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After spending 4 1/2 years as a intel analyst in the U.S Army (active duty) and 18 months on active duty as an intel analyst in the Texas National Guard's Counter Drug support program, I decided to go back to school in order to learn a marketable skill for use in the private sector. Oddly, I chose psychology/sociology, which I find fascinating areas to study, but had (have) no interest in pursuing a career related to either field. In order to help facilitate the writing of research papers for my major courses I decided to purchase a computer and got a job as night watchman at a local radio station. After a few months of using my computer as a glorigied word processor, I began to delve into writing software using Visual Basic 3.
In 1997, after moving on to VB versions 4, 5 and 6 and teaching myself Java 1.1 and SQL, I began knocking on every door in town with the hopes of landing a job as a programmer. I finally got my chance with a small start-up and within two years, I would be invited to join a small online real estate advertising company that would be the beginning of a 6-year career.
But after a total of 11 years in the game, I started getting tired and disgruntled and I was starting to lose my drive and before I knew it, I was walking out the door; my job was sent to another country. And I didn't even care.
Now, I am a stay-at-home dad. The new goals are: to homeschool my kids and do some contract work on the side in order to supplement my wife's income. I also am toying with the idea of taking on some longer-term contracts in the coming months. But being a stay-at-home offers me an opportunity to re-connect with some lost loves: photography, sculpting, reading and perhaps a bit of writing, in addition to being able to work on some personal software projects and maybe learning how to paint.
On a less shameless self-promotion note, I am a bit of recluse and while not yet paranoid . . . I am . . . a bit . . . anti-Big Brother. I am a supporter of strong encryption (even for mundane use) and an outspoken advocate for personal privacy and anonymity. I help support the Tor network by running a Tor server with lots of bandwidth freely given and I am member of the OpenPGP Alliance.
On the subject of Satanism
I read "The Satanic Bible" when I was 15- or 16-years-old and immediately identified with its tenets. I did not, however, immediately accept the label "Satanist". I didn't feel that I needed the label and it seemed at the time that the moniker would just unnecessarily complicate my life. I needed study myself more, study the world more and test my own understanding of both.
Several years went by and I still felt that I resonated with Anton LaVey's words and I consciously accepted the Devil's name after being told by a Jehovah’s Witness that I am "of the Devil". I laughed and agreed.
Years later, I discovered that the Church of Satan was still operating, and after feeling out that organization for a bit, officially cast my lot in with the Devil by becoming a member.
Like many Satanists, I tend to be a bit reclusive and discriminating in choosing whom I call a "friend". I loath being social (though I can pull it off when necessary) and despise all of the silly, petty gossip associated with the social types. I used to think such vulgar wastes of time and energy were amusing, but as I grow older and more cynical, I just view them as vulgar wastes of time and energy. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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| I run SETI@home, because I grew up watching Star Trek and Space:1999 and Doctor Who, and I believed back then that such things were possible. And I still believe that if we think it and do it, someone else, somewhere, can think it and do it too. If there is a chance of knowing that, I am certainly willing to donate some CPU time to that end. |
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