Back to the live videoABOUT ME
Well, a little about me. I am a disabled Viet Nam veteran who was tortured within a Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Hospital in 1984. Because of that, I suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Because of that abuse, I spend many hours at my computer working on my numerous appeals in my fight to receive my service-connected disability. Fighting the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs is not just an adventure, it is a way of life for those of us who have had to go through this battle. In October of 1997, I created my first web page, called STUPID VET TRICKS . That page has become instrumental in helping many veterans find the proper information needed to help receive their much needed and much over-due disability. Because of that page, as well, I spend many hours researching information and responding to veteran's e-mails in search of help on their disability claim. Some veterans have been equally helpful to me, in my claim, as well. If I have been able to help just one veteran win the battle against the Department of Veteran's Affairs for their disability pension, then having STUPID VET TRICKS was well worth the effort to create.
In 1991, I was introduced to my first computer and got hooked on the local BBS (Bulletin Board System) scene. In most cases, one needs a handle or a nickname on those BBS's and the moniker, Mad Hatter, came into being. After awhile, I outgrew logging on to other BBS's and decided to create my own. I figured any moron can build and run a BBS, after dealing with some of the local BBS SysOp's (System Operators) on some of the BBS's I was a member of. Some SysOp's were great people, then there were others who, I could not believe barely knew how to turn on a computer, let alone run a Bulletin Board System. Boy, was I mistaken. I actually needed to know things about a computer that I never thought I would need to learn and in a few months, created my first local BBS called THE MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY, which is still up and running to this day. (Shut down on 11/4/99)
Then came the Internet...First it became just a research tool for me in gathering information on my disability claim, then it was the making of STUPID VET TRICKS , then I got hooked on making web pages for some people I know. Now, between fighting for my disability and working on my STUPID VET TRICKS site in helping other veterans, I now make an occasional web page for myself and others. Some of my personal pages are either used as a passive resistance to some Federal Entity or some sleezeball Politician, and some are just silly sites with my own brand of warped sense of humor.
Then came my introduction into IRC's (Internet Relay Chat). First there was mIRC, which I actually did not like. Then came ICQ. I can usually be found on ICQ quite often. Sometimes it is on in the background when I am working on my disability case, or responding to other veterans through STUPID VET TRICKS , and sometimes when my PTSD gets the best of me late at night, I will sit down and chat with some really great friends I have come to know from all over the world on ICQ.
Well, that's me and it's a mad, mad, mad, world and you have just met the Mad Hatter. Have fun while you are here and just drop me a line and you may be surprised, I just may answer you.
The Mad Hatter
You can also reach me with ICQ # 11824935
