| Randy
R. Williams |
Birthdate: |
11.07.1974 |
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Nicknames: |
Ran,
Bandy, Ran-roo, The Amazing Rando |
Preferred
Name: |
Randy |
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Contact
Info |
Address: |
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City: |
Londonderry |
State: |
NH |
Zip: |
03053 |
Phone: |
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Cell: |
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IM
Handles: |
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Web
Address: |
http://blog.netho.net/ |
| Personal
Information |
Height: |
5' 10" |
Weight: |
220 |
| Eye
Color: |
blue |
Hair
Color: |
brownish
blondish |
Marriage
Status: |
I'm Married |
Married
to whom? |
Alayna
Dickerson |
Family
Members: |
Chloe,
Maaa, Tigger, Buffy, Maggie and Sam |
Any
Other Distinguishing Features? |
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|
Historical
& School Information |
Town
I grew up in: |
Marblehead
and Arlington, MA, Londondery, NH |
State: |
MA |
| My
primary high school that I graduated from: |
High
School: |
Marblehead
High School |
Class
of: |
1993 |
City: |
Marblehead |
State: |
MA |
| Any
college that people may know me from: |
College: |
Ithaca
College, Salem State |
Class
of: |
Slackerdom |
| City: |
Ithaca,
Salem |
State: |
NY/MA |
| Places
I have worked: |
| BBN/GTE
Internetworking/Genuity, TIAC, Richdale's |
| Other
ways you may know me (hobbies, groups, mutual friends, etc.): |
| drama/chorus
fag in high school, computer geek by trade |
| My
Thoughts & Opinions on the Past, Present & Future |
| Current
Jobs, Careers, and/or Other Ventures: |
| I've
spent the last 9 years as a computer guy, focusing around data
network administration. I'm currently employed by Avaya as a
support tech for a unique networking product called PathControl
(Avaya purchased my previous employer, RouteScience). |
| My
Hobbies |
| Building
computers, playing various PC games: MMORGs (World of Warcraft,
Everquest), RTS (Warcraft, Kohan, Starcraft, Age of Empires)
and 1st-person shooters (Unreal, Quake). |
| My
Life This Far: |
| In
a word: lucky. Dropping out of Ithaca, dashing my dream of working
in Hollywood, I put in yeoman work at a few local Richdale's
convenience stores around Boston's North Shore. Ithaca did introduce
me to an online text-based game called Infinity (D&D,
more or less) that changed my life forever. I made friends and
business contacts that helped me move beyond the drudgery of
convenience store clerk. Most importantly, through the game,
I met my wife Alayna, the woman who I seduced from afar (after
she stalked me, natch), imported to Boston, proposed to in Cozumel
(on a cruise ship), married in Northampton, and now live with
on our homestead in Londonderry. I'm gainfully employed, work
out of my home, have a wide circle of friends from various jobs
and school, and am working on fatherhood with my four starter
children (2 dogs and 2 cats). In short: lucky. |
| My
Dreams for the Future: |
| Alayna
and I are planning to adopt a child, likely from an international
program. I love the mix of quiet and convenience of southern
NH living, but can see us closer to Boston down the road. I
love my work, though I do wish to get back into amateur dramatics
and music. |
| Something
I Like About Myself |
| I
give a shit. I'm there for my friends, forgiving of my enemies,
and supportive whenever possible. |
| Something
I Might Like to Change About Myself |
| My
temper is...not good. I get frustrated by abject stupidity,
willful ignorance and blatant discrimination, so much so that
I'll yell and piss and moan. It's not pretty. |
| Favorites
(can have multiple selections) |
Favorite
Number: |
9 |
Favorite
Color: |
blue
and green |
Favorite
Food: |
Greek
diner-style roast beef with sweet BBQ sauce, good Chinese, better
burgers, grilled chicken, sauceless pizza, Diet Coke and lemonade |
Favorite
Place: |
Boston,
Marblehead (even now) |
Favorite
Movie: |
LOTR,
the Coen Brothers brilliant work (Raising Arizona, Fargo), anything
Monty Python, The Godfather (original and Part II), Se7en, Ocean's
Eleven (the remake),The Shining, Heat (Michael Mann, not Burt
Reynolds), Goodfellas, and many, many, many more |
| Favorite
Actor/Actress: |
Johnny
Depp, John Cleese, Al Pacino, Will Ferrell |
Favorite
Song: |
Something
(The Beatles), Layla (Derek and the Dominoes), Heartbreaker
(Led Zep), Asia (Steely Dan), American Girls (Weezer/Soul Coughing),
Reset (Outkast) |
Favorite
Band/Musician: |
Any
British Invasion (Beatles, Who, LedZep), geek rock (Ben Folds,
Weezer, Soul Coughing, Cake), RATM, Tool, Outkast, Foo Fighters |
Favorite
TV Show: |
Letterman,
Python, Seinfeld, The Sopranos, Law and Order, Curb Your Enthusiasm |
Favorite
Book: |
Microserfs,
"The Cat Who..." series, anything by Jonathan
Kellerman |
Favorite
Car: |
I
long for a Subaru, I live with my Ford Contour |
Favorite
Memory: |
Mechanized
Food Wars of Death on the main streets and back roads of Marblehead |
Favorite
Smell: |
Baking,
mown grass |
Favorite
Animal:
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Dogs,
cats, sales weasels |
Other
Favorites: |
Politics,
sports of all kinds, improv comedy |
| Pet
Peeves (what really gets your goat?) |
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| Me
on the Web (websites that I made or are about me) |
| http://slashdot.org/ |
News
for Nerds, Stuff That Matters |
| http://www.dailykos.org/ |
Liberals
on the march |
| http://www.andrewsullivan.com/ |
Conservatives
with a point |
| http://www.bullmooseblog.com/ |
Libertarians
who care |
| More
Pix of ME!!! |
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