My favorite Costanza line....
"I once told a woman I coined the phrase, 'Pardon my French'."
What do you do...and for a living...
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trailrider
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- Location: Alameda, CA
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I am a national account manager for AboveNet Communications in San Francisco. We sell telecommunications services (fiber infrastructure, collocation, Internet bandwidth) to small and large companies. You know our customers.
Outside of that, I play guitar, mountain bike when I can, road bike when I can't mountain bike but still have a little time, and generally drive my wife nuts obsessing about things around our house (we're remodeling and furnishing a place we bought about 6 months ago). In the winter I ski at Lake Tahoe whenever I can.
Outside of that, I play guitar, mountain bike when I can, road bike when I can't mountain bike but still have a little time, and generally drive my wife nuts obsessing about things around our house (we're remodeling and furnishing a place we bought about 6 months ago). In the winter I ski at Lake Tahoe whenever I can.
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tillotson505
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- Location: North Central Ohio
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Fenrisinho
Same with me actually.sam6025 wrote:I'd like to think I'm different on the intraweb, but honestly, I'm the same cynical, naysaying person in real life. I'm just quiet until I get to know someone. I don't want to say the wrong thing...it took me a while before I posted much on here. I think I had like 10 posts in the first 6 months I was on here...then it got out of control...Lawrence Fan wrote: Actually that's the beauty of teh innerweb. Not everybody, but LOTS of people feel they can be the person they'd always wanted to be or NOT the person they really are when on the 'Net. The whole anonymity thing is a creative force in and of itself.
I'd like to think I'm different on the intraweb, but honestly, I'm the same cynical, naysaying person in real life. I'm just quiet until I get to know someone. I don't want to say the wrong thing...it took me a while before I posted much on here. I think I had like 10 posts in the first 6 months I was on here...then it got out of control...Lawrence Fan wrote: Actually that's the beauty of teh innerweb. Not everybody, but LOTS of people feel they can be the person they'd always wanted to be or NOT the person they really are when on the 'Net. The whole anonymity thing is a creative force in and of itself.
Those no destination road trips are the best. Sometimes I take the motorcycle and just try to get lost for a hundred miles. Trouble is, I'm a truck driver, and I know my way around most roads within two hours of my house!Damaged Son wrote:
And roadtrips that sometimes have a destination laid out...
And sometimes the point is only to get lost...
But everytime i have a stack of CD's to listen to and enjoy.
Damaged Son, I definitely can appreciate the trials of the architecture profession. I got a bachelor's in architecture from the Univ. of Tennessee and worked for a couple of firms. I love the design aspect but decided the profession wasn't for me.
By the way, did you see the Louis Kahn documentary - My Architect? You should check it out if not.
By the way, did you see the Louis Kahn documentary - My Architect? You should check it out if not.
I am co-owner of a small software company in Newport Beach, CA (ooooooh.. the OC! 
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When I am not at the office, I enjoy good music, good conversation, adult-beverages, and chips & salsa.
I have been dating my girlfriend for 3 years. She is a college professor.
I am originally from NW Mississippi (suburb of Memphis TN basically).
I have played guitar since I was 15 and have been numerous bands over the years. In 2003, I came to the realization that I'll never be a famous musician and have been trying to deal with the ramifications from that realization ever since.
In my spare time, I look forward to posting on the Jay Farrar board and dream of Dev's "popcorn toes".
). When I am not at the office, I enjoy good music, good conversation, adult-beverages, and chips & salsa.
I have been dating my girlfriend for 3 years. She is a college professor.
I am originally from NW Mississippi (suburb of Memphis TN basically).
I have played guitar since I was 15 and have been numerous bands over the years. In 2003, I came to the realization that I'll never be a famous musician and have been trying to deal with the ramifications from that realization ever since.
In my spare time, I look forward to posting on the Jay Farrar board and dream of Dev's "popcorn toes".
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trousersnakeandlarry
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Lawrence Fan wrote:Actually that's the beauty of teh innerweb. Not everybody, but LOTS of people feel they can be the person they'd always wanted to be or NOT the person they really are when on the 'Net. The whole anonymity thing is a creative force in and of itself.
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I am teh same everywhere.
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Damaged Son
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- Location: Cambridge, MA
I'm an architect working for a Boston firm that focuses on healthcare (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and educational institutions (Berklee College of Music).
Most days, i fight the good fight....convincing project managers with 3D computer models and crazy drawings to take a chance on a design that they think is 'extreme' but i'd call 'common sense' (sometimes i consider reminding them who my old boss was if they want extreme....anyone been to the new Soldier Field in Chicago?).
Other days, i do the less dramatic but still necessary and important...convincing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers to possibly coordinate with each other, convincing the contractor that "no, this can't be an additional cost cause it's right there in the drawings and specs...and by the way, what is THAT doing THERE?...it was in the drawings? Oh. Right. (damn...he got me there)"
In my spare time....buying more music than i can afford, seeing more live music than i can afford, coffee, cigarrettes, movies, photography, hiking, reading, filling up sketchbooks, reading dark amusing and sometimes disturbing comic books.
And roadtrips that sometimes have a destination laid out...
And sometimes the point is only to get lost...
But everytime i have a stack of CD's to listen to and enjoy.
Most days, i fight the good fight....convincing project managers with 3D computer models and crazy drawings to take a chance on a design that they think is 'extreme' but i'd call 'common sense' (sometimes i consider reminding them who my old boss was if they want extreme....anyone been to the new Soldier Field in Chicago?).
Other days, i do the less dramatic but still necessary and important...convincing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers to possibly coordinate with each other, convincing the contractor that "no, this can't be an additional cost cause it's right there in the drawings and specs...and by the way, what is THAT doing THERE?...it was in the drawings? Oh. Right. (damn...he got me there)"
In my spare time....buying more music than i can afford, seeing more live music than i can afford, coffee, cigarrettes, movies, photography, hiking, reading, filling up sketchbooks, reading dark amusing and sometimes disturbing comic books.
And roadtrips that sometimes have a destination laid out...
And sometimes the point is only to get lost...
But everytime i have a stack of CD's to listen to and enjoy.