User:UrbanTerrorist

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Where to start, where to start.

I 49 years old, married, 3 kids, 3 cats, 2 rats, and a hamster. My interests are eclectic. I like:

Good food Hockey (Maple Leafs forever! I probably shouldn't mention that while I still played I made the Hansen Brothers look tame)
Computers (There's more silicon life forms in this house than carbon ones)
Forklifts and other types of off-road equipment (I spent 20 years in the industry)
Engines (an outgrowth of my time in the off-road equipment industry)
Science Fiction & Fantasy (I'll argue author/plot/charcter/setting at the drop of a hat)
Filk (helped found a convention, and still help run it)
Guitar (I play filk music badly)
Mystery stories (man can Dashiel Hammett write!)
Cats (cute and furry - what can you say)
Rats (for those who've never kept rats - they are inquisitive, and very affectionate)
Chess (I prefer playing without a board)
Star Fleet Battles (the most complicated board game in existance)
Dungeons and Dragons (prefer AD&D first edition - better flavour to the game)
Songwriting (I write filk and folk songs)

I worked Torcon 3 in the Filk track, try to get to at least two Science Fiction conventions per year, have been lucky enough to meet Larry Niven, Mike Resnick, Ben Bova, Hal Clement, Fred Pohl, Roger Zelazney, David Brin, Orson Scott Card, Alexie Gilliand (not sure I've spelled his name right, but real nice guy), Kelly Freas, Harlan Ellison and Phil Farmer.

I live near Toronto, and currently sell and design Emission Control products (catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters) for a living.

You can qualify me as expert on Emission Control Products, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Filk.

Future pages to add

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Robinson_%28filk_artist%29&action=edit

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Off_Centaur_Publications&action=edit