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More boring information about me
'Decrepit Old Fool' was intended to be an ironic/humorous pseudonym; I am only one of those things but the other two are creeping up on me. It refers to being over forty and working in a technology field, or to having grown children who are much smarter and hipper than I am.
I started blogging to improve my writing skills, and discovered I simply enjoyed it so that is why I do it now. I am a computer support specialist at a great MidWestern university, am married (sorry girls), and have three children of whom the youngest is a junior in college. After a (brief) term as a Christian minister, I have had a series of technical service jobs including darkroom printing, advertising layout, production xerography, photography, camera repair, and computer repair. I have a bachelor's degree from a good liberal-arts college in Tennessee and my home is cluttered with a tangle of books and periodicals.
I have a hard time with political groups; the 'liberals' are right about some things, 'conservatives' are right about others, and 'libertarians' about still other issues (of course, that's in the world view where I am right about everything).
I don't believe in the supernatural, including assorted spirits, gods, demons, afterlife, or miracles - but I once did so I am sympathetic to those who do. I am not sympathetic to those who want to use the power of government to further their supernatural beliefs, however.
My Unitarian Jihad name is "Brother Pepper Spray of Quiet Reflection" ... Get yours
And about Lucas...
'Lucas' is a co-author on this blog, and when he sends me some text for this column, I'll paste it in here.
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