I've been using this account as my primary for about a week now, and I'm think I'm settled on using it for the foreseeable future, so I guess it's time to do another #introduction post.

I'm a dad of four kids, and a web developer. I have a college degree in #Theater (or #Theatre) and had aspirations of being an actor. I kind of fell into web development as a career. It was a hobby back in high school, and I just needed to pay some bills after college, so I ended up doing this.

I always have aspirations to do other things, but for now, I'm pretty happy spending most of my time as a dad and husband.

Some day, I'd like to get back into #acting, or maybe do some #VoiceActing. I also enjoy #writing and will, from time to time, post some #MicroFiction, usually from somebody's #WritingPrompt.

I love #StarTrek, and usually watch at least one episode nearly every day. I like all #SciFi really, though, as well as #fantasy. I used to read a lot, but find I don't have as much time or mental capacity for it as I used to. I also enjoy watching #anime, and have really been enjoying the new episodes of #Bleach lately.

Feel free to follow me if you think we have similar interests, and I may follow you back, if I think likewise.

#WebDev #PHP #BackEnd #Laravel #introductions #Parenting #DadLife

I guess now that they've caught Charlie Kirk's assassin, we can rule out the possibility of Romulan time travelers trying to prevent the birth of James Tiberius Kirk.

I had a really crappy awful morning today. But, there's a new Star Trek episode. So, I think it'll get a little better.

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds

@[email protected] I wonder if you'll be listening to and discussing Star Trek: Khan. I'd definitely enjoy your perspective on it.

I listened to the first episode of the new Star Trek: Khan podcast, and I'm really loving it so far. If was awesome to hear @[email protected] and Tim Russ as Sulu and Tuvok again. The story is promising.

#StarTrek #Khan #podcast #AmListening

I had a pretty crappy day yesterday, and today was pretty bleugh as well.

And then I watched the pilot episode of The Paper, the sequel to The Office, and I was pretty much smiling the whole time. I loved how they connected it to the former series in a natural way. I love the dynamics of the cast. I love that it's not just a repeat of The Office, but still carries in its spirit. It was so good, in my opinion.

#TheOffice #ThePaper #NBC

My wife was listening in on one of my work calls today. It was a collab session to debug a security issue with my team lead.

She has told me many times before how weird it is for her to listen to my "work voice", because it's so different than my regular day-to-day. I'm a really chill, "go with the flow" kind of person. But she says that in work mode, I'm more assertive, and have like an air of authority and confidence that I don't normally show.

She told me today that I really should be in a leadership position. I've been Team Lead before in a previous job. I enjoy it well enough, and have told my manager that I'd be happy to do it again. But, today was a very collaboration-heavy day, and to be honest, I don't really enjoy these days very much. Don't get me wrong. I get stuff done working with others, and I'm not anti-social, or anything like that. But most of the time, I'd really just rather just work on my own crap on my own. And I know from experience that a Technical Lead, while still a developer who spends plenty of time coding, still has to spend a lot of other time doing other things, like supporting the junior devs, and planning, etc. And mostly, I just want to write some code.