I’ve been on these boards on and off for a few months now, reading a lot of the threads and posting when I can. Not much, mind you. A couple times a day or so. I post from work (no computer at home) and I’m not at my desk all the time, so my ability to pop in and post is pretty random. As a result, I don’t really participate in a lot of the threads that are useful for getting to know each other (you know, the flirting threads, favorite posters threads, post parties, etc.). So I thought, what the heck? I’ll start my own thread and hopefully get to know some of you wonderful people whose thoughts and stories I have enjoyed reading.
I’ll go first: Hi, I’m Bottle of Smoke. I took my screen name from my favorite Pogues song (I used to be Denbo, but I don’t think I posted much before I changed my name, so likely nobody will remember it anyway). I’m not really a newbie anymore, but certainly not a reg either. I’m 33, I live in Wisconsin, I’m married with three kids (all under 5 years old), and I pine for the days when the Packers were a force.
So come on in, pull up a chair, and tell me about yourself. Sorry, I have no naked jello dancing or other such things here. Just comfy chairs, a few good beers, and casual conversation. How ya doin’?
Hi! I don’t drink beer. I got my screen name from a great performance as Medea in high school.
I am now a sophmore at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Philosophy and Chemical Engineering. I have been here since the beginning of the summer, off and on as time and mood permits. Nice to say hi.
I’m doing okay, today is my rough day and I have to get to lab soon. (I’m skipping a class to be here. Its a seminar so its not a big deal) I’m taking Latin and organic chemistry this term, fun stuff all around.
Anyway, have to find shoes, my TA has this thing about no sandals in the lab, some pickyness about safety… So I will see you later.
Hey Bottle of Smoke - we met in the limerick thread. Like you, I can only post from work - and those flirting threads kind of scare me, so I’m glad you started this one. I’m 27, just moved to Brooklyn, and REALLY bored at work. And uh, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with naked jello dancing…
Hey, I like this idea! I’ll just settle myself in this recliner. I’m 46, married, one daughter, 2 dogs. I’m an aerospace engineer for a living, a sailor for a hobby, and a chat addict when hubby goes out of town. I post at work when things are slow - like today - and occasionally from home when the chores are done and I’m not in the mood for TV. I live just south of Jax FL and I don’t give a flying fig about the Jaguars.
Oh, and I bake really good cookies.
Hi, IRL my name is Cindi. I am a 43 year old woman --I know mojo is rather ambiguous. 57 is the year I was born. I am a registered nurse. Married 27 years to a lovely guy named Thom, who goes by Thor on a lot of sites. We have 2 children Eric who’s 21 and Missy who’s 26. No grandbabies yet, but I have placed an order.
(I’ll pause while you do the math)
I got the childbearing thing out of the way reeeal early.
I live smack dab in the middle of the Midwest. Middletown, Ohio. So named because it is the town in the middle of Cincinnati and Dayton on I-75.
I don’t smoke, rarely drink especially since a rather unfortunate incident recently in Cozumel involving a hot day no lunch and too much tequila that resulted in me having to be carried back to the boat.(No small feat I can assure you.) but I am no goody two shoes.
I am couchbound this week with a full-blown case of the flu. Temp of 102, cough, congestion, and feel like I’ve been beat with a bat. I feel and sound truly pathetic, every move elicits a groan. My dogs don’t know what to do. they know SOMETHING is wrong cause I am usually gone during the day. they just follow me around and sympathize with me, saying stuff like I know, I feel your pain, here let me lick your foot and mind if I eat that kleenex? and shit like that. Or maybe I’m delerious.
Medea’s Child – Nice to meet you. Latin and Organic Chemistry? Well, have fun anyway. vix – Nice to see you again. I didn’t mean to imply that there was anything wrong with naked jello dancing. Nosiree. But I just had the carpets cleaned from the last session… tradesilicon – Packers vs. Niners on Oct 15. Just doesn’t have that same anticipation that it used to. I’m just checking in here to answers those of you nice enought to post. I’ll get back to limericking as soon as I can think of one (read: who knows when?) FairyChatMom – Howdy, howdy. I’ve seen you around, and I love the screen name. Really good cookies? Mmmmm. You can stay as long as you like. mojo57 – Sorry you aren’t feeling well. I’ll see if I have any chicken soup around here.
Hi everyone. My name is Ron. I’m the poster formerly known as BratMan007. I basically pulled that name out of my ass and never really liked it much, so I changed it to Crunchy Frog which is from a Monty Python skit.
I’m 27, ex-Air Force, and now work for AT&T troubleshooting and provisioning new networks. I live in St Louis, MO and doubt I’ll ever leave the city, lest I lose contact with my beloved Cardinals and Rams (I would count the Blues as beloved if they could just once advance in the playoffs! I swear that team is the Susan Lucci of hockey).
My sister got married last year, and I became an uncle this past June. I was engaged after my discharge from the Air Force to a bitch named Jennifer, but she’s dead now. At least I think she’s dead now. By that I mean I often fantasize about her being dead. (No, I’m not bitter, why do you ask?) I am now seeing a girl named Honesty (yes, that’s really her name) and we’ve been together nearly a year.
I live alone in a two-bedroom apartment, no pets now that I’ve recently gotten rid of a cat I never really liked. I like to do anything artistic and I read almost constantly.
Hell, you know I think I wrote more here than is on my homepage?
Hiya Bratma–err, I mean Crunchy Frog. I like the new name, but it takes some getting used to. I think yours was one of the first threads I posted to when I got here. Something about an autographed Ted Williams baseball, I think. Gald you stopped by.
I like my screen name too, thanks - it was a gift from a friend - FWIW, my given name is Michelle. And you don’t have to sing the Beatles’ song of the same name… really, you don’t…
and I’m 5’5", dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes, and my turn-ons are…
I am Patrick (also known as iam/pun/punha/paddywoo/paddy/“you nitwit”). I’m a sophomore at George Mason University, not majoring in anything yet. When I do it’ll most likely be a major in English with possibly a minor or major in psych and a possible minor in French.
I live near DC . . . near enough that it takes me all of 30 mins to get there.
Right now I’m a poor college student . . . no job basically because I don’t have a car and as such it’s hard for me to get a job. I might become the editor for GMU’s off-color paper, but beyond that I go to class, do my ATT stuff, and do a lot of online stuff.
Ye gads, man. I graduated with a major in English and a major in Psych.:eek: All this and we registered here on the same day…(Twilight Zone music). Although you have slightly more posts than I do…
Hi, all. I’m Jessica, 19 (for some reason, that sounds older than I feel… my godmama was not amused the other day when I told her I felt ancient – “What does that make me?” she asked), born and raised in upstate New York and currently attending Boston College, which is neither a college or in Boston. (We’re technically a university in Chestnut Hill, but whatever.) I’m a psych major and pre-med refugee. The plan is to go into clinical psychology, but there are days when I semi-seriously consider moving to England, raising puppies, and writing a book on George Eliot. Of course, I should probably learn something about George Eliot before I start any sort of epic novel on her. (I’m hoping to get motivated to pick up “Middlemarch” sometime in the relativey near future.) I’m romantically unattached, but prone to bouts of platonic smittenness. The name “Serendipity” comes from the fact that most of my posts are pretty inane, but you might stumble onto a gem in them once in a while. Plus, “serendipity” just rolls off of the tongue, much like “indubitability,” which wouldn’t have made a very good user name.
Right, so, there are a couple of random facts about myself, which I’m positive you feel much more enlightened knowing.
I’m 19 years old, but cranky and cynical as any old man.
I’m currently a student at the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus. I’m majoring in Computer Science, because computers are the only thing I know the slightest amount about.
I am utterly, incurably incompetant.
In my spare time, I find myself at my computer. I never remember walking to it, or sitting down at it, I just end up there by unconscious habit. Like just now.
I try to read when I get the chance, but rarely get the chance. Although I’m not too picky about what I read, I have vowed never to read a romance novel. Or TV Guide. I currently finished reading “1984”, which, if you don’t know, is a very creepy and disturbing book. I’m currently reading “Guns, Germs, and Steel”.
I also think Minnesotan women are the sexiest around.
Hi, all . . . Writer (books) and editor (magazines), New York, 43. No husband, no kids, no strings, no connections; no ties to my affections—I’m fancy-free and free for anything fancy . . .
FairyChatMom, I’d suggest you wash your hair! “Clean blonde” is ever so much more attractive.
BTW, I am gonna be an English major because it’s so pathetically easy (for me). Psych is almost as easy, and I need to take two whole classes to get a minor in French.
Bottle of Smoke . . . if only you were my age and opposite gender.
My name’s Mike. I’m 46. I live outside Chicago with my wife and three daughters. I design estate automation and entertainment systems for the stupifyingly wealthy. You know, people with estates before they die.
Born in St Paul, MN, lived in VA and OH. Three dogs, two birds, several fish, and a frog.
Raised Catholic, now an official Lutheran and an unofficial atheist who sees few conflicts between the three. BA in Anthropology, though majored in English and Journalism first. Got into drafting because I needed a job.
dropzone was what I was calling my freelance design service before I got a REAL job. Been thinking of changing it since Homer keeps carping on what it means to him (and only him), but it’s what folks here know me as so I’m disinclined to change.
5’-10", WAY too heavy, honky w/brown hair and eyes. Proimarily of German and Irish extraction but a general Eurotrash mutt; I choose my nationality based on how I feel, but I’m basically Suburban.
My hobbies are, well, between work, family, and my second online family (love you all!) there isn’t much time left. Got a FREE X10 home automation kit (www.x10.com and they’re just GIVING stuff away–literally) today so I’ll start setting it up at home as soon as I figure out what needs automating. First thing will be turning on the carport light with a remote.
Hello, pluto calling. My screen name is a derivation of my name IRL (which is Paul, BTW) and I enjoy the ambiguity it invokes (Disney dog? Roman god? Icy planet?).
I’m 45 until tomorrow when I turn 46. I have a degree in mechanical engineering but I work as a software engineer for the Boeing Company in Seattle. I live and work in a suburb south of Seattle, lovingly known as Kent.
Married, 4 kids, 2 still at home. Devout Mormon (in fact a former bishop) so I try to behave myself on this message board and mostly succeed, usually to the point of boredom. No beer for me, thanks, but I’ll join you in a glass of lemonade.
