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Grasping at Grace
Adventures of a Reversed Polarity Redhead
Created on 2006-12-03 20:43:48 (#11748964), last updated 2009-07-06
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kaffyr@operamail.com BioThe story of Kaffyr (also known as Rutsky in some places)? Simple enough: I'm Canadian by birth, Chicagoan by inclination. I've lived in the city since 1981, after stopping by for a three day visit. I'm a reporter by trade, a fiction writer by avocation, a (possibly bad) poet by turns. I've been a science fiction fan since the age of 6 or so, a fantasy fan since the age of 10 or so. I have read both omnivorously for decades, and like to think I know the dross from the gold. I haven't read as much of either as I'd like, lately. I am married and have a grown son. Both my Best Beloved and my First Born are brilliant, and I love them dearly. I believe in Democracy. I used to be a chick singer in an unsuccessful rock and roll band. I once studied to be an actor in a Canadian acting school. I flunked out. God and I have an ambiguous relationship, when I believe they exist. I love to drive. I'm afraid of things. I'm a union maid until the day I die. Did I mention that I believe in Democracy? I believe in hard-headed socialism with good healthy small-c capitalism. On my good days, I'm probably a thinking Democrat. On my bad days, I'm a yaller-dog Democrat. I can't vote for anyone in this country, because I retained Canadian citizenship, but that's changing. (Used to be I couldn't bring myself to take the oath, but that, too, is changing.)I love this country as much as I love Canada, and I think America holds some of the greatest promise for global good that I can think of, except when its leaders are being, you know, stoo-pid. I have little use for rugged individualists who live in their parents' basements and rail on about intrusive government whilst making use of federal roads and public hospitals. I believe that my life may have been saved by rock and roll on many occasions. I've learned to love jazz. I love music in a minor key. My hair is red, my eyesight bad, my bravery at a premium, my organizational skills next to nil. I'd probably like you if I met you.
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all things british, all things scottish, battlestar galactica, bbc television, canada, christopher eccleston, cooking, democracy, doctor who, faith, firesign theater, god, jacob clifton, jazz, journalism, more music, music, outer space, poetry, politics, rock and roll, russell t. davies, sarah jane, science fiction, science fiction fandom, secular humanism, skepticism, stephen jay gould, television without pity, the oncoming recaps, the scientific method, torchwood, whofic, writing
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