VT_hawkeye

user since
Wed Jun 28 2000 at 05:56:57 (8.2 years ago )
last seen
Thu May 15 2008 at 22:20:16 (3.8 months ago )
number of write-ups
408 - View VT_hawkeye's writeups (feed)
level / experience
6 (Crafter) / 20374
C!s spent
224
mission drive within everything
maintenance
specialties
history, sports (especially minor league baseball), procrastination, thinking too much
school/company
Virginia Tech / The Man
motto
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." -- Satchel Paige
most recent writeup
Eurostar

http://www.behindthenet.org/

I'm not spending much time around here these days -- it's not as much fun anymore. I might check in every few weeks to check /msgs, dust off some old stuff and maybe even contribute a VERY occasional WU, but if you really want to reach me, e-mail josh.crockett@gmail.com or AIM hawkeye5VT / hawkeye5Cell.

I'm a 2002 Virginia Tech alumnus in computer science, with a minor in history, working as a programmer for a small software firm in Charlottesville. I have a /msg alias of vth, but like it says above, that's not the best way to get me promptly.

Some anecdotal/narrative WUs I'm proud of:

Schools I've noded, for whatever reason:

"Thank God for that," Ryan breathed.

"You are be--believer?" Borodin asked.

"Yeah, sure." Ryan should not have been surprised by the question. "Hell, you gotta believe in something."

"And why is that, Commander Ryan?" Borodin was examining the Pogy through oversized night glasses.

Ryan wondered how to answer. "Well, because if you don't, what's the point of life? That would mean Sartre and Camus and all those characters were right -- all is chaos, life has no meaning. I refuse to believe that."

-- Tom Clancy, The Hunt For Red October

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