Well, now, when I was on my first date that didn’t lead to a second date, my friend said it was because all I did was talk about me. Here, I’m being asked to do just that!

So, I retired from the network engineering world with some certifications in Windows and Cisco.

Now, bored poopless, I wanna do something more challenging to this here mind, that is rapidly slowing down. Hoping maybe this’ll give it a jump start:)

Played around with Slackware linux, I think maybe '92, '93? It was brand new back then and no GUI.

Friend of mine moved across Country but wanted to stay in touch using ICQ. In those good 'ol days, one had to compile almost everything for linux. Did so, fired it up and I was asked to enter my user name and password. Figured it was part of the configuration.

Did so, and didn’t give it another thought. Username: root. All of a sudden, the HDD light was as busy as a one armed paper hanger.

Bought me a Cisco firewall. Fascinated (and anal) with security, since then.

Married to wife version 1 for 13 years, then upgraded to wife version 2.

2 boys, 1 43, and the other 47. 4 Grand kids. One girl, 22, from the oldest kid, she’s working on her CPA,.

The rest from the younger.

Oldest an 18 y/o girl wants to be a forensic scientist. A 16 year old, boy I call the burger king, because he has no ambition what-so-ever!

The youngest? Holy CRAP! I dunno where he got his brains from, but it twarnt my side of the family! 6 years old, the kid can name every capital is the US, almost every country in the world, and what really blows my mind?

He can name all the planets in order and says, and I quote, “When you get to Pluto, it may or may not be a planet, depending on who you ask!”

Recently I asked him if he knew what the diameter of the earth is. Says, no… I say, there are 24 time zones in the world. There is 1000 miles between time zones. His face lights up and says, the earth must be 24,000 miles in diameter! Then says, that must be why there are 24 hours in a day!

I’d say his brain came from his moms side of the family, but she was dumb enough to marry someone raised by me…