Hi there, I am James Alan Waage, but I go by Alan. Ask my parents to explain I dunno why. I have gone by Alan since the day I was born. :p I live in Des Moines, Iowa with my wife Patty and daughters Destiny Rose and Heather Angeline. I was born on an Air Force Base, and 2 Months early at that! Lived most of my life in the suburbs north of Dallas. I have many hobbies, which include: Computers -> Games, Hardware, WWW, lotsa stuff Total Annihilation RULES, Doom, Quake, Half-Life and Hexen are quite fun as well. For great Single player Strategy try Star General or Master of Orion Role Playing -> My Favorites are Toon, Rifts, and DC Heros Mudding -> Similar to Role Playing but in its own catagory :0 Board Games -> Space Hulk, Fortress America, Risk, Monopoly At the moment I am working for Seabury & Smith a subsidiary of Marsh McClenon as a Claims Examiner. I like the color blue, cats, blowing up people in Doom ][ Jaws cackles with glee at you!