It used to be that this page would always preface itself with a claim that I am not particularly clearminded about my own identity. This has changed over time and I have landed on a few things that at least add a level of uniqueness that are themselves adequate for serving as a reference to my personality.

The most significant aspect of my identity is that I am a Christian. And I use this term in a manner to indicate that I have a distinct and directed interest in the person of Jesus Christ. Having associated mostly with Evangelical Protestants I would say that I am an Evangelical, though with very little in common with the mainstream culture found in most of those kinds of churches. For my own spiritual development, I have become deliberately well educated and exposed to orthodox, historic Christianity.

A particular interest of mine is to read a lot of Theology, Philosophy, and History, and within this, perhaps, a sub-project is a focused consideration of the philosophy of science as it relates to those topics. As a result, and to the continued interest of my peers, I am a metaphysical idealist and would humorously note that there are two kinds of idealists in the world: good idealists and bad idealists, the latter we call realists.

In my spare time, I pursue technology, partuclarly software development and information management. Object-Relational Databases have occupied a fair amount of my attention, though more recently pure XML databases have really grown on me: I guess I perceive information as largely unstructured yet manageable. Set Theory is intrinsically well equipped for describing information, but as soon as an intersection with knowledge is attempted, there remains a monumental coercive struggle due to the fact that knowledge is, after all, not actually structured.

Generally, I seek to be at peace with those around me. However, over the course of time, I have become increasingly frustrated with the general unwillingness of most people to grow their understanding of the world in a responsible manner. Reactionary fundamentalism with regards to both theism and atheism threatens to overwhelm any advanced sensibility in the world. Because I am not much of an activist, this has resulted in tendency toward terseness in relationships. A continually disappointed optimist, I have gravitated toward cynicism and skepticism in my conversations, coupled with confidence in critical thinking and information.

My son, Soren, is the source of my joy and the apparent source of all that is good within the world. He was born in the summer of 2005 and has never stopped giving more than I had any idea a child could give. My wife, Amanda, has been my one great and true companion, faithful and patient ever since I first met her in the autumn of 1994. I believe that the three of us, together, can do anything.