JetCityOrange FAQ

So who is this guy?

The short answer? I'm a nerd in Seattle.

I'm a Rust Belt Baby, born and raised in Cleveland, which explains much of my attitude problem. I escaped to Ann Arbor back in the day (74-79). I relocated to Boston to study acupuncture at the New England School of Acupuncture with folks like Dr. So and Ted Kaptchuk. Moved to Seattle some 20 years ago obstensibly to relocate my practice.

One thing led to another and I never did pick needles up again. I landed at Aldus when PageMaker was the new thing. I'd played with computers off and on since the mid-60s and had been a phototypsetter too. I learned to program PostScript from engineers at Adobe, applied my newfound knowledge to printing barcodes (don't ask), and founded Azalea Software on my kitchen table.

Dad to three teenage boys. Long since bitten by the photography bug. 728 Club member. Lisa's sweetheart. My laugh often precedes me.

So I do JetCityOrange for personal expression, digital playground, and a soapbox/forum for my creative spurts.

I have a presence on Flickr. Riding a bike makes me feel young and puts a smile on my face. The beard comes and goes. Soy chai, double Americano with lots of room, or a double short latte, pretty much in that order. Thinkpad SP2 and I still use PageMaker as my word processor.

Dogs over cats, pie over cake, beer over wine. Pontiac Vibe GT, T-Mobile Dash, no watch. Ginger before Mary Ann, but both ultimately. The one and only Republican I've ever voted for, I knew personally. The Dems are wimps. Yes, I'm a leftist. Unabashedly so. Vegetarian since 01feb71; fin'n'feather these days, as in no mammels. Wardrobe by Dobbie Gillis. 48.3 days on my iPod, ripped from my CDs, no stolen P2P thank you very much. Quite happy in life. Sag Sun, Pisces Moon, Taurus rising, Uranus & south node conjunct on my 4th house cusp. Go figure. A modest householder taking refuge in The Three Jewels, trying to live by the 5 Precepts.

Stories? I gotta million of 'em.

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