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I've been an anarchist as long as I can remember. Early on, it was all attitude, and was sometimes - for a while - inconsistently applied. Later, in my twenties (around 1993, or so) I started getting interested in freedom as a cause. After a couple of years of reading Liberty, The American Spectator and The New American, I started checking out the JBS. It's emphasis on conspiracy put me off at first, but provided a strong theory of cause and effect that appealed to the troubleshooting side of my nature. I laid aside my anarchy for what seemed a more practical course, and joined in 1995. A few years later I became a Coordinator. Sometime between joining and becoming field staff, I read Rothbard's history of economics and Human Action. I sucked as a Coordinator, so I left the position in 2000, and started trying to devise a better way to preserve freedom. In the mean time, I had gone from being an atheist to a Catholic. (long story) After demonstrating praxeologically that the existence of a functioning state implied a conspiracy, and that without a functioning conspiracy, no state could value, I saw that the JBS strategy of abolishing the conspiracy as a means to correct the state was fundamentally flawed and quit the JBS in 2008. The long and short of it is that I started off an atheist and an anarchist by disposition, and ended up - after much study - as a Catholic anarchist both by the disposition of my heart and in the conviction of my mind. I have a double-degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. I am a registered Patent Agent (The work didn't agree with me, so I left). By chosen profession, I'm a humble computer tech specializing in FreeBSD and Linux. I'm alright at programming, but am one hell of a troubleshooter. I'm solitary, and a bit of a loner. It would never occur to me to break the ice and introduce myself, but I'm not shy once the ice is broken. Nevertheless, I won't suffer intrusion. I might like you, but that doesn't mean I want to be around you. I like people, but prefer my own company. As such, it should surprise no one that I am unmarried and have no prospects. I love mountains, Austrian Economics, Geis Ryu Aikido, computers, Thai food, German food, Mexican food ... Let's just say I love food. As a christian, it should go without saying that I love Jesus, but I say it anyway. I've really acquired a taste for prayer too, much to my surprise. God is sneaky. I'm a solid nerd and love sci fi, anime and manga. I know that probably makes me a modal libertarian, but there it is. Shun me if you like. I'm fairly relaxed, uncompetitive, not driven, not self-starting (except to troubleshoot problems). I don't really seem all that interested in earning money. And when I get it, I just waste it in almsgiving (!) or smoothies. It's weird. I seem to be all contradictions. I suck at the market, and would probably fare poorly in the anarchy I prefer. I love computers, but have no use for them. And I regard the giving of alms as a waste of money and a consumption of capital, but seem drawn to it. I would like to see praxeology applied more broadly. Of interest are the fields of sociology, psychology and - particularly - spirituality.

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