Meet Nate
Greetings and salutations all, let the Manversation begin. Thank you for stopping by. This first post will be about me and my interests.
My name is Nate; I am thirty two years old and have a lot of hope along with plenty of angst for what the future holds for me, my family and my friends. The purpose of this blog is to cover some of the pressing topics we all face today. I will tell you up front I am neither heavily political nor religious. My interests lie in the intrinsic value of the human being, the incredible innovations we are capable of, the amazing technological advances created by the human brain, and our limitless imagination. My absolute favorite magazine is Popular Science, which feeds my craving for what’s new and what’s on the horizon. My ultimate dream is to have my home off the grid via a combination of solar power and wind power. Jay Leno has been doing it for around a year and a half. I know, he has plenty of money and the reality of me being able to afford such a system is unlikely, and yes, I know the link is for popular mechanics (I said my favorite magazine is popular science) that’s just where the info is.
My reasoning for the solar and wind system is not to offset my carbon footprint or to buy “carbon credits.” I just like to be self sufficient and through technology I am able to be. In fact, the whole idea of buying carbon credits makes my head hurt, it’s just about the dumbest idea I’ve read about in a long time. I saw a bumper sticker on a Subaru Forester recently stating they bought enough carbon credits to offset their cars emissions for a year. Congratulations, the sad thing is your car is still polluting and all this individual has done is made themselves feel better about it. You are either polluting or you are not, there is no buyout option to make your emissions vanish.
Spending time with my beautiful wife is my favorite part of any day, we are well into our second year of trying for our first child, and I’ll have a series of posts chronicling the challenges of becoming a father. If anyone else is having a hard time starting a family perhaps we can relate and talk about how sex becomes business and not so enjoyable. I never thought it would happen but it has.
My degree is in Media Arts and Animation so naturally along with learning web design and 3d modeling, playing computer games is a part of my life, most notably Half Life 2, World of Warcraft, (yes, I said World of Warcraft, and no, I don’t spend the entire day glued to the computer, while sucking down lethal amounts of Mountain Dew, wreaking havoc in an imaginary world, all the while satisfying my ID through immense amounts of immediate gratification. Although, I secretly wish I could.) Diablo III is coming out soon so perhaps the statement about spending time with my wife will soon be rephrased to “spending time with my divorce lawyer.”
For the times I get outside I enjoy snowboarding, hiking, wakeboarding, camping, etc.
And a final note for this first post. I love listening to Glenn Beck. He makes sense, and cuts through all the crap with which the mainstream media floods the public.
