| Who Am I? A Christian First
and foremost, I am a Christian. That is to say, I strive to honor
Christ in all I do.
This means that I strive to be upright and honest in all my dealings. If I say I will do something, I will do my utmost to follow through. This also means that if I am in error -- if I have a wrong attitude, if I have offended someone, if I have been unjust -- I want someone to clearly point this out to me, and I want the opportunity to correct my error.
Unfortunately, many are Christians "in name-only"
because it serves their own purposes. Many complain about "Christians" for being hypocrites -- and they are right. I do not associate with individuals who say one thing and do another.
I attend and participate
actively at Victory Baptist Church.
This includes the choir, a van route for mobility-limited individuals
and some kids (we have two buses, but these kids are a good ways from
the other routes), and compiling and editing the weekly TV show. The Victory Baptist Church television program can be seen Sundays at 6:30PM and 9:30PM on Living Faith Television.
This is on WLFG in the TriCities, which is on channel 68 for both local broadcast and Dish Network.
The station is also streamed online and services a number of other
areas - see their website for details. For more information on what a Christian is, see here for how one becomes a Christian, and here for the basics of what we believe.
Background I
was trained in principles, standards which do not change even when
society does. Things like that it's always right to do right -- because
it is right, not just if it also happens to be popular. And that
it's never right to do wrong, even if you mean well. And that the Bible
is always true, even when you may not understand -- if there is a conflict, it's your
understanding that lacks, not God's Word. You cannot pick and choose
the parts you want to believe -- God wrote the entire Bible, not just
the parts you like. Or to put it another way: Do you trust God, or do
you just say that you trust God?
Computer SupportI
was until recently a "Network Analyst" for a local manufacturing
company. Unfortunately, they are largely tied to the automotive
industry. Many people were laid off, and I am looking for a replacement
job. While I was with the company only a few years, I have performed
similar roles with a variety of companies since 1993. I
have most of my work experience in supporting computer users, but I
have also served as a network administrator, network engineer, and
programmer in several languages. I enjoy work and I enjoy computers and
technology, but as you can see here, it is not "my life".
Recreation
I enjoy a variety of games, including board games, video games, card cames, and casual sports. I
also like doing things with friends or my family. I am not married, but
my parents live about 9 miles away and I try to do something with them
weekly. (My three cats are my at-home family.)
Good Deals I
like getting good deals. Not "cheap", just paying a lot less than the
item normally sells for. Things like HDMI cables for $5 that sell at
Wal-Mart for $40 or an LG Blu-ray reader / DVD burner combo drive for
$125. See my Good Deals page for some good websites. | |
Michael PollardBristol, Virginia Michael@MichaelPollard.org
Other Interests I also like:
• Transformers. The toys, the comic books, the
animated TV shows (some are better than
others...), the movies, etc. G.I. Joe is a closely related property; I
like it, but I don't follow it as closely. The purple logo above is
from a TF/Joe crossover comic.
• Video
games. But not first person shooters - they make me nauseated. I like
multiplayer games, but not with monthly payments. And while I like
games, I don't actually play that much.
• Science
fiction. I like Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Heroes, Doctor Who, and anything else that's written decently. Oh, and
Transformers...
• Any
other well-written fiction, or entertaining non-fiction for that
matter.
I like "chick flicks", and I own While You Were Sleeping", among
others. "The Princess Bride" is probably my all-time favorite movie. I'm not
so much for sitcoms though - they're usually mindless. I like "The Big
Bang Theory" - it's a good show, despite using the name of a disproven
idea. I don't like excess sexuality (wih or without nudity) or
juvenile humor (which is why I don't like most "comedy").
Give me a
good storyline, and maybe have some reasonable technology (whether or
not the theories have been proven, just not fully disproven), some
action (the Mummy movies, X-Men, Lord of the Rings, or
Chronicles of Narnia), and maybe some (clean) romance (While You
Were Sleeping, The Net, any of Jane Austen's stuff). Hey, look - "The
Princess Bride" covers all of these! Well, if you count "magic" as
"experimental pharmacology"... :)
• Cats.
Including my three, two brothers and a sister that somebody dropped off
at church when they were about 5 weeks old, about 4 years ago. They are
all tabbies, one orange/white (Goldbug), one light orange/white
(Creamsicle), and one with some orange, yellow, white, brown, black,
and about any other color to some degree, but mostly dark
(TigerKitty). My parents have a kitteny Maine Coon, a gray dustmop of a
cat named Bella.
• Spending time with friends (as indicated above under "Recreation", usually at church or in church-related activities.
Disclaimers I am not, so far as I know, related to either Michael J. Pollard (the actor) or the British race car driver (at ".net"). And
I do not meet many of the "nerd" stereotypes - I live on my own, not
with my parents and not in an apartment (I own my home,
thankyouverymuch), and I don't play video games, much. Though I do like
technology, have several computers, collect toys, read comic books...
OK, the term "geek" might apply... but one who likes chick flicks too... If
you want to meet me, since as I hinted above, I am single, you can
email me. But the best way is to come to church; that's what I'll
recommend anyway. You can see me from a distance and decide if you
still want to meet me closer up...
And if you aren't willing to come
to my church, things probably wouldn't work out anyway. The exception
is if you are busy in yours as I am in mine. If
you're married or divorced (which is essentially married, according to
Paul in 1 Corinthians 7) forget about anything romantic. But I do have
a lot of married friends of both genders, generally including both
sides of the marriage.
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