So anyway…

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Okay, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I like Dan Fogelberg. He was one of those 70s singer/songwriters and his music is well-constructed, thoughtful, and has some very beautifully-crafted lyrics.
He was also, with his long, dark hair and beard and beautiful green eyes, damned good looking (always a bonus, IMHO).
Dan Fogelberg wrote my favorite love song of all time, Longer. I always hoped someday I’d have someone to sing it to, someone who really fit the lyrics (and I do).
The album I happen to be listening to at the moment is actually Phoenix (which does have Longer on it). I haven’t listened to it in a long time. I’m really glad I pulled it out of the hundreds of other CDs today and popped it into the player. I’m really enjoying it.
Along the road
Your path may wander
A pilgrim’s faith may fail
Absence makes the heart grow stronger
Darkness obscures the trail.
Cursing the quest
Courting disaster
Measureless nights forebode
Moments of rest
Glimpses of laughter
Are treasured along the road.

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Rock’s Oldest Joke: Yelling ‘Freebird!’ In a Crowded Theater

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I was talking to someone today was was unaware that there’s actually a whole geek sub-culture. I’m not surprised that some people don’t know this, because unless you actually are a geek, or work with geeks, you’re not too likely to know, so it’s cool if you don’t know.

But, I thought to myself, “Self, if she doesn’t know, maybe other people don’t, either. I know! I can blog about it!” And so I am.

Yes, there is a geek sub-culture. You see, “geekness” is NOT just about using computers or being into certain kinds of hobbies. Being a geek is… It’s just who you are. You don’t choose to be a geek. You just ARE one. You can learn all about computers or the internet or electronics or astronomy or rocket science or whatever, and it doesn’t make you a geek. Geeks are born, not made. It’s a peculiar way of perceiving the world. And just for the record, there are geeks with all kinds of interests, including history, physics, anthropology, art, journalism, literature, you name it. It is in no way limited to computers or things relating to them.

There are, of course, flavours of geeks. There are, among other, girlgeeks, freaky geeks, bearded-bespectacled chubby geeks, guru geeks, tall skinny geeks, fat geeks, many variations and possible permutations. But they’re all geeks, and they all have the same kind of peculiarly shaped brain that perceives the world differently, in the same general way. And please note that only SOME geeks are nerds! Some geeks wear leather and have tattoos and ride motorcycles, so don’t think geek automatically means pocket protector and runny nose and dorky clothes, okay?

This is why there’s a geek subculture. Geeks get together, they find themselves with like minded people, a sub-culture forms. Perfectly normal human behavior, really.

It’s very hard to describe WHY geeks are geeks. We (yes, I am most certainly a geek, as any geeks who know me can testify) tend to stand apart a bit, not necessarily by choice, and we observe. The fool on the hill, you know, sees the sun going down, but the eyes in his head see the world spinning round… As a result, we have somewhat different ways of socializing (Yeah, yeah, we tend to like D&D or SCA, so what? LOL!).

Leonardo Da Vinci was a geek (BIG time!). Gallileo was a geek, and so was Tycho (Tycho got his nose cut off in a duel over the solution to a complex math problem, for pity’s sake). Isaac Newton was a geek. Bill Gates is not only a geek, he’s also a nerd. I could probably go on. It’s not hard to spot geeks, once you see their work and what they spent their time doing.

There are lots of places on the net where you can see geeks in normal geeky interaction. Among them are Slashdot (probably the geekiest community I can think of) and kuro5hin. Hang around a while, read the stuff people write and how they write it.

And the geeks shall inherit the earth. (Oh, come ON, you KNEW I was going to end this little essay with a Biblical pun, didn’t you? Didn’t you, really?)

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Kiss me, I’m not at all Irish! (No, I’m not, not even a little bit, as far as anyone who has ever done geneology on my family can tell.)
Funniest St Patrick’s Day thing I’ve personally seen was a parade in Melbourne with a marching band comprised completely of bagpipe players (yes, those are Scottish), wearing kilts, but instead of tartans, the costumes were solid fields of green and gold (Australia’s national colors). And, as if that wasn’t peculiar enough, they were playing “Waltzing Matilda”.
Ah, Melbourne. I love it here.

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A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.

Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.

The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife.

However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the email.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband’s funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack. The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from relatives and friends.

After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow’s son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I’ve Arrived
Date: January 27, 2005

I know you’re surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to your loved ones. I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.

P. S. Sure is freaking hot down here!

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Gladys Adams Crump is a storyteller, a spinner of tales. She has a million stories and will talk forever if you let her. Her stories are mostly about rural Tennessee and her life growing up on a farm with a large family of eleven children.
Well worth reading. Very entertaining.

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Have you ever…
(x) snuck out of the house
(x) gotten lost in your city
(X) saw a shooting star
(x) been to any other countries besides the united states
(x) had a serious surgery
(x) gone out in public in your pajamas
(x) kissed a stranger
(x) hugged a stranger
(x) been in a fist fight
( ) been arrested
(x) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose
(x) pushed all the buttons on an elevator
(x) swore at your parents
(x) been in love
(x) been close to love
(x) been to a casino
( ) been skydiving
(x) broken a bone
(x) skinny-dipped
(x) skipped school
(x) flashed someone
(x) saw a therapist
(x) done the splits
(x) played spin the bottle
(x) gotten stitches
( ) Tried to drink a whole gallon of chocolate milk in one hour
(x) bitten someone
(x) been to niagara falls
( ) gotten the chicken pox
(x) kissed a member of the opposite sex
( ) kissed a member of the same sex
( ) crashed into a friend’s car
( ) been to japan
(x) ridden in a taxi
(x) been dumped
(x) shoplifted
(x) been fired
( ) had a crush on someone of the same sex
(x) had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
(x) had a crush on a teacher
( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
(x) been to europe
(x) slept with a co-worker
(x) been married
(x) gotten divorced
(x) had children
( ) seen someone die
(x) had a close friend die
( ) been to africa
(x) driven over 400 miles in one day
(x) been to canada
(x) been to mexico
(x) been on a plane
(x) seen the rocky horror picture show
( ) thrown up in a bar
(x) eaten sushi
( ) been skiing/snowboarding
(x) met someone in person from the internet
(x) lost a child
(x) gone to college
( ) graduated college
(x) tried killing yourself
(x) fired a gun
(x) purposely hurt yourself
(x) taken painkillers
(x) miss some one

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So lately I haven’t written much, and what I have written hasn’t been all that entertaining. This is mostly because I’ve got a very busy schedule this year, with two little kids in pre-school, one of whom also has special early intervention therapy group and speech therapy.
I’m not actually complaining, although I do feel like I’ve got very little quality time when I’m not having to do something for somebody else somewhere.
To quote a former boss of mine, “I miss not having a life. I got a lot more done.” (Hi, Aaron!)

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