User:Crazyeddie

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My screen name, crazyeddie, comes from a alien mythological figure from the science fiction novel The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. (See Crazy Eddie.) My real name is Dan Marshall.

I'M NO LONGER LIVING IN A RED STATE!!!! CLAIRE LOST!!!! CLAIRE WON!!!!! WOOT!!!!

1 Real Life
- 1.1 Political and Religious Stances
- 1.2 What is Your World View? Results
2 Notes to Self, etc

[edit] Real Life

For his near-masochistic willingness to mediate at Talk:Fox News, transcending all forms of POV-pushing, I hereby award Crazyeddie this barnstar. Shem

Birth Year: 1979
Location: Sedalia, MO, USA
Attended University of Missouri–Rolla, 1997-2000, majored in Aerospace Engineering. (Flunked out, thanks to Calc II)
Attended State Fair Community College in Sedalia, 2000-2003, got an Associates in Computer Information Systems, with Networking Emphasis. Was unable to find job in desired career field.
Sole owner and operator of Freelance Computer Repair 2003-2005 (Did about as well as I expected - lost quite a bit of money, gained a lot of experience)
Currently (as of Fall 2005) enrolled at Central Missouri State University, majoring in History, minoring in Philosophy
- Not sure what I want to do with this degree, but figure it can't possibly be more unemployable than computer repair!
- ~~Wish I could major in Philosophy and minor in History, but that's not really possible at CMSU.~~ ~~Actually, I could, but that would require getting an individualized major.~~ Working on getting the individualized major, considering going for a masters in Philosophy.
I also worked for ten years as a janitor, and am currently (as of 2005) working as a dishwasher at a local restaurant.
Myer-Briggs Type: ISTP
Horoscope: Taurus

[edit] Political and Religious Stances

Politically, I'm pretty much dead center (relative to the American political spectrum). Prior to the Election of 2004, I voted pretty much 50/50 Democrat and Republican. I voted for Bush in 2000, but I got a bad feeling when he decided to name the War on Terrorism after the War on Drugs. Al Qaeda's not a big enough enemy, we have to take on all of terrorism too? And what's wrong with fighting a war we can actually win? Been downhill ever since. I am desperately waiting for the Bushites to be destroyed, if for no other reason than so I can vote Republican again with a clear conscience.

My preferred news source is PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer, which, according to this study, has a slight liberal bias, but is also the most centrist of the 20 major American news sources studied. So I like PBS because 1) it rocks 2) I share a bias with it.

I'm a weak atheist, which actually has nothing to do with my religion. I think there isn't a God merely because He isn't (currently) the simplest possible explanation for the universe. I'm aware that there is a vanishingly small, but non-zero, possibility that God exists. My religion (of which I'm the sole member) is silent on the subject of Gods or gods, and is equally valid in either a theistic or atheistic world. I'm interested in the philosophical side of Buddhism. Philosophical Taoism is good too. I'm a full-fledged Discordian, and this is probably a better quick, one-word, description of my religious beliefs than "atheist".

Genuine and Authentic Discordian Pope. So please treat him/her right.

[edit] What is Your World View? Results

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.