While at work one day, I discovered that someone configured a 17.18.0.016 network as a private network within their topology. Curious to see what exactly they had just screwed everyone in their entire company from ever visiting, I did a whois lookup on the IP block. There, I found to my great horror that the [...]

The tired and restless days continue. As if life is one long blur trying its best to make you dizzy and fall to the floor. Somehow I manage, not by any power of my own, to stay standing. Not just standing but moving forward, or, at least, it feels like it’s forward. Pushing forward through [...]

I wrote this a couple months ago: When the words have left, I only have the energy to sit and stare mindlessly at the glowing screen, I will find myself where I am. I don’t attempt to associate words with my feels, I just attempt to revel in their complete abstraction. Today the sky was [...]

You’re kid is a brat. You’re kid is a brat and it is all entirely your fault, and because of which, I and everyone that lives around you is punished for your failings as a parent. Eight year old kids should not be screaming at least every morning. Your kid will grow up without any [...]

I had the joy today of doing something I don’t normally get the chance to do: sharing my particular beliefs about something in which I feel strongly about. In this case, the subject of jewelry and gems, the belief is one that is not all that common, though, certainly not unheard of. The subject came up at work when, in going to visit the women in customer service, they mentioned a jewelry catalog and asked if I wanted it, and here’s where it got fun.