About Me, That Guy -   Hi, I'm Mike.   But why is my username 'Pylon' you ask? Well, I got the nickname from people severely butchering my last name. It's really a long story, but in the end the nickname stuck and I've been using it since. As for me - Mike - the guy behind the username, I enjoy a random smattering of activities. These might include collecting militaria from World War II, aviation, world travel, cartooning, volunteer work and a myriad of other things. I am a graduate of Siena College with a double Bachelor's degree in History and French. I'm a Captain in the US Air Force Auxiliary, an FCC licensed Technician class Amateur Radio Operator, as well as a C-172 solo pilot. Oh, I'm 24, enjoy fine wine, and profess Roman Catholicism. Since I am nowhere's near being able to have a homenode picture, and to satisfy the serious demand for such information, and for other amazing facts about my mundane life, see my website: http://www.kieloch.net

I haven't been active on E2 in the last few years only because of lack of time. Unfortunately, I rarely get the chance to log in and read vast amounts of nodes like I used to. Sooner or later, I promise... I'll come back. =)

Attention Noders in Need of Votes: I'm finding myself with more and more votes (and C!s) to spend, and less and less time to scan the nodegel. So, in typical lazy fashion, I'll get you to do it for me. If you have some writeups that you think could use some upvotes, and they're factual with at least several paragraphs of information, just /msg me. Noders of all levels are welcome. Just send me hardlinks to any deserving writeups. I'll vote on them the next time I stop in, and promise I'll only offer upvotes or advice for improvement (if I can't consciously upvote it). You'll get no downvoting from me. If it's exceptional noding, I may even give it a shiny C! FREE VOTES, COME AND GET YOUR VOTES.
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E2 Milestones

• Level 2 on Jan 8, 2002 with OD Green
• First Multiple C!ed Writeup on April 16, 2002 with Gettysburg National Military Park
• First Blessing on May 8, 2002 from Demeter for Allied Bombing on Schweinfurt
• 1000th XP on June 11, 2002 with C! from RubenAzarja on Pope John XXIII
• Graduated from mentoring with Professor Pi on June 23, 2002.
• Level 3 on August 19, 2002 with U-571.
• Cool Ratio passed 50% on September 21, 2002 with C! from wertperch on Helmut Möhlmann.
• Cool Ratio passed 75% on January 31, 2003 with C! from mauler on Wolfgang Lüth.
• Level 4 on June 30, 2003, via increasing merit on the Honor Roll from generous upvotes.
• First C! given to Landmark Theatre by Emerald Eyes on July 1, 2003.
• Listed #1 in the Other Users list at 7:43AM, server time, on August 28, 2003.

Cheers to these Noders because they are as cool as refrigerated pudding: