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My given name is David. Not bad, but not terribly memorable either. For this reason, in nearly all of my online and artistic endeavors, I use the pseudonym
Vargr. This is an Old Norse word with a two-fold English translation. It means both wolf and outlaw. It indicates someone who lives outside the bounds of normal society, especially its morality. Incidentally, to prevent the recurrence of past misconceptions, I am not a lycanthrope, a furry, a Scandinavian rock star, or a Traveller enthusiast.
This site is an amorphous experiment in self-expression, as well as a vector for disseminating nefarious memes. As in the larger world, there are undoubtedly hidden corners of this site that are not readily apparent except to those who have the curiosity to hunt for them. Hypertext is a non-linear media, a fact which seems forgotten all too often. By day I am an analyst/programmer in the medical informatics field. On my own time, I'm an author, researcher, body art lover, rivet head and armchair cultural critic. On some occasions, someone who bears an uncanny resemblance to me even claims to be a practicing sorcerer. I have a profound interest in information itself, the processes by which matter and consciousness emerge from it, and the possibility that directed intent can exert some degree of control over this emergence. I believe that the world of consensus reality that is experienced by billions of people every day is a mass fabrication. I want to help others find their own analytical tools so that they can at least entertain this notion themselves, and hopefully begin to manipulate their own corner of this reality to their own best interests.
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