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Boring details

 * born in Montebello, California


 * lived most of my life in the San Gabriel Valley - mostly in Duarte, California


 * computer hobbyist since 1983 (or arguably since 1980); caller of various bulletin board systems in the San Gabriel Valley during the 1980s and 1990s


 * relative fountain of knowledge about pop music of the rock music era (1955 to the early 1990s)


 * 1986 graduate of Duarte High School


 * information technology professional since 1995, specialized in technical support and information technology help desk, also involved in some system administration and network administration during the 2000s


 * amateur genealogist since 1995


 * convert to Catholicism since autumn 2001


 * user (but not member) of Wikipedia since 2003 (but I still feel like a newbie)


 * initiated into the Catholic faith at my local parish on (Easter Vigil) 2009; patron saint: Helena (empress)


 * Tennessee resident since 2010 - currently living in Mount Juliet, Tennessee


 * lived through the Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020 relatively unscathed

The userboxes should tell the rest of my story.

Notable work history excerpts

 * employed at rotary encoder manufacturer Spaulding Instruments, at the time a dying subsidiary of Compumotor (which was in turn a subsidiary of Parker Hannifin), in 1988; it seems to have been the birthplace of the shaft position encoder, and its product line seems to have been acquired by Applied International Motion


 * employed at Verbum Dei High School from 2006 to 2008


 * worked at one of AkzoNobel's Powder Coatings sites from 2010 to 2011 as a contractor from Randstad Holding


 * employed at PICA, a subsidiary of ProAssurance, from 2012 to 2014


 * worked at the Tennessee Bureau of TennCare from 2014 to 2016 as a subcontractor from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (now part of DXC Technology), as a contractor from Insight Global


 * worked at Dollar General from 2017 to 2018 as a contractor from Genpact


 * worked at Cummins in 2018 as a contractor from ABBTECH Professional Resources


 * might be a co-worker of MindCare (Psychotherapy & Counselling Centre) since April 2020 (although I have no easy way to find out)

Nearest notable relatives

 * Matt Gourley, maternal 2nd cousin
 * Justin Francis Rigali, paternal 1st cousin twice removed
 * John E. Rigali, paternal 1st cousin thrice removed
 * Shawn Toovey, paternal 2nd cousin once removed
 * Kevin Cogan, paternal 2nd cousin twice removed
 * Don August, paternal 3rd cousin
 * Curtis Chillingworth, maternal 4th cousin twice removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
 * Johnny Cash, paternal 5th cousin twice removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
 * Susan Sarandon, paternal 6th cousin (determined from data revealed on her episode of Who Do You Think You Are?)
 * Rosanne Cash, paternal 6th cousin once removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
 * Cindy Cash, paternal 6th cousin once removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
 * John Carter Cash, paternal 6th cousin once removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
 * Eva Amurri, paternal 6th cousin once removed (also determined from data revealed on her mother's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?)
 * Miles Robbins, paternal 6th cousin once removed (also determined from data revealed on his mother's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?)
 * Lucille Beaudine (daughter of William Beaudine), maternal grandaunt by marriage
 * Viola Barry, paternal great grandaunt by marriage

Geek Code

 * May 20, 2009: GCM/IT/O d->d-- s:+ a+ C+(++)>$ P L>+(+++$) E? W++@ N+ o-- K- w+>$ O M@ V? PS--(---) PE++ Y-(--) PGP- t+ 5(+) X+ R(++) tv+(-) b+ DI+ D+(---) G e h r+++(-) y++++
 * late 1990s: GCM/IT/O d(-) s:+>: a C(++)$ UL?>$ P L>+$ E? W++ N+ o? K- w+(--)$ O M V? PS-(--) PE+ Y+ PGP- t+ 5>+ X+ R(++) tv(+) b+ DI+(++) D+ G e h r+++ y++++

Favorite taglines

 * "Don't make me roll initiative!" -Francis Ray Ottoman
 * "All your base are belong to us"
 * "Keep it pithy." -Bill O'Reilly

Political Compass

 * June 19, 2017
 * ''NOTA BENE:
 * (A) There were several statements in the test that I thought were ambiguous, for which I selected my answer choices according to the points that I thought that those statements were intended to make.
 * (B) There were several other statements in the test with which I partially agreed and partially disagreed, but the test did not provide a "Partially agree and partially disagree" answer choice, so I instead chose "Agree" or "Disagree" to the best of my discernment.
 * I felt like a square peg being shoved through...not a round hole...maybe a lozenge-shaped hole. I expected to be placed in the Authoritarian Right quadrant, but I was placed in the Libertarian Right quadrant - which I suspect was the result of my compensatory actions described above.
 * Your Political Compass
 * Economic Left/Right: 2.5
 * Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64
 * https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcompass?ec=2.5&soc=-1.64

World's Smallest Political Quiz

 * May 15, 2009
 * Your PERSONAL issues Score is 10%.
 * Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 80%.
 * According to your answers, the political group that agrees with you most is...CONSERVATIVE

Wikipediholism Test

 * September 16, 2006: 490.94721277653423
 * December 19, 2008: 3125
 * November 26, 2017: 73

What Is Your World View? quiz
Thanks to Facto for making me aware of the quiz. To see my result, scroll down to the end of my userboxes. You can see all of the possible quiz results at http://www.geocities.com/worldviewquiz/.

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 * date forgotten
 * 75%     Postmodernist      50%      Existentialist      25%      Fundamentalist      25%      Romanticist      25%      Modernist      0%      Materialist      0%      Idealist      0%