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All About Me!!!
Name:  Nathan
Ht:  6'1" to 6'3", depending on phase of moon/gravitational pull.
Wt:  195 to 225 pounds, depending on exercise and truffles intake.
DOB:  Late sixties.
Fav. Position:  Deep in a book.
Hobbies:
  Reading
  Writing
  Photography
  Woodworking (I'm so proud; I still have ten fingers!!!)
  Long walks
  Perl
  Disabling my Linux box
Details:  For those of you who are interested, I am 32 and married.  I have two children, nine lizards, one frog, five toads, five fish, one grasshopper, a dog, and one mistress.  Just kidding.  She's my ex-mistress.  I have been working on this site for ten years now (okay, mainly just thinking "Gee, I ought to build a web-page!").  What else?  I was born and raised in California, have never been to Germany, and helped Al Gore invent the Internet.
I am currently a web developer and failed writer, occasionally a student, always an artist (I do excellent stick-figures), and would have to say that Zork was the single-most greatest influence in my life.  That, and the fortune program on my Linux box.  I used to live in San Mateo, but came to my senses and moved a bit further north (Santa Rosa).  Life is much greener now.
. . . and things are actually even more green (mildew-encrusted, perhaps); I am living in Humboldt County.  Scary.  Actually, did I ever play Zork?
Update for June 2006: The green-green days of Humboldt are long past. For the last year or so, I've been lurking in my basement in Northern Idaho, enjoying life on the high prairie. As I write this, I notice that the temperature is hovering around 105f in the shade, so "enjoying" life may not quite be accurate. Thank whatever that I have a pool in the compound.