OK, really, I guess a conventional

#introduction

post is in order.

I just moved from the soon-to-be defunct sanjuans.life to the groovy and happening beige.party!

Hi, I'm Eric! I'm one of "those" people that spent most of his life in

and escaped in later life to the

#PacificNorthwest

. I spent some halcyon times that then turned tumultuous in

#Portland

before landing, through all sorts of weird life changes, in

#OrcasIsland

, Washington.

Still an active, if somewhat grizzled,

, I got to do a bunch of stuff (mostly involving

#ReleaseEngineering

) in places like Sierra Online, The Santa Cruz Operation, Frame Technology, Xerox PARC, DreamWorks Animation, Yahoo!, and Puppet.

I've been an erratic participant at

. Originally, hanging (but not officially) with Spock Mountain Research Labs and Lamplighters, taking long breaks then coming back and doing stuff with

#BLD

I have been an avid traveler. I love scuba diving, amusement parks, especially

. Back in the day, I was co-contributor of The World of Coasters and had some fun contributions to NPR, CNN, American Heritage.

After Covid set in things changed. I don't get out much and managed to stay free of it. I plan on keeping it that way. If one is to be stuck at home, San Juan County is a damn fine place to do it.

Today while out & about in my adopted hometown of

#Hilo

, Hawaii, I stopped at Big Island Coffee Roasters wearing a t-shirt reading, "Your inability to understand biology is not a valid excuse for transphobia." As soon as he saw it, the barista (who may also have been a manager, though I'm not sure) said, "Love your shirt! Anything you want to drink is on me!" And he did indeed pay for my cold brew. Never forget that we do outnumber the cynical sociopaths temporarily in charge in the U.S.

#LGBTQ