Introduction

Hello, my name is Brian Michael Dean. Welcome to my autobiographical web site. In this introduction I want to briefly introduce my life in general, discuss key issues that effect all or most of my life, and say a few sentences about each period.

I was born January 8, 1965 at around 10:00pm. The following is a list of my family members.

Although the family is big, there is a general tendancy in the family to not have close relations with each other. For example, I have not spoken with Cathy for more than 10 years. I only recently spoke to Doug but primarily because of the death of Janet.

Also, the majority of my family members are significantly older than me. This means that in growing up, I had no peers in my own family. So in reality, it is more useful to describe me as an only child. Especially since the next oldest sibling, Alan, moved out of the house when I was still in elementary school.

I think it's fair to say that the following issues are common throughout most of my life.

These represent basically the core questions that I have struggled with over the years. My opinion of the answers to these questions largely depends on which period of time you ask me. From the second Mantua period until the Steubenville period there was a basic belief that I am somehow evil and that my effect on society should be minimized. After it has been sufficiently minimized, then it would be no big deal for me to die.

This seems like a rather strong position to take, but this is a thought which became a major running idea starting in the second Mantua period but having it's roots in the previous periods. What is ironic about this is that this is not so much my current view. However, it is true that my death in Korea would have much less impact than if I were to die during the second Mantua period.