**PROOF** that my introduction thread is the Greatest Introduction Thread Ever!

Yesterday, cloudwatcher's introduction thread was the greatest intro thread ever.

Cloudwatcher's greatest ever intro thread

But today, this intro thread, given to me in a lucid dream by alien Obama look-a-likes, thinly disguised as the Queen's pet Corgis and carrying "2012 is Coming! Make sure you have clean underwear!" signs will surely be hailed as the "Best Introduction Thread Ever." In it, you will find solutions to the greatest mysteries, such as:

-What happens after death?
-Did the government know the planes would hit the towers?
-Was Buddha the true Messiah?
-Why does my boyfriend's jaw make that clicking noise whenever he eats a salad?


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OK, I see that I will have to leave off the silly stuff, and get to the point of introducing myself. I'm a long-time lurker, big-time ATS fan, and profoundly unabashed "conspiracy theorist." I enjoy the good-natured debate on this site and usually walk away having learned something from it. Now for the bio:

-Grew up as a Southern US minister's daughter, and all the jokes you heard are true

-Currently serving as a techie (read: slave) for a big, awful corporation out of economic necessity; but pursuing a second, non-corporate career in my spare time

-Love God but not organized religion. You may have my spot on the pew.

-I believe in being decent to everyone, never underestimating the limitless bounds of my own stupidity, life on other planets, life we don't know about--or won't admit to--on our own planet, dog rescue, vitamins, prayer, Bigfoot, ghosts, demons and harpies (my ex-mother-in-law = proof of the last one), and self-defense for women, especially in the form of a .44 Magnum

-I don't believe in "Obama as royalty," flu shots, McDonald's as food, the UFO over the Chinese airport, global warming, those rod thinggys that people sometimes catch on film, 9.5% as the actual US unemployment rate, visiting other countries as ignorant, sweatsuit-clad Americans who demand that everyone else speak our language on their own turf, either the US Democratic or Republican parties as the be-all, end-all answer to anything, and posting threads that say "PROOF" when you don't really have any... Oops.

-'Have had some paranormal experiences that I'll relate another time lest the lengthy thread police take over and relegate this "Greatest Ever" thread to the "Mildly Annoying" forum.

'Looking forward to our future discussions!

GraceUP

p.s. Extra credit for anyone who correctly guesses the origin of my full user name, Graceunderpressure.

Hee hee, gotta give ya credit for craftiness
Sounds like you will fit in nicely here, welcome graceunderpressure!
Wasn't that first used in a Hemingway piece, The Artist's Profile, in which he speaks of "guts" in an individual?

Peace,
spec

welcome to ats mr. Getty L.

Giving you a flag because at the minute you're the underdog, (that other intro. thread's got more), and because I like RUSH.

Welcome to ATS.

Hello, Grace,

looking forward to your opinions on life, the universe and everything. Meanwhile, good to have you here officially threading on ATS. Also good to see your sense of humour, which as you know, is rather helpful when things get a bit heated here.

While "grace under pressure" is certainly known from Hemingway as your first respondent noted, I've been thinking that you might have chosen it for more personal reasons -- and I don't mean just because the Canadian band "Rush" had an album of that name. No, I suspect (with no real justification but purely on some kind of gut feeling) that being raised as a minister's daughter when you don't particularly ascribe to any religion might have sometimes made it tough to say "grace" at the dinner table when the pressure was put upon you to do so.

Best regards,

Mike

Like.....your....style.
and looking forward to your posts.
Welcome

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welcome Grace... what part of the south?I'm east coastal south, below Charleston.by the way you and I think alike....

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I can't say I know the original use of the term...but Grace Under Pressure was one of many awesome albums by Rush!

And now for something completely different....its....ATS!

Welcome To ATS.
Here is a possible avatar for you)
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Thank you, everyone, for your warm welcome, comments and the cool album cover pic.

I can see that I will have to be "craftier" still when posing a riddle to such sharp tacks as yourselves. You actually all got the origins of my user name right -- the Rush album, the Hemingway reference, and JustMike's interpretation of being graceful under family dinner table pressures. (I do love things with multiple meanings.) There's a still deeper meaning for me--that of being in a state of grace when things are at their hardest, like a violin string that plays the sweetest note when it's stretched to the nth degree, or the way that people acted here in the States in the days just following 9-11, when, during a time of pain and uncertainty, the crime rate dropped and everyone seemed to be at their best. It's a useful state of mind for me in these crazy days.

JustMike, always trust your gut.

TWILITE22, I'm originally from Hotlanta, now happily transplanted on the West Coast in cooler climates. But what's that deep rumbling noise? I love the area where you live -- spent many happy days in Savannah, Tybee, and farther south at the Golden Isles. They make a crab cake sandwich at North Beach Grill that makes you want to slap your mama.

AvocadoShag, your hoovercraft is full of eels.

I never thought I'd see the day where I'd actually enjoy reading a thread with PROOF in the title. Welcome to ATS.