Idea stolen from the Light Side...

[Big Pimpin]

So this came from the Scottie thread below, and I think it's a great idea. Let's us learn more about our fellow FBC'ers... I'll start. And I'd love to get a lot of us to do this...

Real Name: Gabe
Nickname: Haven't had one since college, and then it was "Pimp" (for obvious reasons )
Age: 27 (in my prime baby!)
Status: Married, 5 years in August
Offspring: Two girls - Avery (3) and Faith (4 months)

Pets: A cat named Moose
Place of Residence: Warm and sunny Phoenix, Arizona
Occupation: Actuarial analyst (almost a credentialed actuary) at a consulting firm. We set the rates that States pay HMOs to cover their Medicaid populations.

Unattainable Dream Job: Owner/GM of the Seattle Mariners
Much more attainable dream job: World Wide Partner in my firm
Places I want to visit before I'm old: Australia/New Zealand, the Mediterranean (Italy especially), Fiji, every MLB stadium, Daytona, and Bristol (Thunder Valley!)
Hobbies and Interests: Anything sports related, mostly baseball and NASCAR, playing golf
Best Sports Moment: Making my Senior Nationals cut in the 1000 Free (swimming ) when I was 15.
Worst Sports Moment: Making my Olympic Trials cut in the summer of 1995 and then finding out a couple hours later that they weren't swimming that event any more.

How I ended up here: Google
Favorite Cafe Feature: Most of all, the people. But also the news, the baseball discussions, and the competition.
Cafe Pet Peeve: WHIR WHIR WHIR! Also people that aren't civil, don't respect others, and whose general negativity just annoy me. But I love this place!


Anyway guys, the more the merrier. Just quote what I wrote and then put in your own stuff...

[knapplc]

All good ideas come from The Light Side.

[Big Pimpin]

One good idea came from The Light Side.

Fixed it for you.

[acsguitar]

Real Name: Andy
Nickname: It was Salty
Age: 24
Status: Girlfriend of 3 years +
Offspring: None thank god

Pets: Dog Named Bella
Place of Residence: Sunny Denver, Co
Occupation: IT Helpdesk (kill me)

Unattainable Dream Job: Owner Colorado Rockies

Much more attainable dream job: Ebay Guru

Places I want to visit before I'm old: Alaska

Hobbies and Interests: Baseball, Computer Games, Guitar

Best Sports Moment: Winning the state Championship Game in baseball

Worst Sports Moment: Losing the state Championship Game in baseball

How I ended up here: Probably google

Favorite Cafe Feature: Cole Hamels j/k.... Somethign to do during work. People.

Cafe Pet Peeve: Lack of tech support forum ruled by me

Little Known Fact: I am awesome at Jeopardy

[Omaha Red Sox]

Real Name: Josh
Age: 27
Status: Married 5 years
Offspring: 6 year old boy
Pets: Black Lab (wife and kid have many others)
Place Of Residence: Omaha, NE
Occupation: Operations Management
Unattainable Dream Job: rock star
Much More Attainable Dream Job: Dad
Places I Want To Visit Before I'm Old: Ireland, Australia, Rome
Hobbies And Interests: guitar, playing sports, reading, collect antique poker chips
Best Sports Moment: high school track - winning two invitationals. cross country - winning one invitational (my school had never done either) and running a 4:46 mile.
Worst Sports Moment: getting a concussion, broken nose and ribs on a kickoff return (no pads)
How I Ended Up Here: google search
Favorite Cafe Feature: so many forum topics to choose from
Cafe Pet Peeve: posters who constantly insult other posters
Little Known Fact: I used to steal cars

[CadensDad]

Real Name: Keith
Nickname: Wife call's me baby
Age: 22 the big duece duece
Status: Chained down 2 years in Aug
Offspring: 1 boy Caden (hints the name) he's 2

Pets: 2 dogs, Gee-O-Dee, Proky
Place of Residence: East Alabama
Occupation: None right now, trying to become a cop.

Unattainable Dream Job: Commish of the MLB
Much more attainable dream job: Owner of a small franchise
Places I want to visit before I'm old: Alaska, Aruba, and Brazil
Hobbies and Interests: College Football, MLB, NFL my son and the old windbag(Wife)
Best Sports Moment: Walk off home run in little league, (Last game of year we were the worst team, our record was 2-13 going into the game, I gave us a 2 run shot!
Worst Sports Moment: Trying to dunk in pe one day, a girl I had been hitting on was standing right in front of me. I was trying to show off.

How I ended up here: Not sure
Favorite Cafe Feature: The funny post
Cafe Pet Peeve: People who try and tell me Tex isn't a bust
Little Known Fact: I have a mole on the left inside part of my....... wait i'll just keep that to myself.

[Big Pimpin]

Little Known Fact: I used to steal cars

Awesome! Now that's what I'm talking about!

[Coppermine]

Real Name: Keith (that makes two)
Nickname: Buck Naked
Age: 24
Status: Living with my g/f in SIN!!!!!!
Offspring: Mostly corn and various nuts

Pets: My girlfriend's cat with a urinary problem
Place of Residence: Harrisburg, PA
Occupation: Technology Inventory Mgr

Unattainable Dream Job: CEO of Google
Much more attainable dream job: Lord of the Dance
Places I want to visit before I'm old: Jessica Alba's hoo ha
Hobbies and Interests: Drinking beer and... I forget
Best Sports Moment: Girl's softball umpire
Worst Sports Moment: Gym class; all of it

How I ended up here: Googling "baseball dorks"
Favorite Cafe Feature: How everyone here, with little exception, types with correct spelling, reasonable grammar and impeccable punctuation; only message board online I can read.
Cafe Pet Peeve: Misleading name; no food served
Little Known Fact: 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their asses.

[acsguitar]

Real Name: Keith (that makes two)
Nickname: Buck Naked
Age: 24
Status: Living with my g/f in SIN!!!!!!
Offspring: Mostly corn and various nuts

Pets: My girlfriend's cat with a urinary problem
Place of Residence: Harrisburg, PA
Occupation: Technology Inventory Mgr

Unattainable Dream Job: CEO of Google
Much more attainable dream job: Lord of the Dance
Places I want to visit before I'm old: Jessica Alba's hoo ha
Hobbies and Interests: Drinking beer and... I forget
Best Sports Moment: Girl's softball umpire
Worst Sports Moment: Gym class; all of it

How I ended up here: Googling "baseball dorks"
Favorite Cafe Feature: How everyone here, with little exception, types with correct spelling, reasonable grammar and impeccable punctuation; only message board online I can read.
Cafe Pet Peeve: Misleading name; no food served
Little Known Fact: 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their asses.

man thats a funny one...I should edit mine for more funniness

[bigken117]

Real Name:Ken
Nickname: Haven't had one since hgh school, but I bet you could guess what it was
Age: 29 but I could pass for 18
Status: Married, 4 years in July
Offspring: littlebraden 1230


Pets: cat Mini-Me....3 legged dog Cassius
Place of Residence: Gloucester Ma where they filmed Perfect Storm....worst movie ever!
Occupation: I test consoles used to rest failing hearts even though right now they have me implementing SAP into our area

Unattainable Dream Job:Red Sox GM...but that's why I play fantasy baseball
Much more attainable dream job: Baseball card store owner
Places I want to visit before I'm old: Hawaii...and I can't wait to take my boy to Disney
Hobbies and Interests: All things sports, hold em, summer ale
Best Sports Moment: I remember my 1st little league homer like it was yesterday...inside the park, the coaches were telling me to stay at 3rd and I went for it and beat the throw
Worst Sports Moment: Not making the cut for senior little league. Haven't played organized baseball since

How I ended up here: A friend who lurks and has like 4 posts told me about this great place
Favorite Cafe Feature: Baseball leftovers, and the games
Cafe Pet Peeve: How many threads about one player can we have
Little known fact: I am a diehard Detroit Lions fan in the middle of Patriots Nation