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Joined: December 9, 2006

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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

The User name ? Not very original, I thought of it in my high school physics class.

Why I like Metafilter [among many reasons]:
"jokes, stories and lessons over other kinds of dialogue — over small talk, questions, arguments, speculation, supportive hey-I-think-you're-awesome talk

I grew up with metafilter as a teen and young adult (especially ask.metafilter). I began reading it as a high school senior or college freshman and then signed up as a college sophomore. It was the place I got advice.

I mostly lurk because: I tend to only comment on things which I'm knowledgeable about, it takes me a relatively longer time to articulate my thoughts into written word, especially in long paragraphs; I prefer to read the article(s)/links before commenting, and my thoughts are often already discussed.

Additionally, other people's thoughts deserve to be heard and many times, I'm reading a post several days after it was posted and conversations tend to die down at that time.

A flickr pool to post your album covers from metafilter mixtape swaps:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/mefiswapcoverpool/

Things that I may make FPPs on one day if I find a great link(s) on them. (hint: I would love other people to see make posts on them)

Kwame Nkrumah

liberation theology done

the jesuits/catholic social teaching

AAA as a political advocacy group/lobby

Lifeline Phone Program

civic hacking/code for america/the rise of civic tech - done in another post

Norm Kelly - Done

Lensculture

Irish Travelers

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks