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The Perfect Balance of the Manly Geek
Posted By Dana On Saturday, May 1, 2010 @ 17:46 pm In Technology, travel, Suburbia, Disturbed | 1 Comment
This is a list of things I did this week. I think it is a good balance of geeky things and manly things. Notice that #10 is both geeky and manly at the same time.
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Sequence |
Geeky things | Manly things |
| 1 | Commuted to work on a HD Road King Classic | |
| 2 | Broke the shower valve | |
| 3 | Took a bath | |
| 4 | Ate 16oz of smoked brisket with BBQ sauce | |
| 5 | Introduced my co-workers to Skyline Chili | |
| 6 | Remotely connected to my home PC from my work laptop while traveling to check Facebook | |
| 7 | Became Foursquare mayor of the Residence Inn in Sharonville (Cincinnati), OH | |
| 8 | Commuted to work on a HD Road King Classic | |
| 9 | Dropped the brass bushing down the wall space behind the shower controls. | |
| 10 | Fished the bushing out using a webcam, duct tape, 2 coat hangers, and assistance from a friend (both geeky and manly like MacGuyver) | Fished the bushing out using a webcam, duct tape, 2 coat hangers, and assistance from a friend (both geeky and manly like MacGuyver) |
| 11 | Repaired the shower valve | |
| 12 | Replaced a bad CPU fan on my friends PC. | |
| 13 | Showered | |
| 14 | Volunteered to do yard markers at my son’s youth football game | |
| 15 | Repaired a broken lawn sprinkler | |
| 16 | Made the boys clean Mom’s SUV inside & out | |
| 17 | Unclogged the sink drain | |
| 18 | Downloaded & burned Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ISO to a CD | |
| 19 | Helped oldest son repair CD drive & upgrade his PC’s BIOS | |
| 20 | Demonstrated Ubuntu to my oldest son | |
| 21 | Wrote this blog entry |
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