User:ErgoSum88/Bio

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Inside one of the many trucks John has driven.

ErgoSum88 is a 30 year old truck driver from Jacksonville, Arkansas. He currently resides in Benton, Arkansas, although he used to live in Orlando, Florida, and St. Petersburg, Florida. John is currently in a committed relationship and has a four year old daughter.

Commonly known on the internet as "Ergo," John has used this username since 1995.^{[citation needed]} John has an excellent sense of humor, and never takes life too seriously. In case you were wondering, "ErgoSum" does indeed refer to phrase "Cogito ergo sum," made famous by René Descartes.

When composing an article, John makes every available effort to cite reliable sources for verifiable facts and thinks more people should do the same. I know most of you don't give a damn about my life story, I'll cut to the chase. If you would like help with an article, just ask. Check out my contributions at the bottom of this page.

1 Early Years
2 Adulthood
3 Recent Years
4 Views
5 T.V. and Movies
6 Interests

[edit] Early Years

A potent strain of Cannabis sativa.

John was born in Jacksonville, Arkansas to his deaf mother and blind father. Luckily, he was not born with any impairments of his own. He was raised in a loving family for most of his adolescence. When John was about 16 years old, his father succumbed to schizophrenia and was reduced to living in a nursing home.

John was pretty antisocial for most of his teen years, and preferred to read a good book rather than going out and getting drunk and impregnating teenage girls. Some of his favorite authors were Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, and Isaac Asimov. He went on to graduate from Jacksonville High School and from then on, things started to change.

His friends introduced him to the pleasures of marijuana, and he realized how much of what he had been taught was actually just a bunch of propaganda. This opened his mind and enabled his rethinking of everything he ever thought was true, resulting in his conversion from agnosticism to atheism. He then decided to "blow the popsicle stand" known as Arkansas and escape to Florida.

[edit] Adulthood

Having moved to Orlando, John subsequently experimented with every illicit drug known to mankind. Taking the old adage "Carpe diem" to heart, he started frequenting a nightclub known as Firestone and is surprised he never got arrested.

He worked in various restaurants as a server and dabbled in telemarketing. Upon breaking up with the mother of his child, he decided to move to St. Petersburg (near Tampa, Florida) and reveled in life as a beach bum.

[edit] Recent Years

The Wyoming state welcome sign.

At 27 years old, John decided that he needed to settle down and find something useful to do with his life. After perusing the local classifieds, he happened upon an ad for free commercial driver's license training, and thought to himself "What the hell, I'll give it a shot." Ever since then he has retained a stable job and is doing well.

As a truck driver, John has traveled to 46 of the 48 contiguous states (the only exceptions being Maine and North Dakota), Washington D.C., and two Canadian provinces (Ontario and Quebec). He has also been to Hawaii and the Bahamas whilst on vacation. He has yet to make it to Alaska.

While in Hawaii, he stayed at the Halekulani Hotel which was the greatest hotel he has ever stayed in. It wasn't so much the beautiful decor, or the perfect weather, or the awesome view, but a combination of all those things. John took a helicopter tour of Oahu and it was the greatest adventure ever, he would recommend it to anyone. John also took some of the most amazing pictures and several of them are being used in articles.

[edit] Views

John is a radical atheist and a staunch skeptic. He is rather obsessed with the connections between the Freemasons, the Knights Templar, Gnostic beliefs, and with conspiracy theories in general. However, he does not buy into any of it and thinks it only makes for a good story.

John thinks that people take their religious beliefs too seriously, and that the world would be a better place without all the wars and strife caused by fundamentalism. He has a vested interest in religion, and is amused with alternative or parody religions. He considers most religions to be nothing more than glorified cults, and thinks the world would be better off without them. He would identifiy his political party as Democrat, however, they are not nearly liberal enough for him. A more accurate affiliation would be Libertarian.

[edit] T.V. and Movies

John enjoys surrealist, absurdist, and existentialist humor. He also enjoys movies about time travel and dystopian versions of the future. His favorite movies are Memento, The Machinist, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, and THX 1138.

John is a fan of Adult Swim, a collection of animated and mostly short (15 minutes) programs. His favorites are Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, and Squidbillies. He also enjoys watchhing educational television, such as the History Channel, Discovery Channel, and the Science Channel. Some of his other favorite shows are Mythbusters and How It's Made. However, John thinks shows like Master Blasters and Smash Lab suck royally.

[edit] Interests

John's pet Betta splendens, Rico.

With a keen interest in science and technology, John has been using computers since he was 14 years old, which was over 15 years ago. He remembers when disk space was still measured in megabytes, and floppy disks were the storage medium of choice.

John is also a supporter of the conservation movement. He enjoys aquariums and has a pet betta named Rico. He enjoys turn-based strategy video games such as Civilization 4, and first-person shooters such as Unreal Tournament.