Your name: Captain M
Your online/nickname: Captain Mostthingsthatbeginwiththelettermdependingonwhatmoodiamin.
Web page url: http:
Age: "I am a Timelord and I walk in eternity"
Birthday: "April 10 2017. How long do I live?"
Gender: vegetable
Location: The Captain M continuum
Height/weight: 5'10",approx. 10 stone
Current hair colour/style: Long, blue-black
Natural hair colour: brown (I think)
Eye colour: blue
Religion: Church of the Sacred Banana
Siblings: brother
Children: none which is probably just as well: as someone said to me the other day, people like me should not be allowed to pollute the gene pool.
Relationship status: I'm currently being pursued
Occupation: Freelance proofreader/copy editor/writer/literary guerrilla/ social dissident
Pets: an earthworm called William
Computer you're on: PowerMac G4
Books: Too many to list concisely, but predominantly non-fiction at the moment: science, history, environmentalism etc. Fiction reading includes Sci-fi (e.g. Asimov, Michael Moorcock, Ben Bova, Steven Baxter, Gregory Benford, Peter E. Hamilton) Historical fiction (e.g. Bernard Cornwell, Peter Acroyd)
Movies: Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, The Blues Brothers, 2001, Forbidden Planet, The Bounty (1984 version), Ed Wood, Casablanca, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, The Alien Thing from the Compost Heap (1953)
Poems: World War I
Television shows: Babylon 5, Dr Who, Time Team, Red Dwarf, Postman Pat,
Songs: Birdsong
Bands/musicians: Too many to list, but here are some examples (not in any particular order) Faith & the Muse, NMA, Hawkwind, Gong, The Shroud, Fading Colours, This Burning Effigy, Emma Conquest, The Artists Formerly Known As All Living Fear, Die Laughing, Breath of Life, Killing Miranda, John Shuttleworth, The Grumbleweeds, The old bloke who used to play a two-stringed guitar outside WH Smiths in Bournemouth.
Club: Club X (Bournemouth), East Dorset Compost Circle
Board games: None.
Computer games: None.
Other games: tiddlywinks, ringing on doorbells and running away and hiding before the person comes to the door
Magazines: Astronomy Now, New Scientist, History Today, BBC History, Practical Compost Management
Places to visit: Midway Island (in the Pacific) Pitcairn Island (also in the Pacific) Easter Island (again in the Pacific) In fact, anywhere as remote as possible from the rat race.
Food: Anything healthy
Colours: Fading
Drinks: Baileys, vodka, rum, H2O
What other newsgroups do you read: uk.sci.astro., comp.syst.mac, alt.rec.compostheaps.
To which mailing lists are you subscribed: Wessex Goth, UK Compost Heaps
How long have you been reading upg: since Time Immemorial
What has been your favourite thread on upg: The more hilarious flamewars
What are some of your hobbies: Astronomy, history, archaeology, nature, walking, compost heaps, squeezing sponges over policemen's heads.
What's the motto you adhere to: War or Utopia
What is your personal stupid human trick: Tricking stupid humans
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Either still being a free-thinking eccentric or dead (I'd rather die than conform)
What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: Better management of my compost heap
What do you think is your best asset: My finest compost (@ £2.50 a bag)
What do you think is the worst thing about you: I smell of compost heaps
What do you value most in a friend: The ability to appreciate good potting compost
How do you picture upg: A compost heap
Do you have another question: Is anybody else here into compost heaps?