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I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am:
a father
a husband
a chess player
a software engineer and Web designer
an objectivist
a libertarian
a geek
a drum-n-bass (jungle, breakbeat) fiend
a gambler
an aspiring drunk
a writer
independent
a traveler
(modestly) tattoed
acerbic
opinionated
an (occasional) cigar smoker
an NFL fanatic
an entrepreneur
(at times) obsessive compulsive
a blowhard
a know-it-all
a wannabe politician

I edited my profile with MY OWN TWO HANDS

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


Friends of all shapes and sizes - specifically, anyone who enjoys beers/cocktails, electronic/jazz/industrial/loud music, chess, politics, sidewalk cafes, computers, or sports

My Blog

Have no fear, Computer Guy's here!

So I spent the last WEEK trying to install a new application server on my dedicated Linux box.  Don't leave me yet  you don't need to know anything about Linux, programming, application servers,...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:49:00 GMT

Holidays with the Clampetts

I spent this last Thanksgiving at home with my extended family.  Home for me means Western Michigan (Grand Rapids area), even though it hasnt really been my home for almost 14 years.  Ste...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:25:00 GMT

A swift kick to the gut

Last week I was eating dinner with my kids at CiCis Pizza.  CiCis is where every self-respecting lard ass goes to eat when they only have five bucks in their pocket and they have an insatiable ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:28:00 GMT

How to win friends and influence people

I am a chess player.  I dont simply mean that I know the rules of the game or that I played the occasional match as a kid.  Rather, I have now allowed myself to slip far enough down the rab...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:31:00 GMT

This is why you work at Burger King

    Yes, this is the newest offering at Burger King  the Tripal Whopper.  Just as tribal means those things of, or pertaining to, a tribe, tripal in this context means, of, or ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:33:00 GMT

Cleansing the soul one massive beat at a time

I became aware of the whole club scene at (what I believe to be) a fairly young age.  I always looked older than my peers, I hung out with friends who were (significantly) older than me, I date...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT