Welcome!
...to my little space on the web - be it ever so humble - it is at least an attempt to put a personal edge onto the add-banner-infested commecial web.
When I'm not working as a Computer Geek in the Chicago Loop, I love to spend time listening to music (absolutely positively cannot live without it), taking in a offbeat movie or a live show here in the city, working on various projects at home, mucking with my many computers, volunteer webmastering for a few local organizations, or just getting out to bike or run along our fine lakefront. I absolutely love nature. There are few more enjoyable experiences than getting out and hiking in the mountains - which unfortunately Illinois seems to be lacking in. (sigh) Occasionally I get inclined to do some miscellaneous photography. I love to sing, have a wierd fascination with entranceways, tunnels, and elevators.
I'm a bleeding heart, bedwetting liberal although I can't really stand the democratic party most of the time. I'm spiritual, yet not particularly interested in organized religion. I love technology, yet find people much more important. I'm very much introverted yet am definitely social as well in smaller groups. I love movies yet strongly dislike television. I am a countryboy at heart and yet, am strangely attracted to the city. I'm opinionated yet realize that everything is a shade of gray. I absolutely adore dogs, yet am allergic to them. I'm big on aesthetics, yet need real substance too. Life is full of it's little paradoxes now isn't it?
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