> --- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And welcome to the list! (I don't think I have seen your > name here until > > recently, so I'm guessing that either you recently > subscribed or recently > > came out of lurkdom: If I'm wrong, well, I've been wrong > about other > > things, so simply disregard this paragraph . . . ;-) ) > If/when you feel > > comfortable doing so, tell us a little about yourself and > how you found the > > > > list and what prompted you to join. Or not, as you wish. > > I think the first time that I posted was in 95. I come and go, mostly > unanounced. The last time I left was in a huff, but I heard > that there wasn't > a lot of abusive behavior and clicism around these days and > came back for a > look-see. The guys over on the "other brin-l" would probably > disagree, but > off list I was told it was differnt, so...
We wouldn't know...<wink> > > Look in at the members page, I'm the guy "hovering over Greg > Benford ;-)" > Seems I was so thrilled to meet him I followed him around > like a puppy asking > silly questions just to be communicating with "the man". I > figure, if my > picture is on the members page then I should probably say > something... once > and a while. > > About me: > -34, > -Computer Scientist, > -Maried, > -No kids, > -Live in SF Bay Area, > -Very into Action Sports (Snowboarding & Kiteboarding mostly), > -Dyslexic...Very! so I don't spell well, I use a spell check, > but it does't > allways catch simmilar sounding words, or words like apprapoe > wich are not > really english at all. (well, you know what I mean, don't you?) This explains a lot. Nurd is Nerd. I know there have been threads in the past linking Dyslexia and ADD with high intelligence (perhaps it applies?). > -Politicaly...weird, Not here, my friend! I gaurentee that if I get into an honest > political > discussion I will disagree with nearly everyone. (Neo > Conservative forign > policy, Libritarian echonomics, Libral social). Did you take the political compass test mentioned earlier last week? It sounds like you are aligned with most everyone on the list. > -Came to list while at Uni. Benoford is my favorite author. > -Not intested in arguments, but I love heated discussions > which stay focused > on the info and not the people provinding the info. It used to be that it always seemed to revolve around the people providing the information. For some reason, it is not that way now - <whisper>it's an enigma!</whisper> In fact, I found a number of past messages that revolved around someone insulting another for mispelling a word. Gotta make sure that does not happen again.... I won't say welcome aboard, because you probably pre-date most people on the list today. In fact, you should be welcoming us! Nurd From Hell (Let's hear some chatter out there.....abattabattabattabattaswing!) > > > > > ===== > _________________________________________________ > Jan William Coffey > _________________________________________________ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
