User:Stevelim

Who?
I'm Steve Lim, a lifelong logophile. The habit began at eight when one day in school, instead of listening to the teacher, I made words out of the letters in my name. As I grew up, my vocabulary expanded and I began making phrases and sentences, progressing to anagrams. I do not remember when it was I made 'The Slim Pen' from my name (with first name unabbreviated, that is, Stephen Lim). That remained my favorite anagram until I married Melanie Smith and made 'The name is Lim' from her name. Nowadays I have to add the disclaimer that no computers were used whenever I make a good anagram like such as some recent ones, for a friend and pen pal, Kate Milligan, the sobriquet 'Talking email', for a politically aware friend, Wendi Gephart, the exhortation 'Get hip! End War!', and for another friend, Gabriel Goodwin, a habitual lottery card scratcher, the exclamation 'God! I won real big!'

I am now retired after thirty years in the high-tech industry, specifically electronic design automation (development of software automating the chip design process) and live in the central coast of California. I love soccer having played it regularly when young (played for school and later for an amateur club). That hobby was set aside as I attended college and started work, and later started a family. Over forty years later, I come back to, not as a player but as a couch analyst. I follow the English Premier League, the other major European leagues, and the US Major League Soccer (MLS) religiously.