JefferyHale

13 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

That's awesome, I've always wanted to try skydiving. Maybe one day... I could imagine the huge beard being pretty distracting when you're falling through the air at terminal velocity.

There's nothing quite like taking the plunge from 13,500'!

2 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Quite the beard, dude. You look like the drummer from one of my old bands, except he shaved his head. 

Thank you, sir! I, too, used to shave (I mean buzz) my head. Here's a photograph from 2012 when I used to skydive regularly when the beard was much shorter, but my hair was buzzed off. 

I have been growing a beard and taking it seriously for well over a year now. Beard oil, beard conditioner/shampoo/wash, and the right comb(s) is crucial to maintaining a healthy and good-looking beard. Also, a healthy diet is incredibly important and some growers use Biotin for healthy and fast growth. 

On 2/19/2016 at 8:25 PM, deathstorm said:

Welcome to the forum

Thanks!

On 2/19/2016 at 11:24 PM, kjtheguitarist said:

I'm new here too.

Welcome.

Welcome! Thanks.

7 hours ago, GorboGorboze said:

I enjoy erasure's music very much, but their videos are really the best of the best. 

Absolutely!

Marduk
Gorgoroth
Erasure (this is not a typo)
Electric Wizard
true Black Dawn
 

2 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Welcome. I'm into a few of the bands you listed, though I veer more towards DM in general. I love reading as well, when I get a chance; sci-fi/fantasy (LOTR, Dune and Zelazny's Amber have been lifelong favorites), historical fiction (Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle), some nonfiction (big fan of Dennett, Pinker, some Dawkins, recently finished up Philip Glass's new memoir, working on some Braudel). And Shakespeare, though it's been quite some time since I last read through the plays. 

Hope you enjoy the forum. 

Thank you! I, too, am fond of Death Metal. I need to read Dune! Thanks for the reminder. 

2 hours ago, jfk36 said:

Welcome to the forum, seems like you're gonna fit in well round here.

Thank you!

50 minutes ago, GorboGorboze said:

welcome to the forum Jeffery, nice to have you here. Nice list of Artists, and may I say you are sporting a very classy avatar.

Thank you!

7 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

Welcome. Good to see a bunch of black and doom metal bands on an introduction post. There are plenty of discussions going on, feel free to jump right in.

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Thank you!

6 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Some quality bands and a bunch of authors I'm not familiar with / have not read. I mostly opt for Edgar Allen Poe or H.P Lovecraft (could you tell) when reading. Throw in a bit of Stephen King, J.R.R Tolkien, and E.T.A Hoffman as well. Really do need to expand my literature collection. I do so much reading for my degree though that reading for pleasure isn't always a priority.

I, too, have an affinity for Poe & Lovecraft!

1 minute ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

G'Day Jeffrey hope you dig it here. Why don't you tell us some of your favourite bands. Well bands or authors I'll take either...

Certainly!

Artists:

Marduk
Burzum
Darkthrone
Mayhem
Saint Vitus
Sleep
Kyuss
Samhain
Danzig
The Misfits ('77-'83)
Gorgoroth
Belphegor
With the Dead
Electric Wizard
King Dude
Boyd Rice/NON
Earth

Authors:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Anton LaVey
James Sass
Ragnar Redbeard
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ayn Rand
Marquis de Sade
Boyd Rice

11 minutes ago, JefferyHale said:

Certainly!

Artists:

Marduk
Burzum
Darkthrone
Mayhem
Saint Vitus
Sleep
Kyuss
Samhain
Danzig
The Misfits ('77-'83)
Gorgoroth
Belphegor
With the Dead
Electric Wizard
King Dude
Boyd Rice/NON
Earth

Authors:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Anton LaVey
James Sass
Ragnar Redbeard
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ayn Rand
Marquis de Sade
Boyd Rice

I'd also like to add: Sons of Perdition, Those Poor Bastards, Cormac McCarthy, and Flannery O'Connor.

Good evening. The name's Jeffery. I'm a 33-year-old bibliophile with a penchant for Nature, the unconventional side of life, and the darker side of the human condition. I reside in Dayton, Ohio with my wife and I'm here to converse with like-minded individuals.

Thanks!

Bleak, violent, raw, & the blackest of the black.