Now, that's not 100%, once I find out I'm wrong, which is rare, I will completely change my mind to encompass what's right, but things that aren't wrong, but aren't exactly the accurate description anymore tend to stay.
Ron Howard is Opie. I can't see his name in any movie credits without immediately thinking "Opie!"
Keanu Reeves will always be "Ted" Theodore Logan in my mind. I've even re-imagined many of his movies with a character replacement.
Oddly, this actually helps me in the computer world. In the old days devices could NOT share IRQ's safely. This has never been forgotten. When I'm configuring a computer I tend to move things to different PCI slots, tweak the CMOS, and do everything I can to have a few devices per IRQ as I can get away with. Computers run smoother that way, it's measurably better.
I still dress more or less like I did in the 90's.
Yep, I'm hopeless.
2010/08/27
I suppose I should elaborate on the low men in yellow coats.
We're both after the rose. With me the rose will flourish, with them the rose wilts. They have the rose right now, and the wilting has begun.
My struggle with the low men has been ongoing for many years now. My Ka-tet has fought with all we have to keep the rose safe, but the Crimson King intervened, many times, this time with a pack of roont helpers, and the low men are in possession. I am truthful and dedicated to the rose, the low men are obsessed with it. You ask what the difference? So do I. I think the fact that my desire to protect and nurture the rose vs. the low mens desire to exploit and posess the rose are the defining differences.
So, the low men have what they want, my Ka-tet does not. We know that the low men are stupid, and they make mistakes. Usually all we have to do is wait for a mistake and seize the opportunity, however I think the low men have figured this out as well and are doing their best not to have any visible activity. Walter, one of the low men and the one providing the funding, is not happy with the rest at the moment, however he has not given his leave to them as yet. My ka-tet and I watch as we await the inevitable. When scoundrels have a common cause they can unite and work together, but scoundrels at rest have to find new victims and usually it's one another. We can't wait and watch forever however, the rose is wilting and it can still be saved, but it cannot be saved with indefinite waiting, some of the effects of the wilting cannot be undone even as of now, the longer the low men have the rose, the worse the wilting will be.
I have been greatly humbled by these struggles. I am no generally one to rely on others. The fact I have a ka-tet helping me is testimony to that.
I'm going to do my best not to speak at length about my struggle with the low men in yellow coats and the Crimson King, however the background does exist and the fact the background exist is something I need to reveal early on.
Thankee Kindly for reading as you have.
My struggle with the low men has been ongoing for many years now. My Ka-tet has fought with all we have to keep the rose safe, but the Crimson King intervened, many times, this time with a pack of roont helpers, and the low men are in possession. I am truthful and dedicated to the rose, the low men are obsessed with it. You ask what the difference? So do I. I think the fact that my desire to protect and nurture the rose vs. the low mens desire to exploit and posess the rose are the defining differences.
So, the low men have what they want, my Ka-tet does not. We know that the low men are stupid, and they make mistakes. Usually all we have to do is wait for a mistake and seize the opportunity, however I think the low men have figured this out as well and are doing their best not to have any visible activity. Walter, one of the low men and the one providing the funding, is not happy with the rest at the moment, however he has not given his leave to them as yet. My ka-tet and I watch as we await the inevitable. When scoundrels have a common cause they can unite and work together, but scoundrels at rest have to find new victims and usually it's one another. We can't wait and watch forever however, the rose is wilting and it can still be saved, but it cannot be saved with indefinite waiting, some of the effects of the wilting cannot be undone even as of now, the longer the low men have the rose, the worse the wilting will be.
I have been greatly humbled by these struggles. I am no generally one to rely on others. The fact I have a ka-tet helping me is testimony to that.
I'm going to do my best not to speak at length about my struggle with the low men in yellow coats and the Crimson King, however the background does exist and the fact the background exist is something I need to reveal early on.
Thankee Kindly for reading as you have.
2010/08/25
So I've started an anonymous blog.
I've started it anonymously because there are people out to get me. Don't think just because I'm paranoid nobodies out to get me!
I've titled this "brain dumps of an enigmatic geek" because that's exactly what they are. I have lots of thoughts, feelings and anecdotes I want to share, but I can't because the lowmen in yellow coats are out to get me, and I have such a variety of people I get along with. I'm incredibly easy to get along with, the side effect is of that and my enigmatic nature is most of my friends hate one another. For instance I was brought up in a strong Christian family. Truth is most of my values really do reflect that, and I'm still a believer but I can see what the Atheist mean when they call the Christians nothing but brainwashed masses. I truly believe most Atheist fit the definition of a brainwashed religious group at well, it's just a religion of no religion. As a result anything out of my mouth about religion offends either a family member or a friend. Same is true with politics, software companies, hardware companies, you name it. The punishment of not being a snob yet still being opinionated and firm is not necessarily walking on egg shells, it's the knowing everything I say is going to offend someone I care about. Usually I go ahead and offend, people who know me well enough know it's not a personal attack, but I still can't go around doing it all the time. Thus this blog is born.
For instance, something I can't talk about with everyone. My Lava Lamps. I love my Lava Lamps. What I think is utterly hilarious is every time I look at the box the big lamp came in (it's a big tube, that's gotta be handy for something eventually) I read the tag line "The original shape of cool". Really? It's shaped like a giant butt plug! Either I need to re-evaluate what cool is and decide if I want to be cool, or the fact it's the original shape of cool, inferring a new shape of cool must have come along cool has moved on from being shaped like a gigantic butt plug, but like the Model-T being the original mass produced car we have nostalgia for the giant butt plug shape.
There's no way I could have said that to most people I know and come away unscathed.
I'm also a very busy person. Being busy calls. I've got to go now, but expect more from me later.
I've titled this "brain dumps of an enigmatic geek" because that's exactly what they are. I have lots of thoughts, feelings and anecdotes I want to share, but I can't because the lowmen in yellow coats are out to get me, and I have such a variety of people I get along with. I'm incredibly easy to get along with, the side effect is of that and my enigmatic nature is most of my friends hate one another. For instance I was brought up in a strong Christian family. Truth is most of my values really do reflect that, and I'm still a believer but I can see what the Atheist mean when they call the Christians nothing but brainwashed masses. I truly believe most Atheist fit the definition of a brainwashed religious group at well, it's just a religion of no religion. As a result anything out of my mouth about religion offends either a family member or a friend. Same is true with politics, software companies, hardware companies, you name it. The punishment of not being a snob yet still being opinionated and firm is not necessarily walking on egg shells, it's the knowing everything I say is going to offend someone I care about. Usually I go ahead and offend, people who know me well enough know it's not a personal attack, but I still can't go around doing it all the time. Thus this blog is born.
For instance, something I can't talk about with everyone. My Lava Lamps. I love my Lava Lamps. What I think is utterly hilarious is every time I look at the box the big lamp came in (it's a big tube, that's gotta be handy for something eventually) I read the tag line "The original shape of cool". Really? It's shaped like a giant butt plug! Either I need to re-evaluate what cool is and decide if I want to be cool, or the fact it's the original shape of cool, inferring a new shape of cool must have come along cool has moved on from being shaped like a gigantic butt plug, but like the Model-T being the original mass produced car we have nostalgia for the giant butt plug shape.
There's no way I could have said that to most people I know and come away unscathed.
I'm also a very busy person. Being busy calls. I've got to go now, but expect more from me later.
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