Adventures in Network Plumbing

Last Updated: October 2, 2005August 30, 2014 (whoa!)

Currently a recovering unix sysadmin masquerading as a cable monkey. OK. I fell off the wagon, and am doing Windows admin and support monkey work at a local church Now trying to make it as a tech entrepreneur since 2011. Chief herder of nerdherd. Contented hubby of moonsend and proud papa of Faith, who was born in August of 2003, and is the cutest. babytoddlerbig kidmiddle schooler (WTF?!?!?!). ever, and Clara, born October 2005, who is the cutest. babytoddlerpreschoolerthird-grader. ever.

I really don't hang out much here anymore, but you already knew that. It's a nice quiet escape from the insanity of Facebook.

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