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Hey, PC here. I have been hanging out with most of the folks arriving here for close to 6 years. Started my posting career at Pathfinder, then moved to Cybersites, now I am moving here.
I obsess over politics and Babylon 5. I firmly believe that John Sheridan is a Chowderhead.
Many of us know each other already, but here is a place where we can all get to know a little about each other.
As time goes on, new people will find this place and want to know more about the people they see posting and share a bit about themselves. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
I'll start first. It doesn't have to be this detailed. I keep mine on file because I've had to enter it so many times...
I am AsIs and come mostly that way.
Vital Stats: 36, Two Cats (Mouse and Tara)
Favorite Authors: J.M. Redmann, Melissa Scott, Sarah Dreher, Jaye Maiman, Lauren Wright Douglas, Amanda Kyle Williams, Clair McNab, Kathleen Forrest...
Favorite Books: The Outsiders, Stoner McTavish, Death by the Riverside, I Left My Heart?
Favorite musicians: Melissa Etheridge, Indigo Girls, Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Jimmy Buffett, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and on and on. (I could never be stranded on a desert island. I can't pick just ten albums to take )
Favorite musical: Too many, but I will start with a few? Carousel, Nunsense (It?s habit forming http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif ), RENT rocks! Camelot, Secret Garden, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady
Favorite movies: Black Widow, Fried Green Tomatoes (Towanda!), American Beauty, Oliver, Doc Hollywood, X-Men (I?m a optimist)!
Favorite TV Shows: Deep Space 9, Babylon 5; Dharma and Greg; Sportsnight; Xena; Tales of the City (PBS)
Favorite Actor and Actresses: Kevin Spacey; Mercedes Rhuel; Mary Stuart Masterson; Catherine Zeta Jones; Connie Neilson; George Cloony; having trouble thinking of others?
Favorite comic books/strip: Strangers in Paradise; Authority; Planetary; Promethia; X-Men and the gazillion x-books; Coven; Aria; BattleChasers; Castle Waiting; Gen13; Dykes to Watch Out For
Favorite comic Goddess: Storm or BloodStorm; Although Jenny Sparks is most awesome too
Jobs: Used to be a Theater Lighting Techie, grew up became a Desktop Publisher/Graphic Illustrator (won't say artist, that would mean I could draw), then I ran away and joined the circus...I mean internet and I managed the people who manage websites at a place far away from here, well as far away as you can get on the internet, now I am a QA tester and I come to this site to play
Ideal Job: Lyricist
Likes: People with a good heart and a sense of humor. The Ocean, Cats and most furry creatures, Comics, Books, Music, Writing (It makes me whole), Intelligence with Wisdom (one without the other doesn't do much good), toys...gads I love my toys (kid ones like broadsword that goes ka-ching as well as high tech ones like my computer and stuff.)
Dislikes: Bullies, Trolls and anyone who feels better by making others feel bad. Gefilte Fish, Mustard, Horror flicks, snakes, insects that sting, litter boxes, jealousy, and most things negative.
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- "How do you know the chosen ones? No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his friend. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame... for one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see." - Sebastion, Babylon 5
- Really I am a woman...honest!
- Resident KiSA (Knight in Shining Armor!)
- I believe trust is more important than monogamy (Savage Garden - Affirmation)
- Namesake of AsIs the kitten!
- Member of the *Save Mary Beth* Club!
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Hey... I'm a friend of AsIs's from the Stranger than Paradise board (under the comics section), which is an offshoot of the SiP Forum, which is dedicated to the worship of Strangers in Paradise and the Author/Artist, Terry Moore. *sees AsIs growling, stops plugging*
I'm 26, female, mostly straight, involved, I recently moved to Michigan, but that's a long story, I can't for the life of me think of any significant details, but let's just say that I'm usually cranky and irritable, and even though I generally prefer nights, I've actually been seen around during the day, so the rumors about me being a vampire are TOTALLY unfounded.
Right now, I'm reading Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, and Mike Resnik's Sanitago, both of which are excellent.
I also adore B5, and greatly miss it, I don't watch a lot of TV, but that was one of the shows I made a habit of watching. My current favorite show is "Who's Line Is It, Anyway," which will often have me literally ROFLMAO. Repeatedly. You should try it. It's good excercise.
More later, maybe, and nice to meet you guys.
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I also come from a place far away and not so far away. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif
I live in Maine and work in schools, though I am not a teacher.
My interests include all things Trek, B5, reading mysteries, playing with my computer, music (listening and playing), games of all kinds, and traveling to far away places.
Who Am I? OH! That's a game somewhere else. Sorry! Got carried away there for a sec. Nice to see old faces and meet new ones.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan. The fact that I forgot to mention this fact does not detract from my adoration, it just indicates that I really AM a natural blond.
Carry on...
Here's what I've said about myself at my other cyber home:
<font color=red>I live in Rural Ohio on a small Mini-farm. I am 39 years old and some say a "complex woman". I'm sure many of you are either scratching your heads or ducking for cover when I get in one of my more colorful moods ;}
I live with two irritating males (husband and son) who seem to delight in raising my blood pressure sky high!
*sigh* Oh what's a warrior babe to do!</font>
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"Kinky is using a feather ? Perverted is using the whole chicken"
Hi, I'm Merle. Wandering sorcerer on the web, lawyer in RL. Don't throw rotten things at me, please!
I've been at PF, right before the migration to cybersites. Spent three good years there. Now we're slowly moving here.
I enjoy SF, especially B5. Trek I watch, because B5 is over, but I grew up on TOS. And Lost in Space. OK, I'm old.
My favorite authors are Tolkien, Donaldson, and Zelazny, in Fantasy, and in that order. Otherwise, I enjoy Steinbeck, Poe, Twain.
In movies, I love comedies. Austin Powers makes me laugh so hard I cry. I'm an idiot for Monty Python as well. The Great Race is such an under appreciated movie, but oh so funny! Enjoy the Indiana Jones movies, and Star Wars as well.
Well that's me in a nutshell. No, this is me in a nutshell. Help! I'm stuck in this bloody big nutshell! Honestly, what kind of nut has a shell like this?
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"Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects."
Nomad (Nommy to my friends) here!
Well, I mostly lurked at PF (spit) and came to CS from day 1. Will this be the enw place Hmmmm....Ill give it a whirl. For those who know me, Im a tinkerer of sorts. I have some latent magic abilities that I am constantly challenging. Just ask PC or Merle how much trouble I can get into.
Im not gonna post all that opther stuff. Sufice to say...you want to know about me..just ask. I tend to be very outspoken and foward.
From Pathfinder to Popelon, onwards to cyber sites and Hostboard. It's been a long journey!
Like to keep in touch with my cyber friends & see what the 'gang' is up to, which is why I am pleased with the opportunity that Hostboard's Zoloco provides. (Thanks AsIs)
I have many similar interests such as has been stated by all of you. Culturally and literally I am sci-fi attuned, with a special fondness for Babylon 5.
I also believe that John Sheridan is a Chowderhead. Another B-5 observation that I hold is that I miss Mira Furlan. (A lot!)
Currently fill in my SciFi quality time with Farscape, Lexx, Andromeda, lots of re-runs, & large doses of Sci-Fi movies. I don't read scifi nearly as much as I had in the past but do enjoy a good read when time allows.
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"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
Ooh, I feel like a newbie again - everyone seems to know everyone else and I havem't a clue what people are talking about.
Another person from Stranger Than Paradise, here. male, 29, English. Likes music, writing, juggling, games (board and video). Reads non-fiction, mostly. Prefer sci-fi with a defeatist attitude, for want of a better term. The sort of Dark Star /Brazil/ Red Dwarf/ Silent Running type. Science Fiction where things start falling to pieces, really.
Well,
Ithink there's only 2 of you who don't know me.
Sindatur is a Grey Owl Wizzard. And has a lover named Honey Grey. My real life personna is a Materials Manager in Electronics.
I love Technicolor movies, Andy Gibb and the Carpenters & Alan Parsons, to Yanni, to Styx, to Jeff Lorber through The Scorpions and Metalica and back to Erasure, the whole Gambit, music was my life for quite some time.
I write Poetry and my honey and I collect Barbie dolls (no, not a strange hobby for a man, actually profitable and I know a lot of men who do)
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Kimball
...as in TheOne with Margaritas. Most know me as <font color="#88ff00">Wizzard</font>, and I started my online community access from IRC rather than B-Boards. I'm just different in that way, I guess.</p>
I'm interested in science fiction, including the Star Trek series (all of them, now that Janeway isn't as annoying), Babylon 5, Stargate SG1 and Farscape. Authors include Asimov, Heinlien (sp?), Niven, Vinge, and Bester. Then, there's Clancy and Cussler, too.</p>
I live near San Francisco, and work in the communications industry. Outside of work and online tinkering, I like to drive and photography (ask about the flash I have sometime!).
Oh, yeah...I watched Star Trek TOS when it was originally aired, too...</p>
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Illegitimus non carborundum est.
Hello everyone. Like PC, I came from PF (lurker there) and moved with everyone to SFS (several nicks before settling on the one I have now), Beyond the Rim, and now here. Although I haven't completely given up SFS, still post under The JMS Speaks board, I am looking for another place to call home.
I'm 30 something, female and have one cat named Tinker that I adopted last year. I live near Chicago, Illinois and yes it is getting very cold here. J
Interests: I enjoy SCUBA diving when it's warm, biking and jogging. Love most SciFi of which my favorites are Babylon 5, Farscape, Star Wars, and Star Trek.
Welcome aboard Lyta. If you were a lurker at PF <SPIT>, and then migrated to SFS in the first wave, I must also know you under one of your earlier nicks? YES????
Anyway, I was just thinkin' that we needed the JMS Speaks topic again, and 'lo and behold, two days later you appear.
Read the Birthday topic, the next ones gonna be wild.
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The Grey owl Wizzard, Kimball
Hey Lyta, great to see you! Feel free to start a JMS topic if you want to! Heck, or anything else for that matter all of you! *grin*
Thanks for the warm welcome!
I would love to start a JMS Speaks topic here. Would you prefer me to just post his new responses or add some of his old replies (I have all my JMS Speaks posts archived on zip disks)?
That's up to you! We will get some new traffic, so you may want to put some of the ones that you think are more important or recent in.
Glad to see a few more of you have filtered in. Welcome Kimball (nka Sindatur), Lyta and Ian, and anyone else I've missed since I went on vacation.
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'Premonitions played tag in the grottoes of my mind, none of which I would have cared to take to lunch.'
<FONT color=#ff0000>Nickname</FONT>: Erythrina, the Red Witch
<FONT color=#ff0000>Nick origin</FONT>: A fascinating novella by author Vernor Vinge. Titled True Names and written in 1983,
it foretold the wonderful world of the Internet. Erythrina was a member of an
on-line "coven" of hackers, and was one of the most powerful and experienced
coven members.
<FONT color=#ff0000>How I got here</FONT> : A PF -P refugee from
quite another angle ? ancient history ? I posted at the on-line SPQR boards
and stayed there til stupidity from said PF -P drove us off. I made sufficient
nuisance of myself at another on-line community that I was hired to welcome
community members, make avatars, troubleshoot, you name it.
<FONT color=#ff0000>Vital stats</FONT>: I'll be 45 next
March, haven't ever seen aging as a negative thing (perhaps because mental age
stays stuck at about 18 and I come from a healthy and long-lived genepool on
both sides of the family tree). Happily married, one 15 yr old son, two cats,
all living in the geographic centre (and on the sunny side) of the great state of Washington.
<FONT color=#ff0000>Favourite authors</FONT>: I'll stick to
SF because I have such a great book addiction that I'll read anything and
everything..... Zelazny, Tolkien, Guy Gavriel Kay, S.R. Donaldson.
<FONT color=#ff0000>Favourite books</FONT>: LOTR,
The Chronicles of Amber, Lord of Light, Tigana
<FONT color=#ff0000>Favourite musicians</FONT>: Stevie Ray
Vaughn, The Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, Steely Dan, Enya, Los
Lobos, Dire Straits, B.B. King.... it goes on and on. I have a theme song for every occasion.
<FONT color=#ff0000>Favourite (recent) musicals</FONT>:
"Miss Saigon," and --omigod! -- "Les Miz!!"
<FONT color=#ff0000>Favourite (recent) movies</FONT>:
"American Beauty"
<FONT color=#ff0000>Favourite actor/actress</FONT>: Kevin
Spacey, Emma Thompson
<FONT color=#ff0000>Current Job</FONT>: "Self-unemployed" website and graphics designer and sometime remote Internet community welcome-wagon-type-person.
<FONT color=#ff0000>Ideal Job</FONT>: Hey, I've got it. There's nothing more fun than doing what I do, with the people I do it with.
<FONT color=#ff0000>Likes</FONT>: People. I love people. Good times, good conversations, preferably with chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.
<FONT color=#ff0000>Dislikes</FONT>: unpleasant, smelly or boring people. Needless stupidity and cruelty. And I hate liver too.
<FONT color=#ff0000>What I want written on my tombstone</FONT>: "She made me happy."
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<FONT color=#ff0000>The Red Witch</FONT>
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Hey there, Ery!
Nice to see you over here. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
Hi, Ery! Nice to see you! :-)
Welcome Erythrina
Hey there, Ery! Nice to see you here. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
Hi CT, Rowyn, BMat and Lyta.... gosh it's been ages, Lyta! It's just great to be here, kicking back and reeeelaxing!!!
:-D
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<STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>The Red Witch</FONT></STRONG>
Hi Ery! Great to have you with us. And a fellow S.R. Donaldson fan! I had no idea on that one!
ROFL 'needless stupidity?' Nommy? Is there ever 'needful stupidity?' This is the place for either, I betcha betcha.
And I thought the PATD was the place to GET trashed ... how else do you explain Valen's get-up? http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/tongue.gif
I've read with interest about the other folks here and decided to add a bit about myself.
I am happily married and live in Maryland. I have two grown sons.
I worked as a mathematician for four years until we started multiplying. I stayed home to raise my children then rejoined the working world as a teacher of basketmaking, fitness and line dancing.
My favorite movies include Some Like it Hot,
all of the Marylin Monroe comedies, the Pink Panther movies, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, A New Leaf, French Kiss, and the Road movies with Bob Hope.
My present favorite tv shows are Babylon 5, Farscape, Drew Carey, Futurama, Red Dwarf, Columbo, and Poirot.
Favorite authors at this time: Cherryh, Bujold, Joan Hess, M.C. Beaton, Tamar Meyers,
Lawrence Block.
Favorite music: most music actually, except rap with cruelty as a message, singers who scream instead of sing, jazz which wanders around.
Likes: cats, friends, jokes, reading, visiting art museums, the beach, quiet contemplation, learning, music, Netsuke, intricate carvings, funny movies, flowers, talking with people, playing on the internet, dancing, teaching,...
Dislikes: cruelty, dust, bugs, being lied to, music that is so loud it damages hearing, my computer crashing, stupid commercials, thinking about things I don't like. :-)
I am also a PF refugee- came to scifivine on the second wave.
Hi everyone! Great seeing you all here!
Welcome everyone.
Welcome Ery,
Um...If you dont like Needless stupidy..., make sure your trashed when you come into the PATD> LOL
Nice to see you here, Bmat! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
Hellooo... thought I?d stop by and say hi. Azziz pointed the way and I wanted to wave at you all.
I am me. I tend to stay relatively private. Suffice it to say I am married, have two daughters, spend too much time online and am currently divided between sites... never mind which ones. *g*
I am actually a fantasy fan although I love Asimov and Clarke for some odd reason. LOL. I never quite got into B5, but enjoyed the episodes I did catch.
TV: Whose Line Is It Anyway? Ed and Providence.
Music: Creed, AC/DC, Metallica *beware the quiet ones*
Books: Totally into Patricia Cornwell?s Scarpetta series, catching up on Terry Goodkind?s Sword of Truth series... gave up on Robert Jordan. *snort*
Movies: I have two children under three -- *snickering* I am lucky to make it to the video rental store. Suffice it to say a recent showing of Airplane! kept me happy for days...
That?s all for now... oh yes. I found SFV (SFS) nearly two years ago, and recently have found myself surfing around a bit.
GALAIN!!! HONEY!!! I am sooooo glad to see you! Everyone, move over! It's time to celebrate
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The Red Witch
Galain! *big hugs*
Good to see you! And another Providence fan to boot! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif
Big hugs to you both! Lordy I?ve missed you guys. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
And yes! Another Providence fan. *g* Talk about finding buried treasure.
*yawn* And yes, it is really 3:10 a.m. my time... guess what I am doing. *yawns again*
Welcome, Galain! And I guess we'll have a BELATED birthday celebration for you in the PATD. I wonder if Ran has the spanking machine all oiled up?
Party! Although I think I will be sitting, firmly esconced in a chair... LOL
Galain, you only think you'll be ensconced in a chair. Well, I suppose the Spanking Chair does count......
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I don't need to drink to have a good time. I need to drink to shut out these voices in my head.
Hi, Galain! It's nice to see you here. A belated Happy B'day!
<font size=2>(Did everyone notice that I am trying to post more? I am tired of being a "Junior Hostboard Member" http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/redface.gif(