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Hi: I came across this innocuous little aspect of the Trivia Forum
and thought I'd throw my hat in as well, with a promise to triv
brothas and sistas not to be TOO exhaustive.
I'm Alan Adams, born 12/8/54 in Central Falls RI, which at the
time was in the record books as being the most densely populated
square mile in the US. Born an inner city kid of Polish/French
ancestry, I devoted my childhood to escaping the tenements for
the perceived Xanadu of the 'burbs, and to permanently ingraining
in myself a heavy Rhode Island accent (pronounced ruh-DY-lin),
an aspect for which I now pay dearly among my Massachusetts peers.
I met Donna Vadnais literally in my last potential moment in high
school, and we clicked immediately. It was she who quickly gave
me my extant nickname of "Moe" 22 years ago, because of a passion
for the Stooges (supposedly because Moe acts like the brains of
the group, but he's every bit as much a klutz as the others).
Donna and I were engaged within six months and married two
years later on 1/25/75. Almost twenty years, sheesh!
Dropping out of a bachelor's program in education (English and
Spanish) to go to work, I decided to prostitute myself instead
into the wunnerful world of finance, attending school nights.
Seven years later I found a Master's Degree in my hand, and
paranoia about career direction in my mind.
Donna went to work early for a graphics/ awards company, where
her great interpersonal skills and sharp mind landed her control
of her own department, while I was still third junior assistant
clerk of current liabilities somewhere. She dropped out to
devote full time to raising our kids in 1980. If she knew I was
bragging about her like this, she'd probably thwap me!
Consequently I have been a career gadabout, with the attention
span of a gerbil on Vivarin. During the past twenty years I
have been an accountant, a financial planner (doesn't work for
myself, darn it!), a general manager, a project planner, an
applications software instructor and a quality control engineer.
I drove a truck somewhere in there too.
My personal life operates the same way, I love trying new and
different things constantly, and I am a diehard advocate of
self improvement (to paraphrase one of Aperokei's Klingon
aphorisms, "If you're not growing you're dying"...there IS
NO status quo...) Donna and I enjoy in varying degrees:
travel, dining, gardening, tennis, photography, reading
(absolutely everything...except Mickey Spillane heh heh),
writing, poetry, self-defense (as opposed to self-
defenestration), all kinds of games, and we're both fanatics
about pool (not good, just fanatical). Donna is the single
best female competitor I've ever met, and I know of only a
handful of men she won't consistently beat (yes, she can
totally destroy me most of the time).
Tiring of the multi-layered stresses of the corporate world,
Donna and I and three partners launched our own business,
Accutech Inc., in 1988, producing components for the computer
and biomedical industries. The company just celebrated its
sixth anniversary, and seems to be moving along well now, much
to our relief, having just hired our thirtieth employee.
We have two sons, AJ (14) and Greg (8), and an animal
menagerie that rivals the San Diego Zoo. All members of the
family share an interest in the martial arts, and at
one time AJ was the youngest person in Massachusetts to attain
Black Belt rank. Greg isn't far behind him at Green. AJ has
been the single largest source of WAV files for me to date!
We all live in a 'burb' town 25 miles SW of Boston called
Franklin, best known for being the retirement community of
choice for Mafiosi from Providence RI. Really! They say we
have the best police force money can buy.
Next to 'AOL-ing' and exposing myself to the electro-
magnetic disruption caused by proximity to 'puter screens, my
life's passion is writing. I have a score of poems and stories
screaming for existence on paper, and all I need is the time,
which hopefully a not-too-late retirement will provide. I adore
Elliott and Poe.
I've said this to many of my AOL friends already: I'm
delighted with this system and the people I've met here.
Money and time permitting, I'm looking forward to lots more
fun, games and chat with you all.
...er, that wasn't TOO long, was it??? sB)
Alan "Moe" Adams
7/19/94