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You know, its always difficult to try to explain the wants, desires, phobias, aversions, or amusements of oneself with markings in the sand. The true experience is to spend time with a person, but, in its stead, you have this paltry scratching of words in a somewhat meaningless attempt to quantify what it is to be beej. Hmm, now that I think about it, that shouldnt take too long... |
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My birthday is October 9th, which makes me a Libra, for whatever thats worth. I was born in West Palm Beach, Florida but moved to Kentucky after an uneventful childhood elsewhere I spent most of my early years thereand joined the Marine Corps when I was 17. After my End of Active Service I lived in Buffalo, NY for a short while before moving to Lexington, KY where I started TerraWare Systems as a network design and consultation business. It later changed into a not-for-profit organization and produced cutting-edge software for academic institutes. I then helped kick-off an ISP and ran the network engineering dept at Mikrotec Internet Services (mis.net). I currently do IP software and systems architecture engineering for a very progressive Interlocken company. Professional and Academic Background I am currently a student pursuing my Masters of Science in Computer Science from Kennedy-Western University. My area of concentration in my major is Artificial Intelligence. My first academic pursuit was in the area of Psychological Anthropology and I while I was in school I also obtained a position on staff in the Anthropology deptartment at the University of Kentucky. I am still very fond of this field and hope, maybe one day when I retire, to get back into this area. I am a member of the International Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) organization and I am in two Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) workgroups (RADIUS & AAA). I also hold membership in the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). I hold an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from the Universal Life Church, and, at one time, was an ordained priest (this is a long story best told over coffee or a beer). I have also held a Secret clearance from the Federal Government. My primary professional interests lie in the areas of the following sciences and methodologies: artificial intelligence, computation, learning theory, formal, symbolic and propositional logic, cognitive psychology, transactional analysis, affective computing (the study of emotion in AI), nonmonotonic reasoning, game theory, autoepsitimic logic, psychological anthropology. If any of these subjects happen to come up in conversation youll definately have my attention. Physical Characteristics I stand 511 and weigh in between 145 and 155lbs depending on how obsessed I am with work at the moment. I have short brown hair and grey/blue eyes. I am usually clean shaven, except when I can get away with not having to shave but then it takes me weeks to grow anything that you could see from 10 feet away. I am of Native American (Cherokee Nation) and Irish decent. Temperment According to the Meyers-Briggs/Kersey-Bates tests I consistently have been an INTP. Im a pretty laid back kinda guy until something that I hold sacred is threatened or violated. I am very idealistic and ethical while trying to maintain some realism and pragmatism about it. I mean, I cant go around challenging people to duels who violated my honor could I? Like, this isnt feudal Japan or anything. My humor tends to run from being totally dry, flippant statements and observations to being patently ludicrous or bitingly sarcastic. Those who dont know me could possibly take me for a close-minded, narrow-viewed loozer, but my kind of comedy and humor style tends to bring out the obsurdity of a subject, while I seem completely serious about it. *shrug* What I Like
What I Dislike
Where Ive been I have always loved to travel and I made it a point to travel as much as possible. Here are some places Ive been.
Id love to go back to some of these places, especially Japan. I love Japanese food (I spend way too much on it here) and find their culture interesting. Im working on taking a trip to England and Ireland and maybe some places in central and eastern Europe. |