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RickyMaveety · 06-06-2008, 11:21 AM

Born during the Truman administration. The shows I like pretty much depend on who I have a huge crush on. With the original Star Trek it was Spock all the way with me. By the time TNG came along I was hopelessly in love with Jean Luc Picard. The same rules apply to Dr. Who, I liked Peter Davison and I like David Tennant ... not so much Tom Baker (who is a wonderful actor ... I just never developed a crush on him).

I'm in Texas more or less by accident. I needed a larger house for the cats and the dogs, and there was one that I could afford here. I don't know if I will stay or not ... I've been here three years now (Texas Hill Country) and the general intollerance of the natives to those of us "non-Christians" is starting to wear on me. Moved here from San Diego, California .... loved it there, but real estate just got too expensive.

The doggies are a mixture of wolf, akita, chow and german shepherd. They are the sweetest things that ever lived. I got them because I was afraid of dogs and felt having dogs would be a good way to get over it. It worked.

I am addicted to LOLCats .... Garfield not so much. Bucky Katt (Get Fuzzy) is more my style.

HUGE Simpsons fan (although I've never been known to actually throw a cat at anyone), also South Park, Drawn Together, Robot Chicken, and Family Guy. I do not watch (or like) "reality" tv. Love shows about solving crime, especially when they get the science right.

Hobbies .... I build computers -- the current build has 3 terrabytes of storage, four monitors, two NVidia graphics cards running SLI, and a screaming CPU. I hate Vista ... hate, hate, hate Vista ... I run XP. Built my first from scratch PC in 1985. That one had a single 5.25 floppy and no hard drive (snork .... good times).

I also like to create skins for my computers, and I do a lot of computer graphics generally (gallery on Renderosity it anyone is curious). I have a furniture store on Second Life, and love to create computer models. I use Rhino, Bryce, Hexagon, Photoshop and any other tools that work for me.

My garage is a complete mess, but I have a wood working shop buried in there somewhere. I like to make furniture (mostly for my cats, but some for me as well).

I watch movies and read whenever possible. There are times when I have to travel for work, and if I don't have a new book on hand to read as I finish whatever I'm reading, I get cranky. I am not a pleasant person when I'm cranky, so I try to never allow myself to get cranky.

I've never been married and I'm a non-breeder, having been spayed many many years ago (I would never ask my animals to do something I wasn't willing to do myself).

I could go on like this forever .... I'm not a very private person.

Thanks for all the kind words of welcome.

06-06-2008, 11:21 AM	#7
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Thank you ... so furry mush Born during the Truman administration. The shows I like pretty much depend on who I have a huge crush on. With the original Star Trek it was Spock all the way with me. By the time TNG came along I was hopelessly in love with Jean Luc Picard. The same rules apply to Dr. Who, I liked Peter Davison and I like David Tennant ... not so much Tom Baker (who is a wonderful actor ... I just never developed a crush on him). I'm in Texas more or less by accident. I needed a larger house for the cats and the dogs, and there was one that I could afford here. I don't know if I will stay or not ... I've been here three years now (Texas Hill Country) and the general intollerance of the natives to those of us "non-Christians" is starting to wear on me. Moved here from San Diego, California .... loved it there, but real estate just got too expensive. The doggies are a mixture of wolf, akita, chow and german shepherd. They are the sweetest things that ever lived. I got them because I was afraid of dogs and felt having dogs would be a good way to get over it. It worked. I am addicted to LOLCats .... Garfield not so much. Bucky Katt (Get Fuzzy) is more my style. HUGE Simpsons fan (although I've never been known to actually throw a cat at anyone), also South Park, Drawn Together, Robot Chicken, and Family Guy. I do not watch (or like) "reality" tv. Love shows about solving crime, especially when they get the science right. Hobbies .... I build computers -- the current build has 3 terrabytes of storage, four monitors, two NVidia graphics cards running SLI, and a screaming CPU. I hate Vista ... hate, hate, hate Vista ... I run XP. Built my first from scratch PC in 1985. That one had a single 5.25 floppy and no hard drive (snork .... good times). I also like to create skins for my computers, and I do a lot of computer graphics generally (gallery on Renderosity it anyone is curious). I have a furniture store on Second Life, and love to create computer models. I use Rhino, Bryce, Hexagon, Photoshop and any other tools that work for me. My garage is a complete mess, but I have a wood working shop buried in there somewhere. I like to make furniture (mostly for my cats, but some for me as well). I watch movies and read whenever possible. There are times when I have to travel for work, and if I don't have a new book on hand to read as I finish whatever I'm reading, I get cranky. I am not a pleasant person when I'm cranky, so I try to never allow myself to get cranky. I've never been married and I'm a non-breeder, having been spayed many many years ago (I would never ask my animals to do something I wasn't willing to do myself). I could go on like this forever .... I'm not a very private person. Thanks for all the kind words of welcome.