Dennette

Dennette Arthur Harrod, Jr.
Dennette Arthur Harrod, Jr.
	Dennette with a fellow Mensan, Mensa International Vice-president Isaac Asimov (Rochester, NY, 1981)
Born	February 17, 1950; Washington, D.C.
Pen name	The Wiz
Occupation	Software imagineer
Nationality	United States
Website
	www.waterholes.com/~dennette/

"I lead because you choose to follow, not because I know where I'm going." — Nikola Tesla

74Y

This Wikipedian was born on 17 February 1950 and is 74 years, 9 months, and 7 days old.

This user's ethnicity is
African American.

This user is a Muslim.

This user has earned a BSA Youth Religious Award.

This user is an Eagle Scout
with a gold palm,
class of 1963.

This user is a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow since 1965 whose name is Peta Summa Wan, which means One Who Lights the Way.

This user survived a trek through Philmont Scout Ranch.

R·I·T

This user graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology.

M

This user is a Life Member of Mensa

This user is owned by one or more cats.

CN

This user's alignment is Chaotic Neutral: the "Free Spirit."

WinXP

Regretfully, this user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.

This user has a website, which can be found here.

This user has a profile on MySpace as daharrod.

This user maintains a Facebook profile as Dennette Harrod.

This editor is a WikiGnome.

This editor does not feed the trolls.

This editor has decided to leave Wikipedia.

Dennette is the name my mother gave me (my full name is Dennette Arthur Harrod, Jr.), and the screen name I most commonly use on the Internet, although back in the 1970s and 1980s I was known as The Wiz.^[1] In 1984 I embraced Islam and took the name Abu Hurairah (Father of Kitten).^[2]

I have been active on the Internet since my first ARPANET E-mail account at Xerox in 1976. I have purchased Life Memberships in the following organizations:

For more information about me, just Google "Dennette".^[4]

You might say that I'm one of the most famous people about whom you've never heard ... "I'm world famous in Japan" :-)

Dennette's ancestry

I'm a recovering suicide survivor (from the age of 15), and for the past quarter century, my Motivational Imperative has been:

NECE SINE PECUNIA.
— Die broke.

Footnotes

^ I've been known as Syzygy in Active Worlds since 1999.
^ My evil twin, known as Father of Orphans (a.k.a. "Widow-maker"), is "Strange Fruit" … in Dungeons & Dragons parlance, my alignment is Chaotic Neutral … a bodhisattva.
^ "Being in Mensa means never having to tell anyone your IQ." :-)
^ After three decades of postings, I'm also at the top of the list on MSN, Yahoo!, and pretty much all of the other major search engines.

[1] I've been known as Syzygy in Active Worlds since 1999.

[2] My evil twin, known as Father of Orphans (a.k.a. "Widow-maker"), is "Strange Fruit" … in Dungeons & Dragons parlance, my alignment is Chaotic Neutral … a bodhisattva.

[3] "Being in Mensa means never having to tell anyone your IQ." :-)

[4] After three decades of postings, I'm also at the top of the list on MSN, Yahoo!, and pretty much all of the other major search engines.

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Dennette Arthur Harrod, Jr.
Dennette with a fellow Mensan, Mensa International Vice-president Isaac Asimov (Rochester, NY, 1981)
Born	(1950-02-17)February 17, 1950 Washington, D.C.
Pen name	The Wiz
Occupation	Software imagineer
Nationality	United States
Website
www.waterholes.com/~dennette/