Y’know, after having your heart broken, EVERYTHING seems to remind you of the pain. Radio commercials. Billboards. People in the supermarket. Blogs. Even prescription drugs. (Viagra, anyone?) Or Cialis… that’s the same as Viagra. The main ingredient in Cialis is called Tadalafil, and it just so happens that the pills are shaped like little golden [...]
Today I learned what MTTR means. It stands for “Mean time to recovery.” When a computer network goes down, your MTTR is the time it generally takes you to recover everything and get back to normal. This can take a long time if your network spans multiple locations. The faster you fix things, the sooner [...]
We’ve had three episodes of freezing rain in the past two weeks. And last night we got quite a snowstorm. In fact, I was snowed in, until the guy came and plowed me out. Things like this happen every year in Michigan, and I’m ok with that. What I hate is when ice storms make [...]
When I was a kid, I had a bike of my own. I know, I know, most kids did. It just feels odd to remember ME having one, since I lost interest in biking after I grew up. I think of the younger “me” riding along the streets, enjoying the sense of personal mobility that [...]
I’ve been very fortunate, as far as cars go. My parents like to switch cars every few years, and if mine is starting to show signs of becoming old and unreliable, they’ll give me their ‘hand-me-downs’. So far, I haven’t had to buy a car of my own. I am very grateful about this. I [...]
If you’ve known me for any length of time, you know I love Johnny Depp. It’s an unavoidable fact of Jannadom. I loved him most of all as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of The Caribbean. (The FIRST one, not the sequel.) Somehow the sequel seemed a little silly to me, especially when the crew was [...]
If only I had just a wee bit more technical savvy, I could be a techno geek. Ok, ok, I’d need more than just a wee bit. But still the idea excites me. I’m well aware that one of these days my ancient computer is going to bite the dust, and I will be kicking [...]
You may recall from one of my earlier posts that I don’t have a wall clock hanging anywhere in my house. It’s still true, but I’m on the verge of changing that. I now own a clock which, if I ever develop the motivation and willpower, will eventually be placed on the wall in my [...]
As you know from reading my posts on my other blog, The Jannaverse, my friend Steve visited from New York last week. He and I are a lot alike, I think. We both love to be funny/silly/strange, just to make people laugh…. and we also know the importance of being an artsy fartsy nerd with [...]
Decades ago, I realized I did NOT want to be a teacher, because I didn’t like being the person in charge. I didn’t want to be the authority figure, the ‘bad guy’ who had to say “Don’t do that!!” Because, of course, in addition to teaching, a teacher has to maintain effective discipline. And I [...]
