Aside from family, my most personal and favorite loves have to be board/computer gaming, science fiction and music. If you haven't noticed by now, the site theme _is_ music and science-fiction oriented. What does it mean? Hmm.. should I tell you?

"Dimension Hatross" is an album by a sci-fi metal band named Voivod. They've been around for nearly 20 years and hail from Quebec, Canada. Most of the band's work deals with a character called the "Voivod" or, a post-nuclear vampire. Sounds funky, doesn't it? Well, it is. The story continues on each album, although they did take a break for a time and do some other non-concept stuff, but they are back on track now. "Hatross" is a word created by the main writing force for the band, Michel Langevin, basically from the words "hate" and "atrocity". It's a psuedo-world created by the Voivod in his laboratory, that he projects himself into to explore. It's VERY far out there, but also very good. The other albums deal with his exploration of the universe and himself.. what he is, was and could be.

So, why use the name for a blog? Well, the history goes back a bit farther than the Web. Years before the web (circa 1987), dialup BBS (bulletin board systems) flourished. If you know what they are, great, if not, go read a nostalgic web site about them. I ran a few BBSs back then, the first being "The Ultimatum" and the second, most famous (if you could call it that), being "Dimension Hatross" The system focused very strongly around music, sci-fi and gaming. It was a blast to run, but alas, the Web came along and basically made those old dialup systems obsolete.

Anyhow.. you get the idea.. The colors/theme and wacky quotes and messages you'll find throughout the site (it's just one page right now - ha ha) will always be taken from the Voivod context. Have fun while here, and hopefully I'll put something here for someone to DO beside read my drivel. Thank you.. drive through...