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Diary of a Network Geek

Rent a Girlfriend/Wife

Could this be a viable business?
Okay, first, get your mind out of the gutter. I'm not talking about prostitution! See, I've been sick the past couple of days and it would have been nice to have someone to make me soup and worry about me a bit. You know, someone to baby me the way a significant other is supposed to do. (Not that they do all the time, but, you know, in theory.) Maybe someone to help you clean up while you're sick, too. Short term only, mind. Nothing longer than, say, a month.

Herr Hoffman ist Krank

Yes, that's right, Jim has left the building.
It's pretty rare that I get so sick I go home early or miss work, but after staring at my screen for the fourth or fifth time and not being able to remember what I was doing, I decided today was one of those days.

Now, I'm going to go take more medicine and have a nap.

Advice for the New Year

I got this from an old list I'm on.

Over the years, I've subscribed to a whole lot of e-mail lists and I often don't always get unsubscribed. So, when I'm done with them, I send their contents right to the trash without reading them, thanks to Mozilla's rules. Well, I've been reading a lot of my e-mail on the web lately, for a number of reasons, and I came across this little piece of wisdom. Read it, and cherish it...

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.

A Christmas Miracle

No, not that I've upgraded my PC instead of someone else's...

Though, I did do that this afternoon. No, the miracle is that it's snowing in Houston on Christmas Eve. I'm sure none of these silly Southerners will know how to drive tonight, but it warms this damn Yankee carpet-bagger's heart to see snow on Christmas Eve.

Well, God bless us, every one.