Mutual friends - I've no idea which one, off the top of my head. I used to lurk in a few SF newsgroups, and remembered you as someone worth reading, so when I saw your LJ username...
My wife, cheshyre kept saying, "Hey, have you seen what James Nicoll just wrote", (usually about cats), and eventually told me to friend you so she wouldn't have to keep telling me to check out what you wrote.
burger_eater linked to a post were someone asked if you could go back in time and change one thing what would it be? And then you said, I wonder how long it would take for someone to pick something that would result in the deaths of millions. And then you said it was the first one.
And even though I don't know what the hell a "Benderite" is, I thought that was kind of funny. So, now you know about my high standards for friending someone.
Recognised your name from RASFW, particular the English Language Beats Up Others And Takes Their Vocabulary thing. Then somebody I read linked you, and I said "that guy has a livejournal? Sweet."
Hmmm; I think I found your LJ through comments in mutual friends' journals, and followed that up partly because I already knew you through other venues.
Mutual friends. And remembered you from when I was more active on rasff.
BTW, when I first got started on LJ and occasionally for fun I use the utility at: http://www.petekrawczyk.com/lj_connect/ to find how I connect to other LJ users. I found that most of the "hops" start off with you. :-)
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