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Name: Chandra Clarke
Joined: September 21, 2005

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About

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.

I've been on the Internet since Adam was a pup - or at least since Scott Adams had those text adventure game cartridges you could plug into your Vic 20. The Internet for me then consisted of CompuServe. How's that for dating yourself?

I'm online pretty much all of the time. My husband and I run an online service company that does editing and proofreading and I write a weekly humour column which is published in various mags and papers around the world. (Also the source of my nickname). Recently, we launched a special community for discussing the latest and greatest in theories, ideas, discoveries and inventions. You can check it out here: Ponderfodder.

On the personal side, I'm the mother of two wonderful boys - parenthood is the most challenging thing I've ever done, but by far the most rewarding.