In a week and a half, I get the distinct pleasure of meeting a number of Interwebz acquaintances in real life, and while I know everyone's sick of hearing about The Convention Who Shall Not Be Named, I also know that I have been pretty reticent on this here blog of late (hey, I never claimed to be a REAL blogger). So while a number of you may have goofed with me on Twitter, you might not know much about me other than that my wife is winning at LIFE.

Therefore, and with great trepidation, I present to you the stuff you should probably know about me:

• I usually play the straight man. If I don't laugh out loud at something, it's not because I don't find it funny.
• As a corollary, I don't necessarily stick to the facts, and I might take the opposing side of something just to enjoy the banter. Don't take it personally: if I'm bantering with you it means I like ya.
• I'm not really a blogger. My wife is, and she has a dedication to writing that I just...don't. I'm content to be on the fringes, where I can still meet some great people and laugh and share our lives.
• I've been known to randomly announce song lyrics I think of or am listening to. Like now: "Mmm, skyscraper. I love you." Bonus points if you can tell me where it's from.
• I free-associate a bit too much and I might forget to tell you. So you might talk about your pet rabbit, and I might ask about a cross grow-light, because rabbit -> Donnie Darko -> stuff crashing into houses -> ep. of Weeds where coke bottles crash into the Hodes' bedroom -> ep. with cross grow-light. Just go with it.
• Both of my parents were teachers; I will instinctively teach you anything I know. Feel free to tell me if you don't really want to know, and I'll shut up.
• Topics I can almost always talk about: Programming, technology, How The Internet Works, finance (esp. finance technology), Chicago, kids, guitar, soccer, beer. 
• Topics I can usually talk about: Music, select TV series, movies, the game of Go, the Japanese language, Theater (esp. theater lighting & sound, and a little about directing ), graphic design, video games.
• Topics I can almost never talk about: fashion, celebrities, pop stars, politics, trends, reality TV.

So there you have it. Some stuff that you can use to talk to me (if you want to)! If you are going to be in the NYC area during conference time, and you want to meet me, feel free to email me (dave at dwink dot net ) or @ me (The_Daver) on Twitter, and we can set something up. Unless you're a rabbit with big sharp pointy teeth.