What it is that I do...
Cool formatting will have to wait... and it will get here.. but if I wait
on it, nothing will ever get here...
My Family
I am extremely fortunate to have a number of varied and wonderful groups whom I consider family. With some, I happen to share random bits of DNA sequences, with others I share interests. All of them are close to me in one way (or, in some cases, several ways) or another.
Renaissance Festivals
My mom took me to my first RenFest (the MDRF) when I was about 10 (give or take, neither of us can
remember for certain). In recent years, though, the interest has become a lot more to me than
something to do one or two days a year... oh yeah... MUCH more...
- The Maryland RenFest was my first, and is the Fest that I
consider to be my "home away from the 21st century"
- Clan McArgh
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I am a proud member of a number of ren-guilds:
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International Brotherhood of Rogues, Scoundrels, and Cads (a.k.a. The Rogues Guild)
Former IBRSC Liason to the Maryland RenFest
#314: The Easy (as pi) Rogue
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Renaissance Mercenaries Guild (a.k.a. The RenMercs)
#202: The DC Merc
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The International Fellowship of Royal Privateers (a.k.a. The Guild of St. Errol)
#122: Sensei Wasabi Tterfer, Master-at-arms aboard the Three Ravens
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I'm also proud to be a pinned RenGeek (more on other types of geekdom below).
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Believe it or not, I've become a member of Team Wench...
formerly a group of IWG members; now it has expanded
beyond that and encompassed a couple of IBRSC members too. What do we do? We
walk to raise money
for various worthwhile causes including breast cancer research, multiple sclerosis
research, suicide prevention and awareness, and others.
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I'm (very) happily certified (watch it!) in both the Ear-
and Neck-tricks
from both coasts.
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If very little (or none) of this makes sense, check out the archives of
AFR.
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Oh, and for the record, I'm a scheming SOB ;-) . For proof, look no further than right
here
(vid clip).
I first met Nybor and Elsbeth around 1987 or so. I liked their teaching style then, and I still like it.
They (and until a few years back, Bobbi too damn, I miss her) go out of their way to make a person feel at home. They are wonderful folks. And besides,
Nybor's art is cool! Besides, it's entirely possible that I own
the largest collection (or close to it) of Nybor prints outside of Keyser, WV.
Founded in 1961 at Virginia Tech, these folks were my family when I was in Bleaksburg, and they still are.
This is one of the most non-traditional greek organizations I have ever run across, and the only one where
neither the contents of a person's wallet nor the color of their skin, nor their hometown, nor any other
external element has anything to do with their ability to fit in. What's inside... their hearts and
their minds and and who they are... that is what really matters. And it's the biggest reason I joined.
Two of my dearest friends in the world are my pledge brothers in
Delta Phi.
Geekdom
I was a geek when that was not an attractive word to have been called. I have been a closet-geek.
Later, I was a geek-in-training. But now I'm proud to be a professional geek... with the salary to match.
Here are some of the things that have either got me started or kept me going:
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It must be mentioned... User Friendly ROCKS!
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I scored a 46% on Thudfactor.com's Geek Quiz.
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If you don't know HTML and want to, here's some advice...
start simple! When you finish there, either start plagiarizing
code yourself, or look for more help online.
- My LJ Blog code: B6 d+ t+ k s u- f- i- o+ x++ e l+ c (blog code)
- Oh, and for the record... (just click here to be able to decrypt).
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Fandom
I'm working on it... I'll have info here eventually, but I'll start by saying that I went
to my first con in 1983 and have worked on staff at close to 20 in the intervening years.)
- Looney Labs games ROCK! This is why I've become a Demo Rabbit
Causes
in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
Last updated on
Monday, 12-Mar-2018 14:26:36 CDT