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# date: 2017-02-22T14:43:02-06:00
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title: About
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description: "A little about the man behind this website."
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2022-01-28 12:12:45 -06:00
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My name is Daniel Flanagan. I was born in Virginia (but my family didn't stay
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long) and now live in Kansas City, Missouri. My family still lives in the area
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and I have 6 awesome little brothers. Yes, my parents had seven boys and are
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fantastic. I'm married and have two sons of my own, who are absolute _joys_!
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2022-01-28 12:12:45 -06:00
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I'm a systems engineer/software developer and a pastor for my <a
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href="https://kcrising.church" target="_blank">small church</a> where I help
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run the tech and audio-visual systems. My relationship with Jesus Christ, the
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hope that comes as a result, and the reinforcing faith is the framework around
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which I've built my life and it plays a pivotal role in all aspects of my life.
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I'm a big proponent of self-discipline and working from home. Well before COVID
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made it hugely popular! My favorite video game has to be _Super Smash Bros.
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Melee_. I listen to a lot of metal and electronic music. My favorite drink is
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_Red Bull Yellow Edition_ and I prefer tea over coffee. I run GNU+Linux (Arch,
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btw) on all my machines. My keyboard is a custom Iris board that was a blast to
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put together.
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My wife, Valerie, is absolutely the most beautiful and lovely woman in the
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entire world. She's a Physical Therapist Assistant by vocation and somewhat of
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a fitness and health nut, which has yet to rub off on me (darn!). Now she
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raises our son Oliver and savors every second. We've been married since late
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2016 and we fall more in love every day. We currently live in a cozy little
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apartment which she somehow manages to keep clean, organized, and
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well-decorated while managing a growing baby boy.
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I grew up not around the dining table, but around the keyboard or latest
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Nintendo console; video games were bonding and family time. I discovered
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programming through my dad who showed me `QBASIC` after I persisted in asking
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how video games were made. Within a few weeks I had made a simple snake game and
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he then bought me a book titled _C# for the Absolute Beginner_ and that was it.
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I was hooked.
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