My name's Brad Smith. I'm 39--born 25 February 1965 in Ontario, Oregon. White Anglo-Saxon Deist Libertarian Transhumanist SF/Fantasy/Horror fan and writer. As to what I look like, imagine Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi of Babylon-5) with a few extra kilos or so. I'm a fifth-generation Oregonian, although I've lived in Nebraska and now am in Tennessee; I'm planning on moving west, going back to Oregon someday. I've been a clerk, a bouncer, a collections agent, short-order cook, theater-tech, a private secuirty guard, served in the Air National Guard, worked in a military surplus store, A liquor store, a video-store clerk, and now work in a warehouse, working the nightshift. I also spent six months or so working for a weekly newspaper, the North Platte Bulletin, which can be read here at www.northplattebulletin.com. All those jobs . . . . I'm busy trying to establish myself as a professional, working writer. I moved to Tennessee in July to be with the love of my life, Andrea. We got married on Halloween. I love TV/films, reading (I have over 900 books in my private library), photography, the Internet, the paranormal, the occult, role-playing games, religions, philosophy, history, trivia, conspiracy theories, science, dinosaurs, Asian cinema, anime/manga, Transhumanism, Libertarianism, Deism, Shakespeare, Oregon . . . . I'm working a novel, I call it "cyberspace opera," called Fortune's Knight Errant. I took my love of space opera, threw in elements of anime/manga, exotic sciences such as nanotechnology and genetic engineering, politics, military history . . . . And put them all together into a good adventure story. It's like Bernard Cornwell's great character, Richard Sharpe--or Horatio Hornblower--meeting the Lensman, Cthulhu, battle meks, synthetic intelligences, Ayn Rand, Nietzsche, and the like. That's how I eventually ended up here. I hope to meet some friends. Learn some things. And, enjoy life along the way.
Never before have I seen such a thoroughly-written self-intro on SciForums. A warm welcome to ya Brad. I really hope ya enjoy yer time at these forums. Right now, we're going through our "biannual slump", but it'll lift by the end of the holiday season. I live in Oregon. Klamath Falls. Have ya been there?
I was born in Ontario--but I like to think of Ashland and Medford--the Rogue River Valley region--as my home. I've been to K-Falls a few times. A friend of mine had a band and they played at Waldo's a few times. Is Waldo's still around, eh?
Waldo's on Main Street? Yeah, it's still here. I've never really heard of the place, actually. I hadta look in a phone book to see if it was listed. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I really need to get out more. Where's Ontario, by the way? Is it anywhere near Medford?
Hmmmmmm, 39 and still "finding" yourself? Time to settle down with your wife. I mean that even a bouncer has a steady paycheck.
Hi Brad. I have to agree with Athelwulf, I never saw such a long self-intro on a forum. Anyway, hope you enjoy yourself here. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Nope! After a hitch in the Air Force, I settled down at twenty-four and retired twelve years ago at fifty-four. And I'm a school drop-out!
That's pretty harsch Marv...not every person knows what they would like to do for the rest of their life. I have a bachelors degree and after trying to find my "purpose" in life, finally enrolled in nursing school. I give the guy credit for trying many things in life.
Oops...sorry Lensman...I meant to pull down the other quote about you still "finding yourself". That wasn't directed at you, it was directed at "Hillbilly". Welcome to Sciforums...obviously I'm new also, as you can see by my screw-up Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Dude... you don't need to tell us your name and age. Those things don't matter here. Welcome either way. Things have been slaggin a bit and we could use a fresh nut (if you're willing to fill the void.) If not, civilized, intelligent conversation is also good :m:
analbeads, at 39, you're halfway to the grave. Time gets shorter and you can't go back and try something else. That was my point. Harsh? Hell, life doesn't hand you a silver platter!
