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The Perfect Balance of the Manly Geek

Saturday, May 1, 2010 by Dana.

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.

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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10 Predictions for 2010

Friday, January 1, 2010 by Dana.

Happy New Year! I’m awake at 7am on 1/1/2010 to make predictions.

  1. My 1st nap of 2010 will occur today (1/1/2010).
  2. My dogs will boycott making resolutions to behave better.
  3. My car will get stolen forcing me to get a newer one that doesn’t need shocks, breaks, or general maintenance.  Wait… no… I sense that is just wishful thinking on my part.
  4. I will put away Holiday decorations with a vow to get better ones for outside next year.  I will end up putting up the same crappy decorations after Thanksgiving, except 2 more strands of lights will quit working.
  5. Based on straight party line voting, we will get a national health care system. Due to all the compromises, it will be so watered-down and confusing, that people will complain about it well into 2011. Republicans will still do nothing to reverse the damages caused by 8 years of the Bush administration.
  6. My discontent for suburbia will make me search for a rural home with no neighbors within 300 yards. The kids will beg us to not move to the middle of nowhere, so I will still be blogging about Disturbia into 2011.
  7. My middle child will hit a growth spurt around his 13th birthday in March and will be as tall as me by 2011.

Ok… Now for some real predictions

  1. The Tempe woman that showed up in Miami without her 8-month old that was last seen in San Antonio will confess to killing her child after her boy is discovered in her abandoned vehicle.
  2. A major earthquake will create a giant sinkhole in Mexico south of Yuma, AZ.  It will create a beautiful spring-filled lake that turns Yuma, AZ into a major tourist town.
  3. Android-based phones will outnumber iPhones. Apple products will revert to a minor cult status for a few years until they wow us again with a new system using a holographic projection display and thought recognition for system input.

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