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Some of my interests and hobbies include computers, movies and TV (specifically Science Fiction), wildlife, cryptozoology, ufology and paranormal research. I know, I know.. I'm one of "those" (LOL). My musical tastes include "total dreck" (as my husband refers to it) - this is top 40 pop music and 80's music. I am also a big fan of the groups Nightwish and Evanescence. My television tastes include most Sci-Fi shows such as the Star Trek series, Battlestar Galactica, The Vampire Diaries, Fast Forward, Lost, Supernatural, Ghost Whisperer and Paranormal Reality shows like Ghost Hunters, Ghost Lab, The Haunted, Ghost Adventures, Destination Truth, UFO Hunters, MonsterQuest, Paranormal State, A Haunting etc.. I'm also a Facebook addict and hopelessly spend way too much time playing Farm Town and Cafe World when I should be doing housework. |
I also have two wonderful children, a son named Logan and a beautiful daughter named Teagan. They keep me busy as I am now a devoted full-time mom. Logan is a bit of an oddball. At age 2 he began receiving specialized therapy to help him with communication and socialization problems. He did a lot of echolalia, stream of consciousness babbling and did not grasp the concept of two-way communication. He clung to rituals and routines with extreme rigidity and obsessively stacked and arranged objects in intricate patterns. When he was almost 4 yrs old, he had a seizure and was diagnosed with epilepsy. After beginning Keppra for seizure control his behavior began to dramatically normalize. Now he is now half way through second grade and is active in cubscouts and Tae Kwon Do as well. And although he's still a bit obsessive about routines, he is extremely detailed oriented and eager to learn. His sister Teagan is overly social and is now enjoying first grade. She has been learning very quickly and is already an advanced reader. She loves to sing and to be the absolute center of attention. She has a great deal of trouble with paying attention and being quiet. She is forever getting in trouble with her teachers and instructors. I suspect she may have ADHD but we haven't taken any measures yet hoping perhaps that she will outgrow this. The kids are just 11 months apart in age and fight constantly. Teagan is active in Daisy Girl Scouts and Tae Kwon Do as well.
I also have a two cats. One named Shadeaux who is just a tad psychotic and one named Sandy. They are both strays. Sandy is the most recent addition to a long line of pets that I have loved and cared for over the years. I have always had a great love and respect for nature and animals (I started at a very young age) which is why I have had so many pets over the years including pygmy opossums, Egyptian spiny mice, snakes, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, gerbils, degus and many more. I spent almost 6 years as a volunteer doing wildlife rehab for injured and orphaned wildlife at a rescue and rehab facility in the St. Louis Mo area. Click here to see some of the photos I have taken of animals at the center. I specialize in the care of the North American Opossum, which is my favorite animal.
I am a voracious reader of Paranormal Romance. My favorite authors and series in order of preference include:
Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark-Hunter, Dream-Hunter series (she lives about 20 miles away from me!)
J.R. Ward - Black Dagger Brotherhood series
Gena Showalter - Lords of the Underworld series
Lynn Viehl - Darkyn series (Her Official Blog is Here)
Keri Arthur - Riley Jensen Guardian series
Christina Dodd - Darkness Chosen series
Angela Knight - Mageverse series
Vickie Taylor - Les Gargouillen series
My computer interests include web design and ecommerce. My introduction to computers came right after I got married to my first husband. He is an amazing computer programmer and so I naturally developed an interest in computers as well. Computer Bulletin Boards (aka BBSes) were a natural progression for me during the late 1980's when BBSing was reaching it's pinnacle. I was a housewife and had little opportunity for interaction with other people outside the home. BBSing became for me a very good way to meet people online and talk as the "internet" or "world wide web" didn't yet exist in an easily accessible manner in those days.
One of the first things I needed in the BBS hobby was a computer screen-name or alias to protect my real identity. Even before the 'net' happened - you still had to be careful who you gave information to, so we did not use our real names. Even back then psychos, weirdoes, and malicious hackers lurked the cyberspace as they still do today. Only the SysOps (system operators) of the BBSes knew who everyone "really" was. Other users knew you only by your handle or screen-name. For many years I was known in the local cyber community as "Fire Escape" which was followed by "SugarBane" during my Low Carb years (hence my domain name). Now I am called "Tanis". Tanis, is the Greek form of Tanith - derived from Semitic roots meaning "serpent lady". This was the name of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. Serpents have of old been associated with wisdom, secret knowledge, magic and rebirth. I was born during the year of the Snake according to the Chinese Zodiac and Tanis has a numerical value of 6 which is my Life Path or Destiny Number according to Numerology.
Although I am no longer active in the BBS community my old BBS, Fire Escape, is still online. It is kindly still hosted by my ex-husband. It is available dial-up at 314-588-0780 or via the internet at http://www.fehq.org. My Low Carb site is also still online at http://lowcarb4life.sugarbane.com.
Well, that's me in a nutshell folks. My story, my family, my hobbies, and my interests. Hope it was enlightening for you and if you have any questions, please feel free to E-mail me anytime or Sign my Guestbook. Don't be afraid to say hi!
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Last revised: February 26, 2010.
Copyright Tanis, 2010