About

October 11th, 2006 by Jim Clark

Name: Jim Clark
Sign: Scorpio
Alignment: Chaotic neutral
Stats: str 14, int 15, wis 10, dex 12, con 10, chr 14

Hi, my name is Jim Clark.

No, I did not go to your school. I am not the Jim Clark who founded Netscape. I am not the dead race car driver. I did not direct the movie you saw. I have never worked for your company. I am not your ex-husband. I am not your long lost father. I am not related to the person you know. We were not childhood friends. I do not owe you money.

There are 409 people in the U.S. named Jim Clark. There are 11,530 people in the U.S. and 1,765 people in the U.K. named James Clark. There are 4,991,477 people in the U.S. with the first name James; statistically, it’s the 1st most popular first name. A Google search result for “James Clark” yields over 801,000 pages.

As you can see, I am not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re probably thinking of that other guy.

So who am I?

I’m a writer.

I write comics. My latest is a Western webcomic called The Guns of Shadow Valley. It was nominated for the Eisner award for “Best Digital Comic” in 2010, which is like being nominated for an Oscar except for comics. I also wrote some other published stuff. Writing doesn’t make me any money, but I’m of the belief that starvation makes one a better writer anyway.

[Official Writer Bio and Project List]

I’m a musician.

I play the ukulele. Occasionally I write songs and perform under the name “Ukulele Jim”. It’s acoustic pop music, mostly. I even have some CDs and MP3s for sale, if you like that sort of thing.

[Official Band Website]
[Official MySpace]

I’m a geek.

I’ve worked in the field of Information Technology for over 20 years. I like gadgets. For the right price, I’ll fix your computer network or try to explain complex nerd things to you in simple terms.

[Technical Resume]

I’m just this dude, you know?

I’m a husband and father of two. I share a birthday with Hillary Clinton, but she is older and has a bigger penis. Anagrams of my full name include REDNECK ALARM JAWS, LAWN DECK SMEAR JAR and CANDLE WARMS A JERK. I do not like beets.

There’s more information about me in my blog, but I don’t update it as often as I should. Lately I’ve succumbed to lazy micro-blogging via Twitter.

If there’s anything else you’d like to know, please read my FAQ or feel free to ask. Use the form below to drop me a line.

Comments or questions are welcome.