I fit the stereotype fairly well. I am the kid who always put his hand up
and asked questions the teacher didn't want to address just yet, or (quite
likely, on occasion) didn't know the answer to, and didn't want to admit it.
That was then...
This is now...
Click
here
to see the transformation occur before your horrified eyes (~1.9Mb)...
I am short-sighted and astigmatic. I wear thick glasses which do a passably
good job of correcting the vision in my good eye. (The other eye looks in
the wrong direction - over your right shoulder.)
I am an avid science-fiction reader. My favourite author is the late
Isaac Asimov,
who graced this planet with his intelligent and cultured presence between
1920 and 1992. (I'd like to be able to write that kind of material myself,
but I don't think my brain quite works that way, unfortunately. Although,
you never know...)
UPDATE, Friday, 25th December 2010 (Christmas Day)
WELL! Nearly four and a half years after launching this website, I
have now produced my first attempt at a science-fiction short story - and,
somewhat surprisingly, it perhaps owes more to the influence of
Arthur C. Clarke
than it does to that of Dr. Asimov. (As someone close to me has pointed
out, it perhaps also gives a nod - particularly at the beginning - to
Contact,
by
Carl Sagan.
Furthermore, the name of the spaceship featured in the story - SETI-1
- has a direct connection with the work and interests of Professor Sagan.)
Click
here
if you'd like to read it; the story starts just over halfway down the
page, after some introductory remarks about contemporary issues to set the
scene.
"Mad Teddy" isn't my real name - in fact, it's nothing like my real name.
You'll find a link in the following menu where you can find out the reason
that I have chosen to use this nom-de-plume.
But enough of this self-indulgent drivel. Let's get on to the real business
of this website. Here's the main menu; just click where you want to go.
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The quality of mercy
URGENT - PLEASE READ
It's never too late
My home page
Preliminaries (Copyright, Safety)
A bit about me
I am the sort of character who, in reasonably up-to-date parlance, may be
described as a "nerd". (The term "geek" has, in my mind, far more negative
connotations; so I'll pass on that one.) In the mid-1960's, when I was at
high school, I would have been called "a child with an enquiring mind", or
(sometimes, I'm sure) simply "a bloody nuisance".
Callow Youth, 1970
Old Fart, 2005
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