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- First and Last Name:
- Derek Baker (a.k.a. "Blueznjazz" on KSPR chatroom)
- Gender:
- Male
- City
- MiltonOntarioCanada
- State:
- I consist of solid, liquid, and - sometimes - gas. ;-)
- Birthday
- October 17, 2009
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Children:
- I have no kids
- Education:
- Grad / professional school
- Favorite Movies:
- Monty Python's Holy Grail, Life of Brian, and all the others!!
Airplane I & II, The Naked gun I & II
This Is Spinal Tap (best spoof of Rock Music ever!), Borat (naughty but great social satire!)
Roger & Me, Bowling For Columbine, Farenheit 911 (the truth is funny and it hurts!).
The Incredibles, Toy Story I & II, Monsters Inc, Ants, A Bug's Life, and other animated features that are often better written and wittier than most contemporary 'people films' (IMHO....)
The Seventh Sign, Poltergeist I (but I won't watch it again!)
When Harry Met Sally, Mr. Saturday Night, or anything else with Billy Crystal in it.
Appocalypse Now,Saving Private Ryan
On Golden Pond
Titanic (NOT!!!)
The Sound of Music (I was in love with Julie Andrews!)
Terminator 1&2
Aliens 1&2
2001 & 2010 Space Oddessy
Weekend at Bernie's, Night Shift
The Breakfast Club
The Star Trek series (including the latest one..just saw the IMAX version...Excellent!)
The Bourne Identity series.
All James Bond flicks
The Dark Night, Spiderman I & II
And all sorts of other ones I cannot remember at this moment !!
- Favorite TV Shows:
- MASH (I am still addicted!).
Seinfeld, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Rick Mercer Report.
Tons of stuff on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, etc.
Band of Brothers Series (best depiction of WWII EVER)
Robot Chicken! (I absolutely refuse to grow up 100.00%!!)
Canada's TheWeatherChannel (of course! Duh!).
The original Star Trek & Star Trek Next Generation TV series.
Ren&Stimpy, Futurama, King of the Hill.
Sunday Night Football & Monday Night Football
Hockey Night In Canada (of course!)
CSI, Law& Order.
The Naked Truth.
(but not much new stuff that is on TV these days!!)
- Favorite Bands:
- The Tragically Hip (THE penultimate Canadian rock band...quirky, loud, intelligent lyrics, and they rock hard without becoming cheesy)
the wit & tongue-in-cheek social satire of Cracker (NOT the rap artist)
Matthew Sweet, Gin Blossoms, Sloan, Foo Fighters, and other power-pop
Green Day, Weezer, and some other punk-pop.
The Verve, The Charlatans, early Oasis and a lot of Brit Rock from the 60's to the present.
Chris Tomlin, Matt Redmann, Delirious?, Hillsongs, and other contemporary Christian rock/pop.
Downhere (great Canadian contemporary Christian rock!)
I'm soooo in love with Allison Krauss!!!!
Blue Rodeo (fantastic Canadian country-rock & better than Wilco!)
The Eagles.
early Chicago (up to Chicago XII)
Most blues music (especially SRV! or anything with the Hammon B3 organ in it!)
Most jazz music except sleepy boring 'light jazz' (I especially love late 50's, early 60's Blue Note artists, plus John Scofield & Pat Metheny)
Gordon Lightfoot & Neil Young (more Canadian content! Woo hoo!)
Baroque classical, World Music, & WindamHill New Age stuff.
FYI, I have lost all respect for Rap (except some old-school stuff).
Lotsa folk, bluegrass, and some country music.
Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Live, Stone Temple Pilots, and other artists who saved music from eternal mediocrity during the Grunge-era.
And all sorts of classic rock of course!!!
- Favorite Sports Teams:
- Montreal Canadiens (that's "ice hockey" for you southerners! LOL!)
Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts.
(I vehemently dislike the Cowboys. Don't even mention them! LOL!)
Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets
- Where Do You Work?
- Teach High School. l have taught Chemistry, Physics, Earth&Space Science (all the geeky stuff!!!) for 22 years....and it shows! LOL! ;-)
- What Is Your Favorite Type Of Weather?
- Thunderstorms
- What Do You Like The Most About KSPR Weather?
- Their ability to communicate and interact with the public, efficient use of available technology, willingness to answer questions on the forum, and the wonderful general friendliness of the meteorologists and all the forum members! Heck..they even politely laugh at my jokes! ;-)
- More About Me:
- Play guitar in Praise&Worship Band at my church, otherwise lots of singing & celebrating in the congregation, and I have dabbled in writing/recording original material.
I believe that cheese should be it's own food-group.
I enjoy photography (as if you couldn't tell ! LOL!) but haven't done much in last few years....gotta get back to it a.s.a.p.
A real music geek (another serious addiction of mine...) Used to play trumpet, trombone, piano, bass guitar...all adequately.
I'm an avid amateur astronomer (Yes indeed folks, the geekiness never ends!)
I'm fascinated by severe weather! I've never seen an actual tornado touching down, but witnessed some close-call funnel-clouds. I wish I could win 20 million dollars, quit my job, and then storm-chase all the time!
I want to be reincarnated as Keith Urban and marry Nicole Kidman!......or even Allison Krauss! Or both! (but I'd have to move to Waco, TX to marry both!!! LOL!)
Here's Proof that it doesn't have to be a tornado for severe-weather to kill...
http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Home/ContentPosting?newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20090801%2fedmonton_accident_090801&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True
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Court House - Mountain View, Arkansas
m_powers posted a photo:
On a Friday or Saturday night you will find this building surrounded by local musicians sharing their art. You will think you have walked into a Norman Rockwell painting. It is a beautiful community located in a very beautiful part of the state. A definite place to visit if you want to step into Americana as it was meant to be.
Texture: www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/4135677670/
Buffalo River Reflections
dsimmons2006 posted a photo:
Here's a look upstream along the Buffalo River at Tyler Bend. Admittedly, the colors were not naturally this intense. I chose to go sky high with the saturation to emphasize the reflections.
As Summer Into Autumn Slips
Ozark Bill posted a photo:
IMG_0986_4_5_tonemapped
Thanks to Emily D. for the title.
Kitchen
Lake of the Ozarks posted a photo:
Fully equipped kitchen with breakfast bar.
Lake of the Ozarks Rental Home 6390H
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
The National Weather Service has issued a *Severe Thunderstorm Watch* until 10 PM for all of the area.
Posted by David on July 16, 2009 at 3:33pm
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 585 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
DENT HOWELL OREGON SHANNON TEXAS
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
CHRISTIAN DOUGLAS OZARK STONE TANEY WRIGHT
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ALTON... AVA... BRANSON... CABOOL... EMINENCE... FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE... GALENA... HOUSTON... KIMBERLING CITY... MANSFIELD... MOUNTAIN GROVE... NIXA... OZARK...… Continue
IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
DENT HOWELL OREGON SHANNON TEXAS
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
CHRISTIAN DOUGLAS OZARK STONE TANEY WRIGHT
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ALTON... AVA... BRANSON... CABOOL... EMINENCE... FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE... GALENA... HOUSTON... KIMBERLING CITY... MANSFIELD... MOUNTAIN GROVE... NIXA... OZARK...… Continue
Posted by David on July 15, 2009 at 3:26pm
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I was surprised how close he would let me get to him !!!
You have some wonderful pic's also, I must say !!!!
I enjoyed looking at them !!!
i am doing ok just trying to stay cool. temps in the 90's but with heat index triple digits ugh... thanks for the nice comments.. i added some cloud pics i took this evening