Oh, sorry. It's late. Anyway, I'll have more here as I think of interesting things. I'll just put a few of the basics for now.
First of all, I am not in any way associated with the other guy who calls himself "The One True Dave" in the DC area, who takes bad pictures at the local clubs. I predate him by about 10 years. I don't know why he felt obliged to steal what is already a pretty absurd nickname. You'll find his stuff at www.onetruedave.com.
The nickname "One True Dave" originated when I first went to the University of Maryland. Being a huge geek, I had been fond of talking online on one of the HP3000 our county high schools had, but I had a recurring problem of other people named Dave stealing my session names. So, when I first stepped into the much broader Unix world, I set my name to "The One True Dave" as something that would not be stolen until I picked up whatever new moniker college life had for me. I was wrong on two counts. First, the name One True Dave has been copied or stolen repeatedly since then, despite its absurdity, and second, no replacement was forthcoming; OTD was more unique and amusing than any new name my friends were going to invent for me, and it stuck.
Anyway, these days I'm working as Director of Data Engineering at Allegiance Telecommunications, the culmination of 8 years of working for AS2548 under 5 different companies. I've lived in Maryland most of that time, with one 8-month break in California, when I tried to make my fortune in a new company about a year after making fortunes in new companies was possible. Fortunately for me, the old company was willing to bring me back into the fold, almost as if nothing happened; I came out of the .com bust closer to unscathed than most.
I am a single male, which puts me in the "extremely dangerous" category according to most insurance estimates. I have never married, but I do have one child. Her name is Jacquelyn Galadriel Israel, born November 19th, 2000 (yes, before the movie came out, you heathens.) She is what they call a 1 percenter, living proof that 99% effective really is less than 100%. I have joint custody with her mother, so Jacquelyn is with me 3.5 days a week. She is the light of my life. You'll find pictures of her here. Don't worry, she isn't just cute in that weird "All little girls are cute" way that people cling to despite all the evidence to the contrary. She actually is adorable. I do not claim credit, but it sure is nice right now. (When she's 14 and adorable, I'll probably be less inclined to swell with pride or mock the parents of ugly children and more inclined to take up hobbies like cleaning my guns on the front porch or pacing in the kitchen for hours on end.) Other things I dedicate time to include listening to music, fine food and drink, history and literature, and a slightly unhealthy enjoyment of the Maryland Renassiance Festival.
More later.