Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

About Scott Bradford

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Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.

Miscellany

Name: Scott Kenneth Bradford

Age: Forty-one

Height: About 174 centimeters (5’9″)

Eyes: I think they’re dark green, but it’s debatable

Hair: Brown (and gray)

Spouse: Melissa Bradford

Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic); registered at Saint Veronica Catholic Church in the Catholic Diocese of Arlington

  • Sacrament of Baptism received in 1992
    • Conferred by Reverend Waverly Reames at Community of Faith United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia
  • Sacrament of Matrimony with Melissa Bradford in 2005
    • Celebrated by Reverend Rob Vaughn at Community of Faith United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia
  • Sacrament of Confirmation received in 2009
    • Conferred by Father Edward Hathaway at Saint Veronica Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia
    • Confirmed in the name of St. Maximilian Kolbe, martyr of charity, patron of the pro-life movement, families, political prisoners, journalists, and drug addicts. “Kolbe is the patron saint of our difficult [twentieth] century” – Pope Saint John Paul II

Government-Issued Licenses:

  • Loudoun County, Virginia, Circuit Court
    • Permit to carry a concealed handgun
  • U.S. Federal Communications Commission
  • Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
    • Driver
    • Motorcyclist

Associations and Volunteer Groups:

Politics: Independent “conservatarian” (somewhere between conservative and “small-l” libertarian)

Favorite Albums:

  • The whole Pink Floyd discography . . . except Ummagumma
  • And then, in no particular order:
    • Desperado by the Eagles
    • Harmonium by Vanessa Carlton
    • More Than You Think You Are by Matchbox Twenty
    • Mr. Natural by the Bee Gees
    • Quadrophenia by The Who
    • The Turn of a Friendly Card by the Alan Parsons Project
  • There are many others. I have strange, eclectic tastes.

Favorite Movies:

  • The whole Stanley Kubrick filmography . . . except Eyes Wide Shut
  • And then, in no particular order:
    • Airplane! directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
    • I Confess directed by Alfred Hitchcock
    • Pink Floyd: The Wall directed by Alan Parker
    • Rope directed by Alfred Hitchcock
    • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country directed by Nicholas Meyer
    • The Abyss (theatrical cut) directed by James Cameron
    • The Blues Brothers directed by John Landis
    • The Exorcist directed by William Friedkin
  • I have strange, eclectic tastes here too.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.