So, some things went well today, and others, not so much.

No, this is not a euphimistic post.
My new server hardware arrived today. The whole thing, including the half-height rack with the pullout monitor and keyboard. I was also surprised to find that I'd been smart enough to get a server-grade UPS. I thought I'd forgotten that, but, luckily, when I started getting these quotes so many months ago, I'd been smart enough to get that added in. Yea for Jim's hind-brain-server-ordering-autopilot! Yea!

Since everyone else is quoting from movies this month...
Here's a little something from one of my all-time favorites, Roxanne:

This probably won't mean much to most of my readers.

Okay, so a couple of odd things...

I used to volunteer for H.O.P.E.

The top eleven Geek Pickup lines, as stolen from BBSpot, for your Friday afternoon funny:

Okay, I wasn't going to post anything until after therapy tonight, but...

Well, it looks like my server finally got approved.

I have the broad hands of a German peasant farmer.
My hands are covered in the little scars of a careless life. Tiny chemical burns from High School chem lab. Fine knife scars from Boy Scout camp. Calluses on the knuckles from time spent with a heavy bag and doing pushups on clenched fists. Deeper scars from doing my own, inexpert, home repairs. Gouges from sharp metal inside computer cases.