Friday, May 2, 2008

A few more things about me:

Birthday 7-1-1969. I've been 29 for a decade now. :)

I am a Jeopardy alum: see http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=995.

Click on my name at the top of that page and you will see my pic and tag line for the episode promo. Came in 2nd on my show, but it was still fun, and I became friends with my competitors.

I enjoy the outdoors (swimming, hiking, boating, camping, travel), games (board, card, trivia, sports- as both participant and spectator), film (photo and video and the silver screen), exercise and websurfing.

My core family is my fiancee, my mother and maternal grandparents. I was an only child and Dad passed away 3 years ago. I have an aunt on my mothers side. My extended family explodes through many great-aunts/uncles and second cousins though.

I have LiveJournal, MySpace, Facebook, Linked in and Plaxo accounts. I am most often on LJ and Facebook, frequently on MySpace, and less frequent on the rest. Message here or email/message below if interested in friending me on those sites and we'll swap info.

I am revpemba on AIM, vehlow69 on YahooIM and email is rev1969@gmail.com.

Cheers!

Initial Post

Greetings. I use this blog mainly to read others on this site. My main blog is over at LiveJournal: http://rev69.livejournal.com. I may occasionally post here though.

My name is Rich but my initials/collegiate nickname is REV and "Ringtone" is a nickname coined by a local card club manager because of the texts and calls I received while playing.

My day job is a professional HVAC engineer doing prison work in New York State. On the side I play poker every so often, and since the fall have turned in a small steady profit doing so, just enough to pay a few bills.

My upcoming travels will be to Las Vegas June 11-20 (cousin getting married at the Bellagio on June 12) and Salt Lake City June 20-25. Looks to be fun.

I am engaged to be married early 2009. My fiancee, Jenny, is a Canadian living in Ottawa while her application process for a fiancee visa is processed. She enjoys most of my hobbies and interests as well, which makes this a great match.

Looking forward to reading and writing!