Kim Lancaster

Kim Lancaster

Dallas

Member since Sep 2009 | 21 Curated Comments, 94 Total

About Me

Post-hippie middle aged white guy, SE Asia Veteran, a petroleum geologist by trade. My main interests are World History and Culture, Foreign Affairs, Geography, and playing Blues Guitar.

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What I'm Currently Addicted To...

Lightnin' Hopkins

This Is Annoying Me...

Partisanship, Fear and Hate filled Punditry.

This Is Making Me Worry...

Our Military/Industrial cabal

This Is Bringing Me Joy...

My 3 year old Boston Terrier (terrorist)

I'm Running From...

Anyone professing to know what God's will is for me

This Is Helping Me Create...

My evolving world view

This Is Making Me Think - Hard...

India/Pakistan relationship

This Makes My Teeth Itch

The extremely high incarceration rate in the US.

Can't Do Without

Mexican Food and.... oh yeah, the Blues

Favorite Voices

The ones I don't hear in my weekly meditation meeting.

My Most Awkward Moment

Too many to list. Growing up in public is not always comfortable..

My Secret Ambition

Grateful acceptance of everything and everyone that comes my way. Certain beings are here to show me how to be. Others to show me how not.

I'm Known For...

Oil and Gas exploration

My Current Project

Wildcat in eastern New Mexico

My Greatest Achievement

Learning to live in the present

My Biggest Regret

Living in the present allows me to not have a biggest regret..

I Truly Respect

Humanity in all of its' manifestations

Moments I'd Like To Forget

Quien sabe? Sometimes I have the attention span of a marsupial. Apologies to all marsupials..

How I Pay For This Wardrobe

Grudgingly

Blocks I've Been Around

Beats the hell out of me. Most have not been clearly marked.

Things That Really Happened

I will defer that answer to Dr. Heisenberg.

Where I'd Like To Be 10 Years From Now

Right here, right now..

Why True/Slant

Kinda fell into it. I enjoy the eclectic personalities and great writing..


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