Michael

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Gender Male
Industry Technology
Occupation InfoSec Professional (SME)
Location Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Introduction Thanks to the deft writing of Wil Wheaton of WWdN fame (and other locales), I've realized that I am not a washed up Security Engineer with delusions of grandeur (at 50-something). Since returning to college at 43, I've rediscovered my love of learning. Which explains my love of the SCA (http://www.sca.org). Which subsequently explains my joy in putting on armor and whacking the living shit out of people (or poking them with steel). However, I haven't yet figured out why I have an interest in Politics. Maybe its to give me an outlet for my whacking.
Interests Introspection, Philosophy, Politics, Heroism, Patriotism, WWdN, Military Service
Favorite Movies Buckaroo Banzai, Knightriders, Dogma, Star Trek, Lawrence of Arabia, Shawshank Redemption, Bull Durham, The Tempest, Braveheart, Rob Roy, Highlander, LOTR, The Matrix
Favorite Music Almost anything but rap (and since Will Smith is barely rap: that doesn't count).
Favorite Books Just A Geek, Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, The Lathe of Heaven, Dune, The Once and Future King, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Lionesses have no manes. How do they know when they've grown up?

When the Lion's jokes aren't funny anymore.