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Immigration by the Numbers...

Just some numbers to think about, another perspective to take in... Enjoy ;)

Five Things You Don't Know About Me...

I've been tagged by Finke. Since everyone else is doing it, who am I to refuse?

Here's the history of it so far -- Me » Chris Finke » C.K. Sample » Jason Calacanis » Amanda Congdon » Michael Ambs » Rick Rey » Steve Woolf » Steve Garfield » Jeff Pulver.

Five Things You Don't Know About Me

#1. I have a dental implant. The doc's had to do a sinus bone graft, let that heal, then put in a titanium post, let that hell, then build a cap around it. Next up, boobs.
#2. I co-founded my first internet startup when I was 12. My brother, myself, and a couple of our friends took a 1 line BBS I ran out of my bedroom, got a loan from a bank, and added 3 more phone lines and some additional computer equipment. We grew it over the next 5 or so years into a small local ISP. We tried to hold onto our roots as a multiplayer gaming network / chat system for as long as we could, but ended up mainly selling dialup internet access. Eventually, everyone else had gone to college or taken positions elsewhere. I discovered girls, and we sold off the remaining assets. Online Illusions BBS (1993-1999ish), 407-722-5020. Word.
#3. I have way to strong of an affection for Morgan Freeman. I constantly argue with Gavin trying to convince him to let us name our servers after Freeman characters. I'm not sure why.
#4. I was very active in my college fraternity, so much so that I was named an "International Top Teke" in 2003. Up until our recent move, I was still involved as a Chapter Advisor at the University of Maryland chapter. LLT fo' sho'.
#5. I met my now fiance at a bar. Huh.. Didn't see that one coming... ;)

So, there are five things about me you probably didn't know. ;)

Gavin, Celly, Mike, Ryan Price, and Jason Alba at JibberJobber -- Tag, you're it.

Did you know...

that Orlando has 168 lakes? It also has the second largest convention center in the country and is the nations largest tourist destination with over 50 million visitors annually. Once your done hanging around the world famous amusement parks, you can enjoy a big mac at the world's largest McDonalds or enjoy one of the many PGA caliber golf courses.

Or you could just hang out near UCF, the nations 7th largest university, and sleep on your buddies couch.. Either way, I mean.. it's cool..

I'm here until next wednesday, with a brief field trip to melbourne for the weekend (Chris VanMeiter's wedding -- word.) God bless working 100% virtually.