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Le jeu de gloire est arrivé

Created on 2003-02-27 11:32:47 (#922992), last updated 2008-12-05

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Name:Banazîr the Jedi Hobbit
Birthdate:1973-10-01
Location:Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Website:Unusual Nut-Case Lays of Ea (U.N.C.L.E.): Tolkien Humor
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[info]banazir
User Number: 922992
Date Created: 2003-02-27
Number of Posts: 1,025

By day, Dr. William H. Hsu ( ) is a mild-mannered associate professor of computer science at Kansas State University. By night, he is known to the weberati as Banazîr the Jedi Hobbit.
Strengths: Energetic, ambitious, perseverant, quick-witted, funny. Sincere and forthright. Always eager to learn about a variety of topics in science, especially theoretical CS, math, and AI; knowledgeable about a few of these.
Weaknesses: Easily distracted, hyper, spotty short-term memory, prone to typos, chaotic, catastrophic procrastinator. Can be very silly.
Special Skills: Can do a lot on very little sleep. Loves challenges and rises to the occasion. Unafraid of pressure.
Weapons: An unnamed green lightsabre, a cyan lightsabre named Polcrist the Boar-Cleaver, and a blue lightsabre named Ringil.
More about me: My biographical entry has more details, including my short bio, educational history, research, teaching, communities, fandoms, other blogs and social networks, Nanowrimo, friends list policy, and user name etymology.


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Schools:

Arlington Baptist School - Baltimore, MD (1978 - 1981)
Temple Christian School - Lakeland, FL (1981 - 1983)
Hillsborough Elementary School - Hillsborough, NJ (1983 - 1984)
Scott Lake Elementary School - Lakeland, FL (1984 - 1985)
Severna Park Middle School - Severna Park, MD (1985 - 1987)
Severn School - Severna Park, MD (1987 - 1989)
Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD (1989 - 1993)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Urbana, IL (1993 - 1998)
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