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Kendall
Kendall -->(my great-grandmother's maiden name)
Male
30's or there-abouts
Married
Children
SCHOOL: Ph.D.in Curmudgeondry
PROFESSION:Struggling young professor

HOBBIES: Fishing and doting over my family
TURN-OFFS:Pseudo-scientists, religious wack-os, environmental hippies, PETA-activists, and anyone who incorrectly uses the word "energy"

My suspicions…..
Pat Robertson and Tom Delay are incarnations of Satan. 


Kenn

Kenn Angell 
29 year old individual of the male persuasion. 
Asian/Caucasian,(a very fine hybrid type). 
US Citizen,recently expatriated to France, (working for a German company, yet). 
BS in Computer Science. 
Professional software developer. 
Climber,skier, traveler. Loves a good party every now and then. 
Single with a big 'ol broken heart, (for which I can only blame myself since not everyone's willing for such a move). 
Raised in the religion of the BahašI Faith and tried really hard to believe for several years, then finally acknowledged my doubts. 


Kerrin

female 
40 
single 
no children 
post graduate degree 
upper middle class lifestyle on lower middle class salary (neat trick) in US 


Konrad

OCC: Dreamer Gizmoteer 
Interests:Anything I can learn something from 
Race: Terran Human incarnation of the Eternal Champion. 
Doomed to an eternity of struggling to uphold the cosmic balance, I am a mere pawn in the endless game between Chaos and Law. Sometimes even figuring out which side of the balance you are currently on is immensely difficult.Hey, nobody ever said being the Eternal Champion would be easy. Maybe one of these days I shall finally find the mysterious city of Tanelorn and revel in it's wondrous peace. One can only hope. Until the next conjunction of the million spheres, I wish you well. 


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Lisa

Of course I am a girl, 33 going on twelve. Only went as far as high school. Married at seventeen, four kids and fifteen years later in the middle of a divorce. Ended up in a romantic relationship with one of my best friends.(after I separated, thank you very much!) Come from the upper income bracket down to almost nothing since the divorce. Used to doing lunch and shopping, now actually having to earn an income (which sucks by the way....not the work but the having to be there at 8:30!) A bit slow on the up take at times, average size, average build, even though I like to tease about being a hottie! I am still pretty much your average kind of girl next door. I am quick with a smile, though. That oughta count for something. Red hair and blue eyes, which Marc says would be a better combination if my eyes were green. Can't win them all! Can't scan a picture because my son's scanner is at his Father's place. Just picture Little Orphan Annie all grown up and you've got a good idea!


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Marc

Marc 
29 
single andlooking 
no kids,no Ex 

A computer programer in New England, Marc has thus far been successful in his quest to never grow up. Between video games, role playing games, anime and movie collection he has become the idol of his neices and nephews. When not persuing those interests he is either on the computer, taking karate, reading, shopping, or thinking about women. Several ladies have called him cute, funny, even saying he has dimples. 

Was introduced into skepticism several years ago and came to find the world is a lot dumber than he thought. In learning about the variety of bull being tossed around he became especialy interested in the $cientology cult, which he began to study greatly and keeps up on all the latest news. 


Mike

A Londoner by birth, US resident alien for 19 years, and skeptic by nature. Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering, UMIST 1968, and a heat transfer engineer in the oil and gas business by trade. The picture is of me atop a flare stack in a Siberian gas processing plant.

Age 53; married31 years to the Franco-American Wonderwoman. Two adult children – a Language Arts teacher and a Mechanical Engineer.


Mikkelthe Dane

male 
34 
single 
no children 
high school 
early retirement pension (working class) 


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Mr.Peabody


(aka Pierre) 

Species: pooch 

Gender: male 

Age: I'm told"6" (in dog years of course) 

Status: probably NOT neutered however I must admit to substantial time periods of which I have no clear recollection accompanied by "soreness down there" 

Mate? Still looking-- please refer all attractive poodles and similar breeds provided that are not WOO WOO, come into heat regularly, do not bark excessively, and are entirely house broken. 

Puppies: none to speak of... or more precisely "unknown" 

Education:failed obedience training three times 

Shots: all up to date but the last set almost cost the vet one finger and when I awoke, I had a terrible headache! 

Economics:usually have enough for Alpo but sometimes not for treats 

Preferred entertainment: snarling at WOO WOO, barking about stupidity and biting psychic mediums 


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Richard

Age: Younger than Bernie, older than Cowboy X  
Occupation: One of those faceless contractors that show up in the cube next to yours one day working on that new fun project for big bucks while you get stuck with doing maintence on some 40 yr old cobol monster  
Race: I don't race anywhre. Slow and smooth is my motto  
Gender: Take a guess 
Marital status: Married. sorry ladies(and all you guys with buns of steel as well)  
Hobbies: Yanking Robert's chain; Sex, drugs, and rock and roll(ok so it's more jazz than rock and roll)  


RobMiller

31 
Attorney 
Lives in Southern California 
No Kids 
Unmarried 
Doctorate level education. 


Roseweed

Male 
53 
Married since1976 
6-0 brn,blu 
3 kids, 20,11, 9, oldest retarded 
Masters degree/artcurator/web designer-producer 
Lives in Altadena, CA, in the shadow of Mt. Wilson Observatories where 
Edwin Hubble discovered the universe was expanding back in the 1920s. 


Russell

Male 
Born 1964 
Married to Lorraine 
2 children Blake my first was stillborn, Vanessa Sarah (b. 21st of december 1998) is doing great. 
Ass Dip Digital Electronics and Computing 
Middle class but still broke 
System's Engineer (computers) Programming (VB, C, Assembler etc) and Network configuration/ maintenance (Netware, Lotus Notes, NT etc) 
Unrestricted Class Ham Radio Operator though only occasionally these days. Also into touring the outback and 4 wheel driving generally. 
Lives in Melbourne Australia 


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Shanks

(Ravi Nair) 

Male 

Born 9 February1966 

(Do the maths, yes I'm nearly 34!) 

Never been married, no children. Am currently attached though, in a serious way. 

Graduate (Yes, dammit. That's all. A lousy BA in Eng Lit from Bombay University, stop sticking your tongue out at me!!!) 

Income might be in upper third of the UK, but that's not frightfully difficult to achieve. 

No class.(Parents amongst upper class in Bombay, but I am determined to lack all class in my own life.) Have been accused of being middle class in the UK, with all sorts of Marxist glowerings in the way it was said. Perhaps I do have some of the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie... 

In marketing Socio-Economic Category terms, I believe I am what is called an A2. And, oh yes, I currently live in London, in the UK, and have done so for a little over 7 years. (22 years in Bombay, India before that, and 4 years in London before that. Does that add up?) 

Picture (courtesy of Kerrin, from last year's meet in Chicago, just in case you haven't seen 'em yet) is inaccurate because: 

1. You can't see the cigarette 

2. I look even worse in real life 

Accurate because: 

1. The glass of beer is empty. Strange (psychic!!) phenomenon: Put a full glass of beer in my hand in within five minutes the beer has disappeared. Perhaps James Randi ought to investigate! 

And for those who are into the name thing, the full name is: Ravi Shankar Nair. 


Sharon

Sharon (AKA-Sharon)
Age- 43 (Today(7/jan/2001), anyway! I think that I was 42 in the picture.)
Married (For more than half of my life!)
Children-3 (Amy-24, David-stopped at 22, Sahara-9)
Pets- Way too many to list. Let's just say that the largest is a horse and the smallest is a goldfish with many types of fur, fin, feather, and crustations in between.
Education-I'd like to think so.
Career- Still working at that. For now, I'm working mainly with children as a Vision Therapy Technician.
Interests-Yes, I have some. Most of them center around outdoor activities and nature sciences. Specific interests change as often as my age. I would hope that that constitutes me as varied rather than fickle! 


Slofut

Male 
37 
Married 
Two kids (boy and a girl) 
9th grade dropout (true) 
Middle Class (slightly upper) 
Houston,Texas 


Steve

Age 33 
Single 
working class 
Honours degree psychology 


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Teri

(this is part of a biggerpicture of Teri and her husband Robert, taken at Jazz Fest 2000 in New Orleans) 

age: 46 (may/2000)
gypsy artist

I live with my husband, bob, and our two sons, raleigh, 15, and max, 12 in a tennessee holler surrounded by trees. Our studio is on the same property. I design and fabricate glass and metal lamps. Every couple few weeks we climb into the big white truck and travel to sell the work at juried art festivals. We homeschool the kids, which liberates us from staying put and has really made us a tight family.


Tim A

Age: Turned37 last week 

Actor(s) Most frequently compared to: Kevin Costner, Robert Dinero (it's the eyes, Iguess). 

Hght: 5'11" 

Eyes: Bluew/ green 

Weight: that's where it all falls apart. 185 lbs. 

Marital Status:Seperated and moving farther and farther apart. 

Children:none that I'm aware of. 

Employment:Investment banker (Sometimes I amaze even myself). 

Home: Seoul,Korea (tony Apkujong Dong, thank you very much) 

School: IvyLeague: U-f---in'-Penn (didn't finish; went to Korea instead, and it's been down hill ever since). 

Degree of incredulousness: Deefinitely tend to be skeptical, very curious and analytical, but still can't understand what it means when someone calls themself a skeptic. I would think that if one were really a skeptic, one would be skeptical about more things than one is not (i.e., one doesn't call oneself an atheist but wears a St. Christopher medal). But it seems that the definition of a skeptic is one who does not accept as true a theory or belief or phenomena that is not supported by testable, falsifiable, predicatble evidence. Thus when such evidence is provided, the skeptic is no longer skeptical about that "thing". So in fact, the skeptic seems to go about becoming less and less skeptical about his/her world. 
yeah? 


Tommy

male, age57
divorced, single custodial parent.
One child,a son, ( graduating this year from CU. Boulder with a degree in economics).
Practicing anesthesiologist ( thinking real hard about retiring soon ).
Vice chair and business manager of department of anesthesiology in a major hospital and medical center in San Francisco.
Getting ready for second marriage in March, 2001 ( we've known each other for 8 years and she's the best thing that ever happened to me ).
B.S. degree in chemistry, cum laude, University of Washington, Seattle. M.D. degree, University of Washington.
Interests:hiking, water color painting, philosophy of mathematics and science, cooking, gardening, travel. 


Tony (the psychic)

male 63 
4 children 2 girls 2 boys 
married now 39 years first wife though 
7 grandchildren 
2 dogs 
Retired businessman 
retired psychic 
Licenced by the Ministery of Un Natural resources 
Over weight 
Living slightly above poverty Only 1 car (new) 
Not bald 



Tony (the physicist)

A non-psychic animal-rights-supporting dog-pampering tree-hugging evolution-teaching James-Randi-liking ultimate-frisbee-playing Richard-Feynman-inspired theoretical condensed matter physicist and vegetarian.

 

 

 


TravisBickle

travis bickle-aka Dan Murphy: Pictured with my daughter Isabel during last vacation's visit to Disney World's little-known 'Enchanted Emergency Room' attraction. 

-Occupation:Full-time fancy boy, part-time repairman of the very expensive machine that goes ping! 

-Geographicall ocation: Lawn Guy Land, NY 

-Why I postat FACTS... or, How I became a teenage skeptomasochist: I turned on theTV one day, and there was James VanPraagh pretending to talk to dead people....nuff' said. 

-Marital status:My wife has a real job with letters after her name and everything. Two kids, boy and a girl(3 y.o. and 1 y.o.- mission accomplished.) 

-Fleeting memories of High School(at which time I applied a 'cookie monster' philosophy towards my education; C is for cookie, and that was good enough for me.) Four years as a Navy diver. Three years as a civilian commercial diver.Various electrical and electronic jobs. Paydirt!-slackers paradise: expensive ping! machine repair guy job. 

-Hobbies:Sailing and having hot cybermangaylovechat with Jimi. 

Likes: PinaColadas, getting caught in the rain. 

Dislikes:I am not into health food, I am into champagne. 

Strong dislikes:That accursed song. 


Tricia

I am 28, married and have three children at home....also expecting another child at the end of May 2001. I have been in the banking industry for a little over six years and someday hope to be able to stay home more and be one of those"Room Moms" at school for my kids. (Big hopes and dreams I know). I am definetly not a hard core skeptic...but thanks some of the people on this board, I am definetly not a hard core believer...not in Woo Woo anyway.:) 


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Verity

46. 
Married (nearly24 years). 
No kids. 
Journalism degree. 
Solidly middle-class. 
Sound like Lauren Bacall on speed. 


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