In honor of my appearing in the "Where Are They Now" thread, I proclaim today Amerigo Vespucci Day.

[Miles Archer]

I can now check one more item off of my bucket list...I was in a "Where Are They Now" thread!

Yes, I was Amerigo Vespucci, and posted thousands of posts.

One day in 2013, I restarted my computer and what came back was my wallpaper...that was IT.

I had apparently had contracted a MEGA-VIRUS which wiped out EVERYTHING. It might have also been coupled with hard drive failure...the computer was old and acting erratically.

I bought a new laptop, but didn't remember the email address I used to sign up for DU, so I couldn't really contact Skinner and ask for a password reset. Maybe I could have, but with no real identifying info, it would have just been me claiming to be who I really was, so I started over again as Miles Archer.

But it is VERY COOL to be named in a "Where Are They Now" thread.

Where am I now? It's almost a Zen question. On one hand I know I am sitting here typing this, and that I was once Amerigo Vespucci, but yeah, seriously...WHERE AM I NOW?





Some of you who remember me also remember my having the "It's A Beautiful Day" artwork in my sig line:

[secondwind]

1. Of all the names they mentioned, I remembered yours. It was a cool name.

[livetohike]

2. Yes I remember Amerigo Vespucci and especially the

album cover because it is one of my favorites .

[femmocrat]

3. I remembered that you changed your name.

Did you used to post pictures of food, or was that someone else?

(I'm so old. )

[Miles Archer]

4. Yep, I was the foodie photo guy.

Coincidentally, by the time the A.V. account died, I was also no longer in California. I stopped my regular photo shares around that time.

I still do restaurant Websites, but the actual food itself, no matter how well plated, wasn't a match for California. I've posted a few now and then, and the response (which I understand and respect) has been largely "The photo is technically good. The food and presentation isn't that impressive."

I don't miss the cost of living in California, as well as the ridiculous overcrowding. I do miss the food. I'm a pretty decent cook myself, so there's really nothing I got in a restaurant there that I can't make myself here. But there was something about just being able to go in and order it that can't be replaced.

[femmocrat]

5. Guess my memory isn't that bad after all!

Happy Amerigo Vespucci Day! Salute!

[FSogol]

6. Welcome back! Now that you've outed yourself again, will you change identities and reappear?

[Miles Archer]

8. You NEVER KNOW...

[FSogol]

9. Hope you last longer than this Miles Archer

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. It's good to see you, my dear Miles Archer!

I saw your old name in that thread too, and it was the only one where I knew the backstory.

I didn't want to out you! And I think it's grand that you did that yourself!

[Kali]

10. Happy Amerigo Vespucci Day!

[Phentex]

11. I remembered your old name

and I am happy that you later told us that you came back under a new name.

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. Weirdo.

[Kaleva]

13. Trump tweets about DUers with 2 accounts. Sad!

FBI ought to investigate rather then waste time on Russian Collusion witch hunt!

Any relation to Sterling Archer?