About Me

I used to have one of these up but it went away during one of the many redesigns over the years. So, instead of digging out the old one, I thought it would be a good exercise to revisit About Me and see if I am the same person I was when this blog coughed to life four eight years ago.

About Me (by the numbers)
Name: Erik
Age: Old enough to not have to say anymore
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 160-175 pounds depending on how hard I've been training
Eyes: Hazel (or green or blue)
Hair: Brown (or sometimes blond like now)
Titles: Computer tech, Photographer, Philosopher, Mr. Funny Guy, Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Uncle.
Hobbies: Mountain biking, photography, technology, blogging, bonsai. Starting to break into triathlons too.
Likes: Honesty, humor, wit, action, ingenuity, my kids, my wife, my dog, my cat.
Dislikes: Liars, fakers, posers, thugs, sheeple, closed minded opinionistas.

So, what else About Me?
I guess its fair to say that I've got a reasonably well developed sense of justice and fairness. I also tend to prefer reasonable people over raving nutfuck lunatics with nothing but axes to grind and spittle to spray. Though the nutfucks aren't so bad if you're out of range, sometimes they come up with a good line or two.

I get on political tears from time to time when the incessant stream of bile posing as news from Washington or Sacramento just gets to be too much. But I try to not be a full-on ranting bastard without cause. I write about marketing and public relations concerns because that's what I (used to) do for a living. And I like to discuss advertising that works and advertising that does not work.

I also like words, I like coming up with new ones, I put them here and on another blog called the Fictionarium. I'm sure I didn't invent that term but I like it well enough to pretend it's mine.

I take a lot of photographs, some of them are pretty good. But portability is key to me and my SD450 SD790IS fits into my pocket easily. When I need something with more power, interchangeable lenses and, well, street cred, I take along my Rebel XTi. Its getting a little long in the tooth but has been an extremely capable shooter for me. I've done a couple of weddings, many candid shoots, picture day at our pre-school and lots of bicycle events including Stage 3 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.

I will try to add to this About Me as time and circumstances permit. But for now, I'm going to post it and get it added to the template to make it easier to find. Oh yeah, I'll also add pictures at some point too because photography is pretty important to me and I love to show off pics of my two beautiful boys and beautiful wife.