Samuel

Outside of work, which I don’t talk about here for confidentiality reasons and to keep my personal and professional lives a bit separate, I do only about four things. First, I am the father of a remarkable young man who turned 2 September 2008. Second, I am interested in politics and try to follow what’s going on politically as best I can in the time I have. My B.A. was in political science, mostly because it kept being engaging while other things got dull. Third, I think of myself as an artistic and creative person and I try to do as much art as I can (although in the past year, not much has percolated to the surface). Finally, and this is a hobby I’ve only been into for about a year, I brew beer. My blog is a place for me to share thoughts about these things. For those who are interested in who I am, please read the following.

Name: Samuel J. Rutledge

Age: 28

Height: 5′11″

Weight: 155 lbs give or take five depending on the month

Eye Color: Blue/Green/Grey

Hair Color: Dark blonde/light brown

Location: Eugene, OR, USA

Occupation: Medicaid case manager.

In English: I ask old folks about how much help they need in the potty.

Avocation(s): Parenting, Poetry, Beer-Making, Politics, Social Engineering, Green Living, Urban Homesteading, Gardening, Graphic Design, Audio and Video Production, Geology, Astronomy, Arm Chair Philosophy, Radical Leftist Ideology, Ribald Humor

Favorites:

Music: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, The Pixies, The Clash, The Staples Singers, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Saul Williams, Mos Def, Dave Matthews Band, The Barenaked Ladies, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Ani DiFranco, Pulp, Frank Sinatra, world music, classical, and most everything in between.

Literature: Juvenile Fiction, Beat Generation Novels and Poetry, Cyberpunk, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Terry Pratchet, Neil Gaiman, See my goodreads profile for more.

Movies: I have a thing for action/adventure movies with lots of chase scenes and explosions, a strange attraction to the 007 movies, and I generally like artistic films that make me think about things in a different light. I love gangster movies. I like Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola. I do not like slapstick very much (although, if done really well – Mel Brooks comes to mind – it can be extremely funny).

Television: M*A*S*H, The West Wing, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Myth-Busters, The Sopranos, Weeds.

Foods: butter, cheese, brussels sprouts, sausage, grits with butter and cheese, sashimi, lasagna, bacon, things cooked in bacon grease, nettles, spinach, pulled pork bbq, hush puppies, fried chicken, cornbread, chili, raw broccoli crowns

Pet Peeves: It gets on my nerves when people hold strong opinions that they can’t (or won’t) back up with critical thought. I don’t like unnecessarily large vehicles. I wish everyone would realize that global environmental crisis is not a matter of opinion, but a matter of fact.

Degrees: BA in Political Science, 2007, University of Oregon.

Other Interesting Facts: If you take cranberries and stew them up like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.