Re: [at-l] Is there anyone out there?

["Thomas McGinnis" <tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us>]

OK, well, here's mine. Thanks, DA.

trail nic:  Sloetoe
aka:        Thomas Edward McGinnis
where:    Indianapolis, Indiana, 6 interstate hours from Davenport Gap
favs:        Big Creek (GSMNP), Kancamangus Highway (Whites).
age:        40     well, soon enough.
status:     ex
heart:      low of 50, high of 188.
enjoys:    Yowza! In one line? AT, at-l, Arthur, muuuusic, running, practicing practical contentment. (So many enjoyments, so little line.)
pad:        Ensolite, baby.
shelter:    bivy
sex:         why Yes, thank you.
race:       Indy 500 13.1, 5/6; Hoosier 26.2, 6/10; Grandfather Mtn 26.2, 7/8.
gender:   prefers females
cooks:    chili, potato soup, mac&cheese, pancakes, omelets, electrolytes.
music:     why Yes, thank you. Mostly 70s rock; Dead; Phish; Celtic; quartet Jazz, Baroque, Romantic, film score (Herrman, Williams), Lovett,......
reads:      RunnersWorld, etc; Positive Feedback; occasional Scientific American, etc; occasional spy novel; need to read much more: philosophy; history of science; reread Tolkien with kids; Econ/PollySigh journals.
works:   economist: utility regulation, adjunct in business/economics.
kids:       two most excellent boysenberries, age 6 in 17 days.
stars:      I know Orion. I can pick out Mars and Venus in season.
hikes:     two miles an hour, no variation, come Hell or high water.
travel:     prefer it at night, when the idiots are off the road and asleep.
credo:    "The unexamined life is not worth living."
qibla:      up, I trust.
spice:     used to be basal, now perhaps white pepper.
sign:       "Slow, Curves Ahead"
year:       one HELL of a year. How'd you know?
myth:      Gotta be that Bilbo, answering the Tookish side of himself, and having a most unHobbit-like adventure.
gods:      singular; purest Christianity, immho: fervent agnostic
drink:      cold clear spring water, the way God intended. Unfiltered.
intro:        Kathy Biltons AT page. what a blessing. August, '98.
threwd:     Once, 1979. Way too little since, but I've gotten lots better.
frame:       External, but want to go without.
insulation: synthetic, baby.
stove:      Svea123 gasoline; homebrew alcohol;


Come on, you Lurker! Aren't you next?




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