I am BlackBolt. I primarily use a TiBook. I have other computers but they're not worth mentioning. I hate Windows with a passion - my Windows desktop picture says "Prepare to Reboot". I am bitter because of a Windows crash which cost me $40,000 on the stock market in 1998. I cried for days. I don't know why. I am upgrading to the new PowerBook15 as soon as Panther comes preloaded. I dualboot Gentoo. I also like Debian. I am a GnuHead. I am a Libertarian. I like Freedom. I don't trust GWBush, though he has nice hair, which is really all you can ask of a politician. I think MS will soon be dead (5-10 years) as a monopoly because of the GNU/Borg business model. I fly under the radar when possible. I am an EliteTrader. I hide. I speak quietly but with unerring logic. I vote though there is no point. I would not vote for Arnold Schwarzennegger just because he's famous - he is also clueless about politics (what makes him a better choice than the other Arnold, the little black guy? Appearance). I am a Gimp master. I am an excellent musician. I am bragging now. I like guns but understand the left's fears after being caught in a gunfire situation downtown. I am rambling now too. I have at least ten nyms with the karma maxed out. I have forgotten the passwords of all but one. I am supposedly a genius (IQ155, though I seem to have misplaced my intelligence as a youth). I am a forex trader for a large entity outside of the continental united states. I have made and lost more money in a week than most make in a lifetime. I am good because I don't know the value of money. I know no fear. I don't seem to care. I just do it. I am possibly insane. I am friends with the geeks here, and they let me work on the servers after hours because I like tinkering and puzzles, and what is *nix but one big puzzle? I like AppleScript better than Python. I like Python very very much though. I don't like Bill Gates - I like Steve Jobs. I like RMS best of all. I don't apologize for digging him. He's right. I am white. I am slightly overweight, as all rich white men are. I am working on it, as all rich white men are. I am failing, as all rich white men are. I choose free software whenever possible. I have more than one University degree which I am not using. Yes, I am related to you or a guy you know. I am pseudo-religious due to heavy-duty occult experiences in my youth that are evidence (to me, at least) that Jesus and all that stuff are real, like it or not - the question is now what to do with the information acquired. I don't know. I still disagree with most religious people on most everything, because Freedom is more important than order. I like beautiful girls and they like me. I have lots of time during the day, my job goes in bursts. I like Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. I like Type O Negative's October Rust a lot. Too much. I sometimes believe I am Layne Staley reincarnated, even though that's not possible. I don't think I am Lex Luthor reincarnated, though I am, from what I hear. I quote Ayn Rand. I dress well. I have a natural tendency toward evil which I constantly battle. I am very sharp, probably due to the coffees. I do not currently shave my head, I'll enjoy a full head of hair while I have it. I am obviously nuts. My doctors agree. Doctors do nothing but cause higher insurance rates. Avoid them. My stress level is far too high. I am 'going through a phase'. I have been having my midlife crisis since I was 20, which means I'll be dead by 40. Bummer. I may or may not be lying about any or all of this - after all, this IS the internet. I don't take news on faith. I research everything possible. I am google's best friend. I dig Doc Searls. I think Wil Wheaton kicked ass hosting the Screensavers. I like id Software better than any other game company. I don't play games, though, so it doesn't matter. I am getting old, yet I still waste time. I just lost my cat. I don't like zealots, I am a recovering zealot myself. I like logic. I always hit my download cap in the first 10 days of the month - my record was the end of the first day. I am tired all the time. I don't sleep. I am a caffeine addict. I nearly died from a caffeine overdose in University. I would choose the happy future of the Jetsons over the depressing future of Blade Runner. But what I choose isn't going to matter. I have nothing against you, I like pretty much everybody. I am here to offend you. I am here to shock you. I am here to make you laugh. I am here to deceive you. I am here to reveal the truth. I am here to warn you. I am here to set you straight. I am here to feed you fish. I am here to teach you to fish. I am here to teach you to think. I am here because I love you.