Category Archives: Personal

So Wired has decided to stop capitalizing the word, “Internet.” Like I care. Let me tell you a story: Back in 1996, when I first started work at Microsoft, our group’s copy editors passed out style guidelines for our writing. … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago I turned 41. So who am I? Well, using a search engine, there are things you’ll discover, things that I will confess to and even some embarrassing things. The rest you’ll have to discover through … Continue reading →

Often I have a hard time explaining my politics to people. Or more factually, I’d rather avoid explaining my politics to people because I often find some point where I disagree with them. Or more exactly, I often find that … Continue reading →

Let’s suppose there is an afterlife. I don’t believe there is one, but let’s just suppose there is. Why do most people automatically assume this means something? What if we die and and are reborn into a world that is … Continue reading →

Yesterday I spent 9 hours in a crowded, hot, school gymnasium for my district’s Democratic Party Caucus. It was very rewarding, inspiring and pleasantly exhausting and, it renewed my faith in the system. The turn out was enormous–nearly three times … Continue reading →

Techie, geek, technologist, web monkey. What, isn’t “computer technician” good enough? I am a web server technician. I am a network technician. I am not a computer scientist, engineer or computer programmer. I have no formal training in those things. … Continue reading →

The Fish invited me to join his posse on Ork. Frankly I did this to humor him. I looked at what the service offers and, it doesn’t have any gimmicks to stand apart from other personals or socializing services. I … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot of speculation about rejuvenation and longevity on the sites I’ve been reading during this month. Medical technology continues to relentlessly advance–today’s speculation, tomorrow’s reality. So what do I think about this? More accurately, since I’ve been … Continue reading →

Today and in years past I’ve honored Reverend King by not working on MLK Day. As I have stated, I care more about this day more then other holidays of this country. To me it’s at least as important as … Continue reading →

On Monday I just got back from a vacation down in Oregon–watched a lot of cable television while down there. I noticed that channels seem to be subdividing into het male and het female. Or something like that. For example, … Continue reading →