It has been brought to my attention that we failed in our neighborly duty to properly welcome STC.

STC-- please accept our apologies and copy/paste your information as you see comfortable.

I'll start with me...

Religion/Faith: converted Catholic from Agnostic
Location: central Texas
Degree: BS economics
Occupation: Account manager @ Not for a profit Blood Bank
Status: Married
Kids: 2 ( 2 year old boy, 2 mo old girl)
Favorite beer: IPA
favorite spirit: Scotch
favorite smoke: cigars
Favorite food: tacos or pizza
Favorite drink: unsweet tea
Pets: 2 dogs
Transportation: '02 F150, '13 Odyssey
Hobbies: Gardening, Tex ags
Fav music: Metal
Handle origin: name of band I played in for 10 years and class year.

Religion/Faith: Confessional LCMS Lutheran
Location: Tine
Degree: TCU grad, Fashion
Occupation: I make shoes
Status: Not married
Kids: None
Favorite beer: tripels, saisons, wheats, porters, stouts...I like most stuff
favorite spirit: Rye Bourbon
favorite smoke:
Favorite food: that's like asking me to choose a favorite child
Favorite drink: I presume non-alcoholic? whole Milk.
Pets: 2 dogs, Eskimo and Dachshund. I like them more than most people
Transportation: SUV forever
Hobbies: cycling, crafting. theology, Texags, music, reading, drawing, writing, shoes, shopping, swimming, stuff
Fav music: alt rock, alt country, rap, little bit of everything. Stuff I can dance in the car to.
Handle origin: I was 16 and on swim team. Shut up.

Religion/Faith: Atheist
Location: Houston
Degree: 6 months from my PhD in physics
Occupation: Slave at local physics department
Status: Perpetually awesome.
Kids: 6 year old
Favorite beer: Blue Moon
favorite spirit: Rum
favorite smoke: Marlboro 27
Favorite food: Butter chicken or a good steak
Favorite drink: Coffee
Pets: Fish
Transportation: 2004 Yamaha Road Star, 2006 Kawasaki Ninja, 2013 Ford Mustang
Hobbies: Chess, Reading, Motorcycling, Shooting
Fav music: Classic Rock
Handle origin: Read it backwards

Religion/Faith: cradle Catholic
Location: Space Coast
Degree: BS Electrical Engineering
Occupation: Electrical Power Systems Design, Aircraft
Status: Married
Kids: 6 (boys: 13, 11 mos; girls: 11, 9, 7, 2)
Favorite Beer: It depends on my mood, but variants on IPA and Pale Ale are typical. Imperial Stouts and other "big" or "boozy" beers, including many of those mentioned by swimmerbabe11. First loves were weissbier variants (hefe-, dunkel-, kristal-, etc...)
Favorite Spirit: Bourbon
Favorite Smoke: I typically don't indulge (because my wife abhors tobacco smoke). If pressed, I would tend towards a pipe.
Favorite Food: Pho, Jaegerschnitzel, street tacos
Favorite Drink: bulletproof style coffee
Pets: Gypsy (our German Shepherd of 10 years) now lives with my parents.
Transportation: '01 Chevy Silverado; '16 GMC Catholic Assault Vehicle Savana
Hobbies: Cycling, Lifting, Homebrewing
Favorite Music: Stuff outside the realm of "pop"
Handle Origin: I'm an Aggie and my last two employment stops had me working on Boeing 747's (747-400 & 747-8).

Religion/Faith: non-denom Bible church / Church of Christ
Location: H-town
Degree: MBA / Finance
Occupation: Patent stuff
Status: Married
Kids: 2 pre-teen girls
Favorite Beer: Beer is not one category. This is like asking what my favorite piece of art is. I like good beer.
Favorite Spirit: Rye
Favorite Smoke: Montecristo, on 4th July and New Years Eve only
Favorite Food: Lamb
Favorite Drink:
Pets: One dog
Hobbies: Homebrewing
Favorite Music: Non-nashville country
Handle Origin: Childhood nickname

Dad-O-Lot

Religion/Faith: Cradle Catholic
Location: central Texas
Degree: BS Industrial Engineering
Occupation: Quality Engineer at a fabless semiconductor company
Status: Married
Kids: 10. 5 boys, 5 girls age range from 2 years old to 26 years old
Favorite beer: Shiner Bock
favorite spirit: Jack Daniel's Cinnamon (Tennesse Fire)
favorite smoke: na
Favorite food: Pork tenderloin
Favorite drink: water
Pets: 2 cats
Transportation: old Ram POS (extended bed, double cab)
Hobbies: woodworking
Fav music: classic rock
Handle origin: see "kids"

Religion/Faith: NonDenominational-Awesomenest
Location: DFW
Degree: History (I freely admit I wasted 4 years to anyone who will ask) with a focus on Middle East and China
Occupation: Digital Marketing Account Manager/Gamification Startup
Status: Married
Kids: 1/3 (due in January)
Favorite beer: Generally darker beers, but don't drink
favorite spirit: Never cared for stronger stuff.
favorite smoke: Barbeque
Favorite food: I regret that I have but one stomach to give to food
Favorite drink: Coffee.
Pets: None
Transportation: Toyota Camry
Hobbies: Fitness, Wife, entreprenuership,
Fav music: Classic Rock, Gospel Music
Handle origin: Looking for something clever. Best I could come up with. The alternative was "Blasto_The_Hannar_Spectre"

Religion/Faith: Not Applicable
Location: Dallas area
Degree: BS Electrical Engineering
Occupation: Engineer
Status: Married 10 years
Kids: 6yr old / 3 yr old
Favorite beer: IPA as a general category. Not sure that I could list a single beer as #1 though.
favorite spirit: Whiskey
favorite smoke: Pecan
Favorite food: Whatever comes out of my Big Green Egg
Favorite drink: Wine, Coffee
Pets: dog
Transportation: Accord - don't be jealous
Hobbies: I remember that I used to have some of those before kids. . .
Fav music: Kinda all over the place. . . various rock categories, some rap, some blues, little electronic, no country
Handle origin: I like the author. A more interesting handle I've used is 'imdrunk'. In college I used to play Counterstrike online under this name while drinking with my roommate after big exams. I still use the handle in the one mobile game that I still play.

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Religion/Faith: none/Atheist
Location: College Station
Degree: Working on a bachelors in Biology
Occupation: research, tutoring
Status: Popping the question in a year or so
Kids: None I hope
Favorite beer: Amber
favorite spirit: Casper
favorite smoke: Hickory
Favorite food: Scallops
Favorite drink: water
Transportation: '03 Jeep Wrangler
Hobbies: Tennis, golf, fishing
Fav music: K-pop, Florida-Georgia line
Handle origin: I like astronomy and the Astros. 17 was my old baseball number.

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Religion/Faith: Hebrew Roots Christian
Location: Runaway Bay, TX
Degree: BS Biochem, MD
Occupation: Rural Doc
Status: Recently divorced
Kids: 9 and 11 year olds
Favorite beer: Stout
favorite spirit: nope
favorite smoke: nope
Favorite food: Chicago deep dish
Favorite drink: Cherry limeade
Pets: 2 shelter mutts
Transportation: Beat up Ford Escape
Hobbies: reading and writing scifi/fantasy, working out, board games/card games with friends, learing guitar, bible study, preachy bible videos, Marvel comics, hiking and camping
Fav music: Old, old country. hard rock, christian rock
Handle origin: I can't tell a story in a straight line, and I can't seem to live in one place for very long. Also Ag Class of 02

Astro: why?

Religion/Faith: Christian
Location: Austin
Degree: BS Physics, PhD Geology
Occupation: TEA Curriculum Coordinator
Status: Married
Kids: 5 (3 girls, 2 boys)
Favorite beer: IPA
favorite spirit: Whiskey
favorite smoke: BBQ
Favorite food: tex-mex
Favorite drink: water
Pets: dog died
Transportation: Smart Fortwo
Hobbies: Home improvement
Fav music: folk
Handle origin: my name

Sorry to hear that. I was part of the first class they taught those theoretical methods courses to, I remember them being pretty tough.

Religion/Faith: Deist (w/strong sympathies towards Catholicism)
Location: San Antonio Area
Degree: BioEnvironmental Science (BS); Environmental Science (MS); Geomorphology (ABD)
Occupation: Environmental Scientist/Ecologist
Status: Married
Kids: 2 ( 6 year old girl, 3 year old boyl)
Favorite beer: Constantly changing. Into the offerings from Ranger Creek and Karbach of late
favorite spirit: Whiskies, particularly single malt Islays and blends from Compass Box
favorite smoke: Campfire
Favorite food: Sandwiches
Favorite drink: unsweet tea; Dunkin' Donuts coffee
Pets: See discussion on kids above
Transportation: Ford Truck
Hobbies: Kayaking, outdoor activities, shooting, lifting, reading, gaming
Fav music: Red Dirt; Americana; Acoustic/Folk
Handle origin: AggieStorm sounded too threatening...

Religion/Faith: Agnostic Atheist
Location: Seattle area
Degree: Econ
Occupation: Finance
Status: Married
Kids: 2 dogs that I treat like my kids
Favorite Beer: Mac & Jacks African Amber. It's like nectar from the Gods (metaphorical Gods, of course)
Favorite Spirit: Bourbon
Favorite Smoke: Golden Pineapple (don't worry, it's legal here)
Favorite Food: Peanut butter and jelly
Favorite Drink: Water
Pets: Refer above to "Kids" section
Transportation: Wrangler
Hobbies: Crossfit, Beer, Metal, Hiking & Outdoors activities
Favorite Music: Favorite band of all time: Alice in Chains
Handle Origin: About 10 years ago some rando said I look like Woody from Toy Story. After that it just kinda stuck.

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Favorite beer: Constantly changing. Into the offerings from Ranger Creek and Karbach of late

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Had one of these last night -

One of those will have you dancing in the street. Two will have you dancing naked...

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One of those will have you dancing in the street. Two will have you dancing naked...

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I need six of those to get out in the street.

Religion/Faith: Non-Denominational/Gun-to-my-head: PCA
Location: DFW
Degree: Finance
Occupation: Finance
Status: Divorced
Kids: 4 daughters (15 to 6)
Favorite Beer: I don't drink
Favorite Spirit: I don't drink
Favorite Smoke: Nor do I smoke
Favorite Food: Tastes guilty
Favorite Drink: Water
Pets: Ridgeback/Pit mix
Transportation: Old, foreign, & cheap
Hobbies: Ha!
Favorite Music: Classic Rock
Handle Origin: Sir Mix-A-Lot album adjusted for tehinterweb spelling

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Religion/Faith: Agnostic Atheist

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In my experience I've always seen self-described agnostics as possessing the attitude of "don't know" whereas atheists are always adamant in their belief of "nope". How does one self-described as both? Not trying to be rude (or derail the thread), just curious,

Thanks.

In my humble opinion, I would just call that agnostic. But this is the intro thread where we all get to label ourselves!

Agnostic and atheist are practically and morally the same thing.

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Thanks.

In my humble opinion, I would just call that agnostic. But this is the intro thread where we all get to label ourselves!

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Its a fair question and highlights a shortcoming of labels. I would say I was an agnostic atheist as well and subscribe to the following label definitions. . . .

That word has a very different connotation in my head.


**If you don't listen to Table Talk Radio, the tshirt is less funny, but still accurate

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Religion/Faith: Agnostic Atheist

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In my experience I've always seen self-described agnostics as possessing the attitude of "don't know" whereas atheists are always adamant in their belief of "nope". How does one self-described as both? Not trying to be rude (or derail the thread), just curious,

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I could have just put "none" here, but I figured I'd pick a team.

Essentially, I know I cannot prove there is no such thing as a prime mover. I simply don't believe in one. Gun to my head, I would call myself an agnostic who has no problem with Deism but prefers atheism.

In other words, I have no clue how it all began and I don't pretend to.

Religion/Faith: Roman Catholic
Location: Tine Burbs
Degree: BBA-A&M, BS-MechEngr UH
Occupation: President/CEO
Status: Married
Kids: Yes, always hoping to add
Favorite beer: Heineken
favorite spirit: Whiskey
favorite smoke: Cubans smuggled in
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite drink: Diet Coke
Pets: None
Transportation: '16 Tundra TRD Pro (thanks ReproAg), '14 Suburban
Hobbies: Theology, Weight lifting, Baseball, Basketball and Football nut
Fav music: 80's hair rock, Coffee House covers
Handle origin: A phrase that always stuck with me from one of my favorite books.

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Tine

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What the heck is this?!