Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG 2001 Edition
The Physical:
Your name: Derek Lucas
Your online/nickname: Dez
Web page url:
Age: 31
Birthday: 8 July
Gender: Male
Location: Port Glasgow
Height/weight: 6ft/Too much
Current hair colour/style: 
Natural hair colour: I'm told it used to be black
Eye colour: Blue
Religion: Antagagnostic/ Disciple of the Surfing Bhudda
Siblings: A brother and two sisters
Children: Ann (15) and Sam (1)
Relationship status: Married to Ali
Occupation: Hahaha
Pets: See children, above.
Computer you're on: Usually Lord Occum, but at the mo' it's one of those snazzy easyeverything ones.
Favourites:
Books: Most everything by George Orwell, Noam Chomsky, Jean Baudrillard, Asterix, Calvin and Hobbes, Michael Scott
Movies: Most anything with Clint Eastwood, Saaft, Scorpio, Naked Gun
Poems: Mask of Anarchy (IIRC) and Ozymandious by Shelley.
Television shows: Buffy
Songs: Theme to Mopatop's Shop.
Bands/musicians: Psychedelic Furs, The Sisters, Christian Death, PiL, Eurythmics, Dead Kennedys,
Club: That one in Edinburgh...
Board games: Simpsons Cluedo
Computer games: Time Splitters
Other games: Is this one for Tal ;)
Magazines: New Scientist
Places to visit: Orkney
Food: Pizza
Colours: The Green in the German away strip.
Drinks: Budvar, Stella, Vodka, Irn Bru
Miscellaneous Questions:
What other newsgroups do you read: You mean there's more?
To which mailing lists are you subscribed: Nightbreed, Squid, Faces of Sarah
How long have you been reading upg: No idea.
What has been your favourite thread on upg: Anything with Whiskey Dave, Turbans and motorbikes.
What are some of your hobbies: 'Occum's Razor'
What's the motto you adhere to: Ask a stupid person, get a stupid answer.
What is your personal stupid human trick: My Mary Poppins disposition.
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Making money
What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: The ability to engage head before mouth.
What do you think is your best asset: My hat.
What do you think is the worst thing about you: Where to start...
What do you value most in a friend: Deep pockets ;)
How do you picture upg: A bunch of black-clad Jawas