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Personal summary

  • Amateur radio call: M7MZH

  • I'm a parent-carer (the parent of a multiply-disabled child). That takes 90% of my time, spoons and emotional capacity.

  • I love playing guitar, strictly as a bedroom/office guitarist. I have too many guitars and too many wristwatches, but I don't have expensive tastes in either. I value value.

  • I love all sorts of music, from 50s bebop to early music, but my special niche is late 80s/early 90s sleaze rock. Love/Hate, Dogs D'Amour, Smashed Gladys, L.A Guns, etc.

  • Despite having ankylosing spondylitis, I lift a lot. Or rather I lift, a lot. I compete in strongman.

"Nail your courage to the wall and tie your body to a wheel."

  • If you're a amateur masters strongman/strongwoman, I wrote a well-recieved program booklet you'll like: 5/3/1 for the Masters Amateur Strongman/Strongwoman by Marsh-P along with other free programs and ebooks

  • My second language is British Sign Language (BSL). My third is probably some LML, maybe Markdown.

  • I'm a gamer1, both tabletop and video, and have been since the ZX81 and AD&D. I play Minecraft with other geeks and without shame, here. The smallest hill I'd die on is this: "Gone Home and With Those we Love Alive are the best games made so far". I will update if that ever changes. The game I've played most (lifetime stats) is Aardwolf MUD.

  • I practiced karate in my teens, and started again in 2023, at age 52. Our local club Wantage hinotori Ryu is small but we have fun and strive for improvement. 

  1. FTR: Gamergate was dumb; inclusivity is the future of gaming. ↩