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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

me in Rome ; >

Yes amberglow, I'm nominating you to the Rocking Committee for promotion to Level Two Awesome for all this. : >

my Vox page

my old, now sleeping art link blog

I was a finalist in the Designs on the White House contest...see here

It's my drag/porn name ; >

quonsar says:
amberglow amberglow, what a freak!
glows in the dark, can't play hide-n-seek! : >

and i'm famous now, too (thanks, matteo!)

MY LAT/LONG:
40° 45' 18" , -73° 59' 55"


Great words: But you know how it all works, how the small actions add up. And you now see how you can start to stack them up differently. The helpful suggestion upward, not made. The confidential memo leaked downward, or out. The book recommended to an inquiring student. No longer on the curriculum, but you might find it interesting - a different angle. The conversational concessions withdrawn. The conventional civility dropped. The hard stare back, the harder line held. The slack not cut. Elsewhere, the warmer smile. The word of encouragement. The grant approved. The link forwarded. The cartoon tacked up. The dues paid. The paper bought, the extra coin passed, the minute spent in friendly chat before you hurry for the train. The firm nod to your own kid's tentative query.
-- from The Early Days of a Better Nation