Greetings all. Figured I'd post a little How'd'y'do. No, I'm not a FSW member. But I'm interested. So I'll be mostly lurking here, I expect, until I figure out whether to join up or stay put or do something else entirely.
Politically, I'm pretty much a minarchist. Some time ago, I found another term that fits pretty well, but recent attempts to dig it up again haven't met with any success. But accompanying my minarchism, I also think that the few things that government does should be handled at the lowest level of governance capable of doing them -- though I recognize some issues there, for example difficulties with knowing the law if there are many variances among jurisdictions. Then again, if the laws are few, and aligned with principles of liberty, perhaps there's little to worry about there after all.
As far as moving to Wyoming goes, I'm reminded of an adage regarding looking for a new job. Don't recall the exact wording, but it's along the lines of it's better to be moving to a new job, rather than away from your existing one. But life doesn't always work that way. Down here in Colorado, that boot is starting to feel pretty heavy. And the voters seem to have no problem feeding Leviathan either, The latest outrage is the likely passage of yet another anti-property rights bill, which the legislature is justifying partly because they think that if they don't pass something, it'll wind up on the ballot via initiative anyway, and be approved by the voters. I think they're correct in that assessment. Colorado voters like to do strange things, such as "close the gunshow loophole" via amending the Constitution. (My "No on 22" sign was taken from my yard.)
I'm a computer geek. I despise Microsoft, and use Linux. (Okay, I admit I do admire Microsoft from a capitalist point of view, but that's my limit.) Boston mentioned that some of you folks ride horses. I've sat on a horse a few times in my life -- even while it was moving; once even with me holding the reins, which didn't mean a thing at all to the horse, as far as I could tell. Oh, and it's a Marlin, albeit in .35 Remington, not 30-30.
Regarding using a 'nym: for the moment, I prefer a little bit of anonymity. For example, if a current or potential employer were to do a web search on my meatspace name, I'd just as soon not have them reading some things. "Why should we promote (or hire) him? He's looking for work in Wyoming." That and, with almost 20 years of spending time "online" (yes, I remember 1200 baud), using a nicname or handle has just become a normal way of doing things. Old habits die hard. If/when the time comes, I'll re-register appropriately.
I'm looking forward to learning more about Wyoming.
Best regards to all.