Greetings and Salutations!
I'm Paulie, from Chicagoland. Been on DU for a decade, but one of those low post people that isn't a sock puppet. 
I've probably posted more since DU3 came online than I did in the previous handful of years. 
Lets see. I've been working in IT for 20 years, love audio books and podcasts as I spend 1 to 1.5 hours commuting each way.
One of my hobbies is genetic genealogy. I don't know my direct paternal line lineage in genealogical time, but it looks like I come from a long line of Anatolian barbarians. 
Maternal line is one of the H haplogroups.
My other hobby is a 5.5yr old girl and a 7mo old boy, along with not getting in trouble with the spouse. If it was known I was staying up late watching movies and prowling DU.... 
See ya around the DU! 
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Have fun with those little ones!
Last day of school is a picnic, most likely indoors now that it's cold and wet. Then we're off to a children's museum, she hasn't decided which yet.
I work in IT, too (I was a software developer for 14 years and then became a business analyst for a software firm).
If you haven't already, feel free to join and post in our Ancestry/Genealogy group:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1156
It's not all about genetic genealogy, but lots of other stuff
And glad you're posting more on DU3.
How did we live without it.
or at least one.
We don't grunt just comment about how the last ice age was a bit chilly. 
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Aren't we all fancy? Must be posting in our dressy PJs today. Good luck at the children's museum; it will probably be a mob scene.I hear greetings more and more from my co-workers, it's awesome. They don't know it's a Tron reference either.
Children's Museum at Navy Pier in Chicago wasn't so bad. Rainy Thursday, didn't get busy till after 5. Preschool picnic was indoors in the morning so no inflatable jumping thingies but the kids were happy playing tag.
They're her favorite, so I make them a lot, but her classmates seem pretty enthusiastic, too. My husband just came moping out of the kitchen with a rather forlorn look on his face, "I guess you sent all the cookies to school?"
I've been here since the beginning but I don't have thousands of posts. I do a lot of reading and learning rather than posting. Sometimes it pays to shut your mouth and listen - words of wisdom from my dad.
So not to remove all doubt. I do my best but still fail occasionally.
Wow a year more than me but a 5000 post head start. Will probably never catch ya.
I have seen your name on DU before so you haven't gone completely un-noticed! Enjoy those little ones and don't blink! Before you know it they're driving and giving you a hard time!
;Cheers to you and yours down in Chicago-land! Should you find it too hot this summer, join many of your fellow Chicago-land fellows (many Illinois plates) up here in fabulous Traverse City! We'd love to have you all!
Julie
Genetic Genealogy sounds so interesting to me! I'm going to look into that. I love science so much, and I'm always up for learning something new. I'm an RN, one can never learn too much lol
Nice to meet you