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Well, here I am. I'm back at school once again. And darn happy to be here too. I'm pretty nervous about what will happen, but I'd be more afraid of what I missed if I didn't challenge myself. Truck driving was interesting and I think I can safely say that it gave me an opportunity to investigate a point of view that is not shared by a majority of people I deal with today, or people I will deal with tomorrow. I'm pretty much just rambling on at this point, and this page will eventually be about me, but for now, I'm just too busy figuring out who I am to write about who I was...

My Favorites
Businesses:	Honda UPS Wal-Mart
Car:	Dodge Viper
Color:	Blue, the color or life!
Food:	Anything that's not green Really, I'm pickier than I'd like to pretend I am
Hobbies:	Computers Soccer Most other real sports (real, like, no golf or baseball)
Justice:	Antonin Scalia
Movies:	anything with Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts, and most with Robin Williams Cast Away Good Will Hunting Hackers The Incredibles Lake Placid Lord of the Rings The Matrix Mr & Mrs Smith A Murder of Crows The Negotiator O' Brother Where Art Thou Ocean's 11 Office Space The Passion of the Christ Pirates of the Caribbean Pretty Woman Saving Private Ryan The Shawshank Redemption Shrek The Sixth Sense Steel Magnolias (yes, really) The Terminal The Usual Suspects Waking Ned Devine
Music:	Anything but (c)rap Dave Matthews Band
TV:	Ed Er Friends Good Morning, Miami Red Dwarf Scrubs Sports Night The West Wing

Alien Abduction Report: Subject's copy
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Subject                       Benjamin J B Kaap
Home Planet                   Earth
Type                          Human
Age (as tested)               210,240 hrs
Height                        1.68 m
Mass                          66.77 kg
Average Density               0.9 rel H2O
Volume                        73.08 L
Hair                          Yes
Distinguishing Features       Very
Operating Temp                310.2° K
Max External Temp             315.0° K
Mobility                      Bipedal
Max Speed                     7.15 m/s
Cruise Speed                  4.02 m/s
Max Power output (peak)       4682 W
Max Continuous Power Output   2632 W
Eyes                          2 Stereo 1mx1m res 3 color + chrominance
Eye Sensitivity               1 Cd at 100 km    (a struck match at 100km in total darkness)
Ear sensitivity               15 Hz - 22 kHz -3dB
Sound Output                  Vocal Chords
Output Intensity              90 dB/m
Output Frequency range        32-1500 GAP 2000-6000 Hz
pH                            7.2 nom
Alt                           -25m to +3,000m rel SL
Max. Sleep Depravation        102 hrs
Optimum Sleep Period per day  5.7 hrs
Dhrystones                    Unknown
Whetstones                    Unknown
Calculations/sec              Below measurable
Arithmetic Ability            Minimal, 4 dimensional theoretical, 3D physical
Memory Capacity               72 Billion Neurons
File System                   Appears to be Random
Memory Type                   Neuro-Chemical
Average Lifetime              698,880 hrs
Design Flaws                  Subject has poor heat radiation design and prone to Neuro-Electrical interference
Complex Task Ability          Above Average
Simple Task Ability           Poor, lacks focus in absence of stress
Telepathic Ability            Installed but dormant
Special Moves                 Outstanding interpersonal relations using primitive communication techniques

The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
to be one traveler long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth

Then took the other, as just as fair
for having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy, and wanted wear
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same

Both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black
Two roads diverged in the woods and I
I took the road less traveled by
And that has made all the difference

Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening

by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

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