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Book
Nook
(Buy a Kindle,
they're cool!)
Books
I'm currently reading:
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Death
Valley Ultras: The Complete Crewing Guide
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On
Writing
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Hard
Times, Soft Couch
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Lincoln
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Books I
just finished:
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Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The
Life and Message of The Real Rain Man (1/11/10)
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The
Little Book (12/15/09)
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The
World Without Us (1/1/08)
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The
Valley of Horses (12/2/07)
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Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows (8/20/07)
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Clan of the Cave Bear (7/4/07)
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Dreaming
In Code (5/18/07)
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A
Long Way Home (4/18/2007)
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The
Time Traveler's Wife (again) (1/29/07)
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Into
the Crucible - Making Marines for the 21st Century (11/24/06)
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A
Beautiful Mind (10/8/06)
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The
U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis
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The Five Love
Languages of Teenagers (7/3/06)
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The Pelican
Brief (6/2/06)
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One
Bullet Away (5/21/06)
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A
Million Little Pieces (1/21/06)
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My
Side of the Mountain (1/8/06)
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The
Time Traveler's Wife (1/5/06)
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Replay
(12/22/05)
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The
Google Story (12/15/05)
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Skipping
Christmas (11/30/05)
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Confessions
of Teenage Hackers (11/19/05)
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It's
Not About The Bike (10/18/05)
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Without
Remorse (10/8/05)
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The
Four Minute Mile (8/29/05)
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Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (8/15/05)
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The
Know-It-All (7/28/05)
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The
Chamber (7/7/05)
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Naked
Pictures of Famous People (5/28/05)
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The
Little Guide To Your Well-Read Life (5/25/05)
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Ultramarathon
Man (5/21/05)
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Dereliction
Of Duty (5/2/05)
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Running
Through The Wall (4/24/05)
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A
Time To Kill (4/12/05)
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The
Count of Monte Cristo (3/29/05)
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The
Broker (2/21/05)
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The
Alchemist (2/14/05)
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Billions
and Billions (2/9/05)
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The
Catcher in the Rye (1/24/05)
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The
Firm (1/9/05)
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Martin
Eden (1/4/05)
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Harry
Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (12/14/04)
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Over
the Edge
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Life
of Pi
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Tuffy's
Heroes
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To
The Edge
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The
Bourne Identity
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The
Older We Get, The Better We Were
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Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Faith
of Our Sons
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The
Ninth Commandment
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The
DaVinci Code
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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The
Starr Report
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Broca's
Brain
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Harry
Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban
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Cannery
Row
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Fast Food Nation
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Chicken Soup for
the Veteran's Soul
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Keeping
Faith
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About
Face
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Silent, and Surrounded
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Books
I'm Currently Listening to:
Books
I've recently listened to:
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MOVIES
Movies
I've Seen Recently
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Who am I am why should you care?
I am:
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Last update: March 31, 2012
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Welcome, come on in,
look around, and please feel free to drop
me some email. I answer every one I get (eventually!!).
Random
Fact About Buster:
(Click
the little dumbass to get another fact)
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Buster used to play baseball. When Babe Ruth was hailed as the better player, Buster killed him with a baseball bat to the throat. Lou Gehrig got off easy.
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Breaking
News
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12/27/2011:
2011 Christmas letter
is up! |
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9/28/2010:
After YEARS of letting this page wallow in neglect,
I am finally doing something about it ... bit by bit.
I have a bunch of stuff on my computer I want to get
up here if only for archiving. Meanwhile, I will probably
keep my blog more updated so do the smart thing: go
there and catch up on my insanity. |
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Rooms
In My Mind |
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MARATHONS |
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Here
I've provided my first exposure to this life-altering event. The
rest of my experiences are documented in vicious detail. |
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FAMILY ALBUM |
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The good, the bad,
and, well, you know the rest. Here's
all my personal pics. |
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FLASH CARTOONS |
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The time has finally
come and I decided to post the cartoons,
despite their "raw" quality. |
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PUBLISHED WORKS |
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I gathered all the links
and information about the various media that published
my work. |
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ACADEMIC: |
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Some of my brain-work |
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FREE
SOFTWARE |
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Here is
the stuff I use because it's good and it's the right price |
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LINKS |
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It is called my “Big
List of Interesting Links” but so far, this is it… |
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FAME |
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Pictures and stories
of my "Brushes with fame" |
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BOOKS |
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I am a hopeless
bibliophile and encourage everyone to read as much as their
eyeballs will allow. I read a lot of books but collect even
more so here is a complete list and opinions of what I've read,
what I own but haven't read, and what I want to get. I
hope this will encourage you to get your nose into a good book. |
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MOVIES |
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I figure, if I take
the the time to watch them, I should take the time to document
what I think about them, if only for my own amusement. Go here for
regular "run of the mill" movies and here for
the ones who won the Oscar for best movie. |
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 |
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This is my special
dedication page to the brave and innocent whose lives were
ended or changed forever on September
11th, 2001. |
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SARAH MCLACHLAN |
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My name is Jason
and I'm a rare breed: a human male who loves Sarah's music.
I've taken her music with me every place I have gone since
1997 to include Kuwait and multiple field events. I've run
marathons with her singing in my ears as well as countless
training hours on the road. I listen to her at work and at
home. Most think I'm nuts but her music is just so soothing
and really makes me relax. I categorized myself as a harmless
superfan obsessed with Sarah and her music. Like all scary
fans, I created my own Sarah page. |
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FRIENDS |
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I gathered
a few so here are the pages I
made for them. |
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1987 THOMAS JEFFERSON
RAIDERS |
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I
created a webpage for my 20-year high school reunion. All
you 1987 Thomas Jefferson Raiders, come take a look. |
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ELECTRIC COMPANY |
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We're
Gonna Turn You On!!! Yes, it's finally here, my
dedication page to The
Electric Company. |
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REFUSE TO LOSE! |
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I got around
to posting my take on the Seattle Mariners' 1995 Miracle Season: Refuse
to Lose. I'm not a huge sports fan but this is the single
most emotional moment as a result of sports in my life. I got
some mp3s here but they are a bit bloated so if you don't have
high speed internet, sucks to be you (I just had to say that
since I just got cable internet as of September 2003 after
a long, tearful wait.) |
Private
To Major |
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My Years As A United
States Marine: 1987-2009
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MARINE
CORPS BOOTCAMP |
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If you have ever
known a Marine, you know that they all have one thing in common.
They have the most incredible bootcamp stories anyone
has ever heard. To read mine, go to my BOOTCAMP page
and enjoy my past suffering. (Read my brand new stories about
reuniting with my Senior Drill Instructor after 12 years and
many changes!) |
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IRAQ PART 1 |
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Stories and pictures
about my experiences in the 1990-1991 Gulf
War. |
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UW NROTC |
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A page dedicated
to my four years at UW NROTC |
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THE
BASIC SCHOOL |
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My experiences
at The Basic School. Click here to
read about my experiences during TBS. |
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TANKS |
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This page is dedicated
to my 18 months with 1st Tank Battalion. |
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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL |
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I graduated the Naval
Postgraduate School. Look in here for a variety of info
and a posting of my work while I was in Monterey, California. |
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PRESIDENTIAL CLASSROOM
2004 |
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Presidential
Classroom Alumni: click here for pictures and stories
about the National Defense Week of June 12-19, 2004. |
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SAN DIEGO |
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My Time Stationed
At MCRD San Diego 2007-2010 |
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GOING BACK
TO SAUDI |
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In 2008, the
Marine Corps sent me to Saudi Arabia again but this time for
a year
as an
adviser.
I might
have
gone
a
little
off
kilter
since
I
was
alone
most of the time. Enjoy
my slide into insanity. |
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IRAQ PART 2 |
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This page is a collection
of stories and pictures dedicated
to the fighting Americans in Iraq spreading democracy and putting
in all on the line for foreigners they don't even know. |
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JARHEAD |
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The
fictional Jarhead movie taken from the the fictional
book of the same name is a farce. Read
why. |
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GUNNY POP |
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Gunnery
Sergeant Nick "Pop" Popaditch, USMC, aka THE "Cigar Marine" gets
wounded and comes home. |
Full
Metal Jacket
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I met R. Lee Ermey (GYSGT Hartman of Full
Metal Jacket fame) while he was shooting
a movie at the University of Washington's Husky
stadium. Click on the picture or here to read all about it. |
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Ongoing
Projects
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WHO IS THIS
GUY, ANYWAY? |
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| Some of my favorite recording
artists |
| Random Stuff Rolling Around
In My Head |
| Random Stuff Rolling Around
in my Computer |
Some More Biographical Information
- Name: Jason Donald
Grose
- Age: 42 (A few years back, I look like this.)
- Undergraduate Major: Technical
Communications (Now Human Centered Design & Engineering) with
an emphasis on webpage design.
- Graduate Major: Information Technology Management at
the Naval Postgraduate School
- Wife: (1) Carrie Lynn
- Years married: 23 and counting
- Kids: 2, Alexander Nicholas
(20 yrs) and Stephanie Lynn
(16 yrs)
- Cats: 0, All the cats are dead
so I plan to combine a "Memorial Page" for them
- Dogs: 1, We got Buster
at the end of July 2001. He died on April 25th, 2010. But
then we got Toby on Dec 27th, 2010.
- Hamster: 0, Somehow, we ended up with a rat, er, hamster
named Tripod. What else would you call a three-legged rodent?
Then it died. Read
this.
- Status of Tripod: STILL DEAD.
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