I'm another long-time lurker getting in just under the wire. I meant to post all month and kept forgetting. I used to be a fairly regular poster several years ago, but nowadays I just lurk.
Capsule biography: I live in Minneapolis with my 2 indoor cats, Leo and Matilda. I also feed and generally look out for a feral cat who's hung around my neighborhood for years. When I delurked last year at this time I was unemployed and had been for quite a while. Now I've been employed for almost a year, working for a company I find pretty interesting, even though the job itself is rarely interesting. But I really dig having income and benefits again. At least unemployment taught me to be much more careful about money.
As much as I love Minneapolis, I feel like my state and city have let me down this year. We've got two hurtful amendments on the ballot next week -- one to define marriage as between one man and one woman, and one to require photo ID in order to vote. I'm voting a resounding NO on both. Also, the musicians of both of our world-class orchestras have been locked out by management because of a breakdown in contract negotiations. All of these things make me sad.
I tell myself I'll participate on this board for real and then I get intimidated and continue to just lurk. But maybe this will be the year.
Oh! A couple of weeks ago I saw Harry Groener, aka The Mayor, live and in person, playing both Abraham Lincoln and LBJ. He was *fabulous* as LBJ, but I kept waiting for him to ascend.