Category: Fundamentals

You know, the one where the good things he does keep spreading around the country? Yeah, I never actually saw it, but I hear it was pretty cool…

So this is my first Friday Five. I feel so…conformist…

1. How much time do you spend online each day? It’s my job. Really. That, and reading Maxim and Seventeen. 6-10 hours per day. But, technically, I’m online 24/7 since I’ve got corporate SDSL at home.

2. What is your browser homepage set to? The one you’re reading right now.

3. Do you use any instant messaging programs? If so, which one(s)? All of them. Again, it’s my job.

4. Where was your first webpage located? Off my own personal Linux box back in 1994 sitting on a 14.4Kbps C/SLIP line. My first official Web site was www.newhackcity.net which has now been taken over by an army of unicorns.

5. How long have you had your current website? Which one? Going on 9 years now for my first site.

I learned many things growing up as a young child because my parents were more or less firm believers in learning by doing. Don’t play with matches. Don’t stick your fingers in your mouth at a petting zoo. Don’t dump a box of Raisin Bran out on the bathroom floor to pick out the raisins (I didn’t get sick, but Mom has very embarrassing pictures). And, most importantly, always buckle up.
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Just for the heck of it I filled out profiles at the Nashua High School Alumni Web site and Classmates.com. I’m not quite sure why I bothered…I hold high school with such contempt that I wish most of the experience could be erased from my memory. I have managed to track down a few old friends, though, so that made the experience worthwhile. I’m also hoping to be added to the 10 year reunion list to see if all the popular kids who used to beat on me are still working at local fast food chains.

Kelly and I just got back from my Grandmother’s cabin up on Little Ossipee Lake in Maine. Out of the blue we decided to make the impromptu journey and visit for the afternoon. Although our original intention was to run to take advantage of the lake, we opted to read our books on the porch and laugh at all the boaters who were getting drenched by the surprise downpours that swept through the valley every few minutes. Once I finished my book and Kelly finished her chapter, we ate dinner and then jumped in the lake to cool off.

OK, I just managed to slice open my right nipple. In my staggering morning groggy stupor I rubbed up against the ferret cage on my way to the bathroom. My nipple just happened to catch the side of the cage. I won’t go into any more detail…

We have been without a furnished upstairs bathroom for quite a few months now. What originally started as a simple toilet repair turned into a major renovation. At least I’m not the only geek in the world who is chemically incapable of finishing a household repair.
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It has been said to always use the right tool for the job. Sometimes what seems to be the right tool for the job, in actuality, is not. I just spent the last two hours fighting with a compressor and an automotive spray gun trying to prime our exercise room with Gripper. Logic would dictate that a spray gun is a spray gun and, since acrylic Gripper is a liquid of the same approximate consistency as acrylic automotive paint, things would be all fine and dandy. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
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