What's an Abburdlen?
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It's just a name.



Doesn't mean anything in particular. It doesn't refer to anything in real life. It's just a made up name I've been using as my online persona for nearly a decade. Wish it were more interesting than that.

It started out as a name of a Svirfneblin Illusionist I played many, many years ago.  But you see that doesn't really explain the name and probably just confuses the matter more. (Of course now you get the idea that I'm a DnD dork)

It's just a name I use online.

Of course that leads into the whole idea of having a separate online and offline identity which I understand hundreds have written about, so I won't. I will say that generally I seem to be much more of an ass on-line than I am in the real world but that's true of nearly everyone. In truth, I am an ass in the real world but I do a better job of hiding it.

In the offline world I also go by the name of Tom and I'm a father of 2 incredible girls.  I've been  happily married to a woman as wonderfully nerdy as I am for twelve years.  When I'm not playing outside with the kids I do work as a landscaper and sometimes computer technician.  Besides still playing dungeons & dragons, I'm host of our local Drinking Liberally, and working on the obligatory novel everyone starts in their late thirties.

Politically I'm somewhat libertarian but still believe in a strong social safety net both for pragmatic reasons  and ethical ones.  Live and let live but ensure that all have opportunity.  After the disastrous Bush administration I long to again see a competent government.

So that's what an Abburdlen Frue is. 


Reader Comments
  
jabberwocky
By annie b (mcliberal) May 1st 2007 at 3:53 pm EDT
great, now i'll never get slithy toves out of my head....hee
  
You play D&D?
By Arius May 1st 2007 at 5:16 pm EDT
So: when are you going to shoot up your school? And don't get me started on your Satan worship.
Re: You play D&D?
By AnneK May 1st 2007 at 5:34 pm EDT
You hear a noise from behind you, but you do not see a door, roll a 20 and pray for DM mercy.... mua ha ha ha ha!!!!!
Re: You play D&D?
By Abburdlen May 1st 2007 at 9:21 pm EDT
But no one asked what level DM I was!