gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Eat Rads)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2006-03-06 04:04 pm
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I get a guest membership for BayCon. Since Kirsten is working the con, I am throwing it up for grabs.

But there's a catch. You have to write my con bio. This has to contain the following elements:

1. I'm the author of GT: Ground Forces

2. I contributed to several other products, including Nobles and Interstellar Wars

3. I'm a cancer survivor.

You have 200 words. Go nuts. seriously, get silly with it.

[identity profile] pauldrye.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Doug likes impersonating Pope Innocent IX and reverse sky-diving into planes flying overhead. He has three children named Christopher and Lisa.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
ROTFLMAO!! Since I doubt you'll be around to grab the membership, I can't wait to see who uses it.
kshandra: A cross-stitch sampler in a gilt frame, plainly stating "FUCK CANCER" (Bunny - Phbbt)

[personal profile] kshandra 2006-03-07 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Your icon for the win.

[identity profile] cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
All I've got is the first line:
"Doug Berry is not of this Earth."

[identity profile] johno.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
I got a invite and survey too.

Can I borrow this idea? I've been using the same damned bio for several years.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Go for it!

[identity profile] jarlsberg71.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh crap, do I have to edit out the parts where you walk on water and turn water into wine Beer?

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely not. However, if you win, I expect to see you at the con!

(Anonymous) 2006-03-07 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
well if it's after I get back from Hong Kong, I'll defintely have enough Frequent Flyer miles for a free ticket :D

[identity profile] jonathonbarton.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Doug Berry…He can’t walk on water yet, but he still practices weekly with Jello. While he, in fact, is the author of the widely acclaimed GURPS: Ground Forces, privately, Doug considers it to be one of the most significant works of Historical Non-Fiction of the late Twentieth Century. (Shhhh!!! He gets a little…unstable…if you…well…you know…)
His Advanced Degree in Trans-Temporal Engineering from Nacho Mama’s Correspondence School of Elvis Impersonation (where Doug also minored in Lensman Macro-Economics) has given him a unique and valuable perspective as a contributor to both GURPS: Nobles and GURPS: Interstellar Wars. He is also *mostly* a Cancer Survivor…all the parts of Doug that weren’t malignant (carcinoma) did, indeed, survive. We believe the other parts have taken up residence somewhere in The District. An absurdly long-time Bay Area Resident (We’ve tried to get him to leave, honest!), Doug is still smart enough to remember not to “touch that dial, because it’s got KOME on it.” He’s a man, he’s an author, and he’s a legend. But…mostly, he’s a man that authors legends. Poorly, mostly, and with enough typos to keep his editor in therapy, but still…

189 words. Looking for cheap flights now...just in case... ;)