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About my Philosophy:
If I were to describe my self in 4 words they would go something like this Atheist, Rational, Selfish, and Capitalistic. If I were to do this in One it would be Objectivist. What do these 4 word mean? while I will explain:
Atheist – I do not believe in any god, religion, or supernatural things.
Rational – I use logic to explain things, this is like treating everything like a math equation. I do not believe in things that are not fact.
Selfish – I serve my self and only myself. Every thing I do I do for my own happiness. I will never sacrifice my life for anyone else.
Capitalistic – This is the political system I follow. It is the opposite of communism. The bases is every one is a individual and can do what ever they want as long as it does not infringe on someone else’s human rights. This is not to be confused with America because America is not a capitalistic society they are just the ones that got the closest, but now are falling ever closer to communism.
Like I said before there can be summed up with one term Objectivist. Objectivist is a term coined by Ayn Rand, the author of the great book Atlas Shrugged. To learn more go pick up that book at any book store or go visit www.aynrand.com.

About the word Mantz:
This name was originally assigned to me when I joined the Quake Clan “Section One”. The clan is based on the TV show “La Femme Nikita”. We all had names from characters on that show mine was Mantz. many years later we found out that it was spelled Ments, but we decided we would stick with Mantz because it was much cooler (there is a Z in it and any word with a Z is cool). There are several variations on Mantz that may come up: Mantz Pryde, Mantz Galt or Loki Hellbringer. The last one is a little different and is more of a RPG, dungeons and dragons kind of name. As for the other versions of the name I gave those to my self. Pryde is a blood name from the Battletech universe (better known as Mechwarrior) Jade Falcon Clan. The blood name refers to the great Aidan Pryde the greatest pilot that ever grassed the seat of a Mechwarrior. The Word Galt comes from John Galt and the famous question “Who is John Galt” from the novel Atlas Shrugged. If you want to know who John Galt is you should read the book. As for the name Loki Hellbringer this also comes from the Battletech universe. Hellbringer was the name of a Jade Falcon mech. When the clans invaded the Inner Sphere the Inner Sphere had no idea what the clans called there mechs so they made up there own names. They called the Hellbringer, hence the name Loki Hellbringer.

The 10 Best Movies Of 2009

An finally here is my list for my favourite films of 2009. I know it is a bit late. As always the posters link to imdb where you can learn more about the film and see what others think. If you think I have missed anything leave a comment below. Also you will notice that [...]

The 10 best TV Shows of 2009

Yes I know that I have not posted much in the last year and I could say that that is going to change but I wont make that promise. To stat the year right it is the return of my favourite blog topic the best of lists. I still have a couple of movies to [...]

Loki

I know I have not posted in a while and I will try to correct this. I will try to post more frequently with smaller post sizes as I think that will encourage me a little more. So for starters here is some picture of my pet lizard named Loki. It is a bearded dragon [...]

Battlestar Galactica greatest show ever? Answered!

6 weeks ago I asked is Battlestar Galactica the greatest show ever. Having seen the final episode I can now answer that question. And the answer yes and no.
There is things that make this show greater then any show to come before it, like the effects and acting. The show also does an amazing [...]

Top Ten Films Of 2008

I have finished watching all of the movies that I consider contenders for the best movies of 2008. This list is more a reflection of my movie tastes. Thanks to the power of web 2.0 I now have pictures to correspond with my choices and if you click the image it will bring you to [...]

Project Refusal Returns!

As I have stated I want to get back to working on project refusal, for the last 6 weeks I have done just that. I forgot how much I enjoy programming. I find it interesting coming back to the project after that much time has passed and seeing problems in a new way. Its like [...]