dirtyDogStink

About

Wednesday, January 16 2008

Who is this dirtyDogStink character? Well, that would be my alter ego, but my real name is Tod Hilton. And since you asked, here's a little bit about myself...

I'm a practical midwestern boy by birth with a little Texas charm thrown in to the mix during my teens and early twenties. In a nutshell, that means I'm fairly sensible, always try to be a gentleman and own a few pair of cowboy boots [which I haven't worn in a decade]. When I graduated from college the practical side of me said "this Houston humidity sucks ass" and the adventurous side said "go out west" so I moved to Seattle, WA. I guess that means I prefer clouds with a side order of rain to a full helping of heat and humidity.

I have a beautiful daughter who is too damn smart for her own good, or mine for that matter. Boundaries are not obstacles to her, they're something to constantly be pushed, prodded and poked. She's the apple of my eye...but...it's simply amazing how she can generate such a range of emotions in me [pride...frustration...joy...fear...amusement] all in the space of a single moment. Just looking at her daddy [me] and Papa [my Dad], I know she comes by the 'tude honestly. I love her and when she gets that little-shit-grin I know she's feeling the same love for me.

There's another woman in my life that bears mentioning. Yep, I love ya Mom, but I'm not talking about you this time. That would be my wuh-lady [inside joke], my main-squeeze, my significant other [aka: SO], my BTF [another inside joke]...my fiance.  Sorry to all you ladies out there that were waiting breathlessly for me to call, it ain't gonna happen now. I'm in L O V E. Even writing poems about flowers, stars and all that mushy crap. She says that she loves my sarcasm...if not, I'm screwed. I've lived long enough to recognize a good thing when it comes my way and she is the best thing that's ever happened to me. Hands down. She keeps me sane when I'm feeling like I'm about to break and on the flip side, she throws a little craziness in to my world just when I need to shake things up. That's why I asked her to marry me, because we fit together so well and in so many ways.

One more thing worth mentioning...I spend about 45 hours a week at a little place in Redmond, WA called Microsoft. They buy me computers, let me write code, scripts and stuff and even spend a wee-bit of time breaking software the developers write. Since 1999, I've had several different titles, more offices than you can count on a single hand and enough highs and lows to fill the world's largest roller coaster. All in all...I dig it.

Ok, so by reading between the lines you know a little about where I'm from, what's important to me and how I spend my time. Simply put, this site is where I write stuff. If you want to find out what...then go read some of it. For some really dry reading, start with the disclaimer that is supposed to cover my butt for any stupid stuff I write, publish and later go "what the fuck was I thinking!"

And here's a little something from DJ at WillDrawAnything.com: