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Obligatory Bio…

Aren’t these little bio’s, that everyone expects you to do, a right royal PITA? If you maintain any kind of presence on the internet, (and lets face it, in this day and age who doesn’t) you find yourself writing dozens of these silly things.

So who is this Steve Youngs bastard?

I’m a 40-something, 1st generation Aussie.

I have 3 gorgeous kids. The eldest, from a previous marriage, lives with her Mum, so I have 2 with me. I’m currently a full-time stay-at-home Dad. The pay is pretty shit, but the benefits make up for the $0.00 income.  Oh, if you’re wondering how I survive… very careful budgeting of my current partner’s income. :-)

What turns me on…

Don’t panic, I’m not going to talk about what you’re thinking. I’m going to talk about general, <G> rated interests. What interests me? Hmm, lemme think…

• Cooking… yup, I’m a pretty dab hand in the kitchen
• Coffee. A couple of years back, Michelle bought me a sexy little expresso machine. I’ve turned into quite the coffee snob since. Grind me own beans an all. There’s still hope for me… I don’t buy green (raw) beans.
• Learning. I love to learn new things. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, huh?
• Football. And that’s real football, not that stupid rugby shit. I should mention that the interest here lies in the area of spectator. I haven’t actually played a game since I was in high school.
• Cricket. I’m an Aussie, what did you expect?
• Fishing. Sadly, I haven’t gone fishing for 20 years or more.
• Movies. They don’t have to be good, but they do have to be entertaining. And in my eyes, thinking, does not come into the equation. I want my entertainment to be entertaining dammit! If there’s 2 movies on TV, one where you have to be glued to the set 100% of time so you don’t miss any subtle detail or else you completely loose track of the plot, and the other with Arnie shooting the crap outta everything that moves, can you guess which one I’ll be watching?
• …and a gazillion other, even more boring, things

What turns me off…

• Fools. I’m sorry to all you fools out there, but I just can’t tolerate you.
• Indecision
• Bad laziness… yes, there is such a thing as good laziness.
• Two face-ed-ness. I can’t stand people who are all oh, you’re me best mate, you’re such a great guy when they talk to you. And then 5 minutes later when you’re not around they are telling everyone how much of a wanker you are and how much they hate you. C’mon people! If you’re not prepared to say it to their face, should you be saying it to anyone?
• The bignote. You know the type, the guy who whenever he opens his mouth, his bum takes over.
• Anything that’s crap. Crap quality, crap service, crap beliefs, crap politics, crap taste, crap conversation. Whatever. If it’s crap, it’s crap. End of story. And I hate it.

Who inspires me…

Hmm, this could be a very long section, so I’ll just give you the abridged version…

• Everyone on the SXEmacs team. Seriously! They’re a great bunch. You honestly couldn’t ask for a better team. And they’re all waaaaay smarter than me.
• My children. You can learn a lot from your kids
• Michelle.
• Jamie Oliver
• Martin Luther
• Martin Luther King, Jr (Mr “I have a dream”)
• Leonardo da Vinci
• David and Leigh Eddings
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Isaac Asimov
• Jamie Zawinski
• Linus Torvalds
• Sir Peter Ustinov
• Pelé
• Jesse Owens
• Ron Clarke
  (Aussie mid – long distance runner)
• Robin Williams
• Napoleon Hill

Well, that’s me.  Scary shit, eh?

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