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Tropers: Pittsburghmuggle
38, a Troper who lives in Pittsburgh, but born in Toledo, Ohio because someone had to be. When not on TV Tropes I'm busy with my wife and three kidlets.

I came to TV Tropes when a friend on Livejournal (I'm Rufus Honker IV there) complained that it was sucking up so much of his time. The first thing I looked up was something that had long bugged me about kid's shows - shows where a character thinks his birthday is forgotten. To my total shock, there it was: Forgotten Birthday. I've been a convert ever since.

I love movies, books and some TV. TV shows are far Better on DVD - I prefer my information through a fire hose rather than trickled week by week. I don't really closely follow (but don't have any problems with) Anime, comic books, or fanfiction.

My favorite genre is Science Fiction. I prefer the hard end of Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness. A story set on a spaceship does not a scifi story make. I'm also a huge fan of Apocalyptic Fiction - I even have a rarely-updated-these-days website about it - but I don't follow it as much as I used to. Having kids makes the idea of scrounging for necessities rather sour.

Yes, I know my name has "muggle" in it. Yes, I was a big fan of Harry Potter back in the day. The series is over now (the movies are nice, but story's over, folks!), and I've moved on - but the name remains.*

While I'm not really into Fan Fiction, I adore Wild Mass Guessing. Just little ideas about a piece of fiction are far more interesting to me than fleshing out a full story.

I miss Troper Tales, but I see why it had to go.

The moment I finish reading/watching a work, I:

  1. Read the Wikipedia entry on it.
  2. Follow the link to the Internet Movie Database entry (not for books, obviously) and read that (Primarily Trivia and Goofs).
  3. Read/Create the TV Tropes entry and do any editing/adding that needs to be done.

I have started the pages for the following Tropes:

And the following Useful Notes page:

  • Mensa (I've been a member since I was 10.)

Created the pages for the following works:

Comics Literature Movies Toys
  • Bella Dancerella (I was stuck on the couch with a fractured kneecap when my daughter started watching it, I had to do something!)
Video Games Western Animation

Tropes which apply to my life.

  • Almighty Janitor: I'm a front desk attendant with a genius-level IQ. While my physical collar may be white, trust me it's blue.
  • Cursed with Awesome: I'm tall. Everyone wishes they were tall - trust me, you don't.
  • Deadpan Snarker: I usually keep a tight lid on it, but it can creep out.
  • Doting Parent: Three kidlets! Love 'em!
  • The Eighties and The Nineties. They're my generation. Started elementary school in 1979, graduated from high school in 1992. Got married in 1999.

My favorite tropes to follow:

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