Saturday, February 25, 2006

Here at Home

It is raining and rather dreary out today. I love weather like this. I love camping in weather like this. It makes the ritual of fire so much more practical.

I'm recovering from a prolonged internet blackout at home. When I returned home last night, eager to check on a surprising news story, I found my network connection frustratingly slow and unresponsive. I spent Saturday morning troubleshooting and waiting for a tech from my ISP. Eventually he arrived and started getting to business. It took a little over an hour for him to replace some hardware and make some necessary adjustments. Despite my queries, he was less than forthright about the problem. In fact, he told me nothing about it at all. I signed for the work and he went away.

A few tweaks here and a refresh there, and things are better than ever. I can breathe again. Ah, sweet ones and zeroes.

More on that surprising news story. They discovered ricin in a dorm room at UT. In my old dorm. So, I find that interesting. Even more so, I discover that this old dorm of mine is now coed. During my years there, it was men only. Of course, it was practically coed then anyway. Still, very interesting and close to home in a way.

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