So I was chatting with Caleb last night, and I told him that from time to time, you have to write a bit about yourself... you know... re-introduce yourself to your readers, since readership changes over time.  So... here are a few things about ME that you may or may not know:

• My given name is Timothy Ross Bratcher.
• I have one sister, she's three and a half years younger than I am.  She has a husband and a beautiful son and she lives north of Dallas.
• We are pretty close, and she reads my site daily.  We talk on the phone a couple times a week, sometimes more.
• She's one of the most together people I know.
• I used to be the least together persons I knew, but I've done a LOT of work on myself, and I'm getting there.
• There have been times in my life that I've been so mentally ill I was barely able to function.
• My family has been, and is, a great source of strength and support to me.  I would not be here without them.
• I lived with one man (Bob) from the time I was 20 until I was 25.
• That relationship should have lasted five dates, and we manged to stretch it out to five YEARS of misery.
• My memories of that time are not all bad, but I don't recall ever being happy when we were together.
• I was too young to be in a relationship that serious, especially since I was not mentally well at the time.
• Neither was he.
• I wish him no ill will, and think about him from time to time.
• I don't miss him, though.
• I have no idea where he is now.  I last saw him over a year and a half ago, and I think he's moved.
• That sort of bothers me, but I think it's probably for the best.
• I've been single (for the most part) since I was 25.  I'm 32 now.
• I have great friends and I'm never lonely.
• Not much, anyway.
• I never leave the house without my cellphone, keys, wallet, contact lens case, lip balm and Listerine PocketPaks.
• I'm addicted to the Internet.
• I'm very brand loyal, but not label-conscious.
• Not VERY label-conscious.  Anymore.
• My first computer was an Apple //e.  It rocked, and all my friends were jealous.
• I currently use a Compaq computer that was purchased almost two years ago, but USUALLY meets my needs: it's a 1.1 ghz Athalon.  I have two hard drives and almost a gig of memory in the sucker.  It's an okay machine.
• I drive a 1997 Volvo 850 GLT.  It was a nice car, but it's getting expensive to keep on the road, and the seats didn't age gracefully, so I'm in the market for a new car.
• My car is amethyst, which is a fancy way to say "purple".
• My car is not butch.

That was fun (and easy).  Tune in tomorrow for more about me.

Tim- I just remembered when you worked at Internet in a Mall. Maybe that started your addiction?