lordhelmet01's Journal: Hello World

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In an effort to become more integrated within the /. community I am starting a journal, on random topics, available for comment. I have been lurking on /. for a while now and have had mod points twice, so I must be doing something right. I tend not to post comments since someone has generally covered my opinion and I'm content to leave it at that. Enter the journal - anything from sports to politics to religion is fair game here, and I will try not to offend but I will speak my views - and since this is my journal if you're offended you can leave or take me on in a civilised manner, but if you're engaged by the topic then you can comment, reply, or email me.

So, for today. No specific topic, just an intro with a summary of interests. I'm 25, married, a geek of primarily AV colours with a heavy computer interest/background, unashamedly Canadian, hold a BA, and am intensely interested in what forms the culture around me. I have a definite faith, but in the interest of minimising prejudice I will allow future posts to disclose aspects of it. Topics I'll likely cover and invite comment on will include coporate & political ethics, privacy rights on a large and small scale contrasted with the need for security (tinfoil hat vs law and order), the balance of the one vs the many (needs, good, rights), economics, sports, science, philosophy, diplomacy, the role of technology in civilisation (and the white/black hat cowboys involved), assorted jokes and of course the foibles of married life (the last two of course mutually enforcing).

So we'll see how this goes. I'll try to be fair and I'll ask you to be open minded. Maybe we'll even have fun. I'll post and reply when I can (married life tending to affect my copious free time) and please, grammar Nazis go home - I use Canadian English, the metric system, Windows XP, and unleaded gas.

To Life! -LH