A Day For Returning To The Blogosphere

Yes, friends & neighbors, after 3 years of no blogging and precious little internet activity (or gaming or writing or anything not involving international/interspecies relations) at all, Uncle Doc is back with a new blog. Gaia willing and the creek don't rise, I should be blogging a few times a week for the next few years. My old blog got lost in the web somehow, but my computer guide, Sin, tells me that he'll get it archived again Real Soon Now. I'm not holding my breath.

So, to get everybody back up to speed, I'll post an introduction this time and then on my next post I'll tell the "Second Honeymoon Story", mostly to let the younger folks know from my very personal point of view how we all got this way. oh, and also because most of my good friends really like hearing it.

Anyway, the inevitable Introduction.

I am...

...57 years old (but when The Change came, my body got reset to about 20, so I'm now looking 32)

...male

...a Mutant (I'm a Speaker)

...of Irish, Portuguese, Scottish and Native American ancestry, in that order.

...married (36 years now, to Grace, who is a Green Lady)

...a Dog Dad (to Roscoe) and a Cat Dad (to Lily)

...a brother (first to Rosie and Kelly, then after The Change to Hank, Bob, Violet, Pansy and Merle)

...a son (to Bill and Gerry, who are young Gnomes now)

...a graduate of the Hobart School for Young Ladies and Gentlemen (even though I'm neither of those)

...a native Northern Californian (a fact I am both proud and rather smug about)

...a gamer (all sorts of games, but mostly roleplaying, computer or board)

...a game writer/designer (but nowadays, isn't everyone?)

...a writer (ditto)

...an Official Diplomat for a wide array of local, regional and continental governments (because there are like, only two other Speakers in all of North America. Also, not nearly as glamorous a job as you might think)

...a movie buff (all the movies ever made are on the internet now? See you in a year or two!)

...a big fan of science fiction, the old pulp adventures, humor and horror (see the above statement about movies, but swap books for movies)

...an avid birdwatcher (I used to be an avid gardener, but when your wife is a Green Lady and your mom is a Gardener Gnome (NEVER call them "garden gnomes"!), you start feeling inadequate)

...an uncle (8 times over, not counting my honorary unclehood to friends' children)

...a pretty damned good cook (and I don't need any Mutant powers to do it, Nicole:)

...a tea drinker (especially Gnomish Gold and good old Oolong)

...a beer drinker (especially Guinness Extra Stout and Wizard Ale)

...a redhead (lifelong, but now a really metallic red that sets off my yellow eyes, or so I'm told. Both are part of the whole Mutant package)

...a dedicated con goer (Grace and I go to at least one con per month, from the small & cozy local SacCon to the really big ones like GenCon and WorldCon.

...a pretty funny fellow (according to friends & family)