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Archive for February, 2006

BANG

Friday, February 24th, 2006

It started off with a hell of a bang.
Literally.
Late Monday night, I’m just pouring my first glass of wine, and I hear an engine roaring really loud, then some tires squealing, followed shortly by a horrendous crash from outside.
Some nitwit lost control of his SUV and drove it into my backyard, thankfully slamming headfirst into [...]

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I’m back

Friday, February 10th, 2006

   
Several months ago, me and Jenn and the kids were driving down the road, and I heard a question from the back seat.
“Daddy, what are you afraid of?”
“Well, I’m afraid of things happening to you guys. That’s why me and your mom are so protective of you.”
“But dad, what about YOU though? What are [...]

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This place gives me a boner.
No – not the strip club. That’s too easy, and hardly a blogworthy comment.
I’m at our offsite datacenter. Well – it’s not OUR’s, really. Like everyone else here, we just rent some space and bandwidth from here.
It’s a sweet setup. 35,000 square feet of raises floor, supporting God-knows how many [...]

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something different

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

I haven’t been sleeping much lately.
I keep waking up.
It’s been going on for over a week.
At first I didn’t know what was going on. But then I started trying to pay more attention each time I woke up. A little bit at a time, I put together this little mental jigsaw puzzle.
Surprise surprise – I [...]

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