Giles Orr

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I'm a librarian/computer geek/photographer from Toronto. When I speak, I sound Canadian with a hint of the Deep South - but my politics are pure bleeding heart liberal. I was born on the cusp between the Baby Boomers and Generation X, but my life has definitely felt more like that of a Gen-Xer - over-educated and frequently underemployed. I'm an areligious Buddhist (really) willing to slaughter a chicken on the altar to offend fundamentalists of any variety. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Toronto) and another one in Library Science (McGill). I spend about six hours a week exercising. I spend my spare time writing HTML and scripts, working with Linux, and watching movies. My favourite hobbies other than computers are photography and travel.

"The World is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds."
- Matt Johnson

Recent Reading List

• Fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons
• Hyperion, Dan Simmons
• The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett
• Berlin, Rough Guide
• Major Barbara, Bernard Shaw
• Pygmalion, Bernard Shaw
• Permutation City, Greg Egan
• Adiamante, L.E. Modesitt
• The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery, Janwillem va de Wetering
• Linux Journal

Recent Listening List

• Alegria, Cirque du Soleil
• Amelie soundtrack
• Grace Under Pressure, Rush
• Does This Look Infected?, Sum 41
• Warning:, Green Day
• Billy Talent II, Billy Talent
• Billy Talent, Billy Talent
• Bursting Out, Jethro Tull
• Scatterlings, Juluka
• Karma, Delerium

Great song lyrics

Recent Movies

• In Bruges
• Lars and the Real Girl
• Spanglish
• The Visitor
• The Jane Austen Book Club
• No Reservations
• The Killer
• Nim's Island
• A Love Song for Bobby Long
• The Accidental Tourist

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I seem to be making a profession of bizarre (self-)portraits. Here we are ...

			Lots more pictures here.
1991	October 2001	July 2006