Michael Meurer:  

I'm long overdue updating my profile here... and *how* can _anyone_ sum up over forty-odd post-high-school years (some of them very odd indeed) in just a few thousand alphanumeric characters? Brother! * * * Well, first off let me say that I've survived thus far! I've fallen off a cliff, faced down guns drawn on me (twice -- once while carrying a toddler in my arms), demolished four cars and got out largely unscathed each time. That was the *fun* stuff! * * * But don't worry, friends -- I've never garnered anything worse than parking tickets and the rare moving violation. Nor have I had any addictions, beyond (fizzy) caffeine: no nicotine, alcohol, or any of the illegals... W. C. Fields would be ashamed of me. * * * Just one-ever broken bone, one set of stitches (back in 1974), and just about every last bit of my hair still intact (some silver in the goatee, and a tiny bit of thinning at my part -- but no bald patches or receding... whew! Sorry, guys.). Unfortunately, I'd like to shed maybe fifty-plus pounds -- so I run the occasional 5K, and try (not enough, yes) to log in more miles between those runs also. I'm still not perfect. * * * I was married briefly (1982-5) and gained custody of my daughter out of the sad debris, raising her largely on my own. I had another daughter (and *should* have married her mother) -- these two are both beautiful and brilliant girls (obviously taking much from their moms!), somehow in their thirties-ish, and they both know I'm immensely proud of the two of them. They are my heart, and I'm their goad... I wouldn't have it any other way. * * * I sidelined college to be a dad and breadearner, and in the years s...Expand for more