• A legend in his own seat

    Who among us hasn’t dreamed that they would publish a personal web site and attract dozens of visitors from all over the county? Yes, it’s a dream come true. Why just the other day I checked my server log and found that an unprecedented sixty (60) requests had been processed by my server for my little guideline spreadsheet. If each one of those requests represents an individual, then that’s almost as many people as I send Christmas cards every year!

    You might think that this is an exercise in self-depreciating fun; and while you would be right on target, I will admit that I was a little surprised to see even that many hits. I can count the number of people who really care about updates to this spreadsheet on two fingers; and since sixty is greater than two, it is a surprise. Then if that were not enough, my server log registered its first hit from a search engine (for the search: “child support guidelines”).

    Don’t worry folks; I’ll always be “Johnny from the block.”

  • Flying without a spell checker

    By the time I post this entry, it will be Saturday. Why? Because it’s about four ’til midnight right now. What is the significance of all this? Nothing really. Just thought I would get in a few more minutes of self amusement before the day ended.

    Two minutes to go.

    Boy am I a slow typist. “So, how many words per minute do you type?” Good thing that doesn’t come up in conversation very often.

    “Yo. Man, you are one bad ass typist. Them are crazy fingers.”

    Yep. That about wraps it up for today.

    **Note: no artificial colors, sweeteners, or flavors were used in the making of this entry.

  • Ouch

    It had to happen. The law of averages states that if you have too many outliers in one direction, something is bound to come along to balance the books. I just didn’t expect the hammer to fall on my poor, unexpecting iBook. It turns out my computer didn’t have The Qualifying Logic Board Problem after all. What does this mean? It means that it would cost around $400 dollars to fix. That’s a whole lot of hurting for a three year old computer with a replacement cost of around $800.

    There is a light at the end of this tunnel, so don’t stop reading yet.

    It was two nights ago. I was sitting in my family room, playing with my six year old, Revision B iMac (circa 1998), when my wife asked me if I wanted a new computer for the family room. The only thing more surprising than her question was my answer. “No”, I replied.

    I think it may be time to see if that offer has expired.