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date: 2017-02-22T14:43:02-06:00
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image: /img/space.jpg
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imageOverlayColor: "#000"
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imageOverlayOpacity: 0.6
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heroBackgroundColor: "#0af"
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title: About
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description: "A little about the man behind this website."
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---
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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 a son of my own, who is an absolute *joy*!
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I love my family quite a lot.
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I'm a systems engineer/software developer and an elder-in-training for my <a
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href="https://kcrising.church" target="_blank">small church</a> where I help run
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the tech and audio-visual systems. My faith is the framework around which I've
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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. My favorite video
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game has to be *Super Smash Bros. Melee*. I listen to a lot of metal and
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electronic music. My favorite drink is *Red Bull Yellow Edition* and I prefer
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tea over coffee. I run GNU+Linux on all my machines. My keyboard is a custom
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Iris board that was a blast to 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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Now we're here!
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[daniel-and-valerie-pic]: /img/daniel-and-valerie.jpg
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