sandstone
Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, Kansas, 23 August 2007
· Rush, Red Rocks
Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, 8 August 2007
· Hank Williams, Jr.,
Family Arena, St. Charles, Missouri, 16 June 2007
· Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, 2 December 2006
· Sammy Hagar, Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, Kansas, 16 July 2006
· Tears For Fears, Ameristar Casino, Kansas City, 13 November 2004
· Rush, Sandstone
Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, Kansas, 13 June 2004
· Rush, Riverport
Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 12 June 2004
· George Carlin,
Midland Theatre, Kansas City, 12 October 2003
· Hank Williams, Jr.,
Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, 10 August 2003
· Bob Newhart,
Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Decatur, Illinois, 27 September 2002
· Rush, Riverport
Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 2 August 2002
· Rush, World Music
Theatre, Chicago, 20 July 2002
· Bill
Cosby, The Centre, Evansville, Indiana, 16 March 2002
· George Carlin, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, 9 March 2002
· George Carlin, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 29 September 2001
· George Thorogood, Illinois State Fair, Springfield, 17 August 2001
· REO Speedwagon & Styx, Illinois State Fair, Springfield, 12 August 2000
· Roger Waters, World Music Theatre, Chicago, 8 July 2000
· Roger Waters, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, 28 August 1999
· Steven Wright, Hammons Hall, Springfield, Missouri, 25 April 1999
· REO Speedwagon & Kansas, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, 19 August 1998
· Lisa Loeb, Ozark Empire Fair, Springfield, Missouri, 7 August 1998
· Cheap Trick, Ozark Empire Fair, Springfield, Missouri, 6 August 1998
· Curt Smith, Juke Joint, Springfield, Missouri, 20 June 1998
· Curt Smith, Dare to Care, Shrine Mosque, Springfield, Missouri, 19 April 1997
· George Carlin, Hammons Hall, Springfield, Missouri, 29 September 1996
Collecting Interests
· video recordings of television series and movies I enjoy
(currently 890+ VHS videotapes, mostly off-air recordings, gradually being
transferred to DVD-R)
· sound and video recordings related to all musical interests listed above
· non-fiction and science-fiction books of interest
· world paper money
· television guides from around the world
Who Makes Me Laugh?
· George Carlin, Bill Cosby
· Dave Allen, Monty Python, Benny Hill, Rowan Atkinson
· Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers
Several Movies I Regard Highly
· 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
· A Clockwork Orange (1971)
· Blade Runner (1982)
· Apocalypse Now (1979)
· Full Metal Jacket (1987)
· Dr. Strangelove (1964)
· Dirty Harry (1971)
· Brazil (1985)
· Seconds (1966)
· The Abyss (1989)
· Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
·
Thunderball (1965)
· The Fisher King (1991)
· Cast Away (2000)
· Summer School
(1987)
· The
Pirate Movie (1982)
· Before Sunrise (1995)
· The Breakfast Club (1985)
A Few Things I Like
· women with long, dark, straight hair and brown or green eyes
· chamois shirts
· people
who cannot make eye contact [very amusing]
· strong professional relationships
· high-end stereo headphones [Sennheiser]
· air-conditioning
A
Few Things I Dislike
· traditions and formal occasions
· t-shirts with words, logos or pictures on them
· women with short hair
· playlist format radio stations
· sound-byte and "bone throwing" style media presentation
·
explaining abstract ideas to shallow people
· those
fixated upon alcohol and inebriation
· those who are feisty and/or have a predominantly negative outlook
· those preoccupied with cliques/status/elitism/social protocol
· celebrity vanity and their jingoistic followers
· glibness and
stupidity
· zealots
and gurus
· rich, spicy or odorous ethnic food
