December 2010

  • We Broke Our Waitress: A Christmas Tale

    I had a different idea for my holiday post, but last night my wishes for writing about glad tidings and world peace were unceremoniously slapped aside by a story – a sweet little birthday story. I was born on Christmas Day.  Yes, the day.  And since I was born on Christmas day, the day, I…

  • The Reformat Aftermath

    One of the great joys of having your system hacked and getting to reformat your hard drive (I type lacing each word with a heavy dose of dripping sarcasm) is not only getting to reinstall every application you’ve ever had, but things like unearthing product keys for downloaded  software can present a very special kind of…

  • Geeks Hate Gold Farmers

    I’m a geek.  This is neither exciting nor particularly news.  It’s just a statement of fact and almost all of you who read this site are completely unphased by this revelation.  Here’s my story: I’m one of those socially retarded (oh, I’m sorry if that’s offensive, it was clearly an attack on some woman’s child in Alaska,…