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Posted by George on 03/16/08 at 08:05 PM
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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.

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'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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