If you want to read the mystic story written in your future

Updated March 31st, 2008

In ones and twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands
The bleeding hearts and the artistes
Make their stand.
When they've given their all, some stagger and fall
After all, it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall.

Pink Floyd, The Wall

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Morning comes too early
And night time falls too late
And sometimes all I want to do is wait
The shadow I've been hiding in has fled from me today
I know it's easier
To walk away than look it in the eye
But I will raise a shelter to the sky
And here beneath this star tonight I'll lie
Emerging slowly into light
As I awaken from my longest night

Dream Theater, "Surrounded"

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I'm a dad, a husband, a lover, and a friend. I'm a polyamorous, overweight computer geek. I love to read and watch sci-fi television. I have been a keen student of martial arts on and off for much of my life. I love to cook for my family and friends, and every time I try a new food, recipe, or technique it's a blast. I love to write and I'm finally starting to build up a little momentum. I'm a fledgling oil painter.

I mostly post about whatever is on my mind, or what's happening in my life. I am no font of humor, political insight, wisdom, or titillation.

Over the last few years I have found my interests forcefully altered by my eczema. It has made it impossible for me to play the guitar, and near impossible to paint miniatures. Some days I hate it so badly I could just cry.

On friending and de-friending
Feel free to add me to your friends list. I may add you back, if your journal seems interesting to me. If I don't, please don't be offended. It's no kind of reflection on your worthiness or value as a person.

If I remove you from my friends list, there are any number of possible reasons. If it bothers you, feel free to write me at my livejournal address to ask why. Chances are good that I'm just not reading your posts anymore. Once again, it's no indication of anything other than your life and my interests are incompatible.

I do not do "amnesty days", new friend announcements, or friend removal announcements. I do not do periodic purges. I simply do whatever moves me.

Filter lists
I have three voluntary filters. If you want to join one, just drop me a comment in any post about it. Much to the relief of everyone, I'm sure, I don't have one of those nifty "sex" filters.

Arts - In this filter I post about writing, and particularly about my ongoing superhero project, Celerity, and painting. A lot of this has move to my other blog.
Poker - this is where I post about poker. Random thoughts, problems, some hands, and my general progress.
Fitness - this is where I post about my progress (and non-progress) in my battle with my weight and general health

Cast of Characters

(updated 01/2010)
ladysea, my wife of 14 years
Bri, our daughter, age 13. She's a sweetie and a flute player.

fiddle_dragon, my ex. We were together for 9 years before she decided to move away.
Spud, our son, age 6.
marcbs, fiddle_dragon's ex-husband.
Kritter, their oldest daughter, age 15. Artist, dancer, and voracious reader.
Beana, their younger daughter, age 13. A redheaded soccer player and all around goofball.

fd, Kritter, and Beana live in Massachusetts now.

cadithial, my best friend of all time.

Birthdays
I'm hideously horribly random on remember and noting the birthdays of people who aren't close RL friends. So if I miss you, don't feel left out.

Computers and Open Source
In early 2007 I installed Ubuntu on my system just to try it out, and because I was tired of Microsoft's licensing practices. I really liked it, and use it 98% of the time now. I also subscribed to a lot of RSS feeds and newsletters to help me get back up to speed on the world of Linux.

Since then, I have found myself getting more and more interested in Open Source, and looking for FOSS ways to do things.

So here are a few links to projects I particularly like.


The Beryl Project, a sweet 3-D window manager



Open Culture
I am a believer in open culture as well. I am the content curator/web master of Dragonsept Arts and Publishing.

Security
You can find my PGP key here.Link:
NaNoWriMo Participant tag: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9985264@N08/1752317643/

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