h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, I had another birthday this week. Surprisingly enough (or maybe NOT so surprisingly, as I'm growing into what is called "middle aged" now), I had forgotton all about it until my two youngest nieces sent me birthday cards on the fateful day. This amazes me as well, since not only do I forget my own birthday, but my mom's and dad's as well. My mom's is easier to remember, since her's is only 4 days after mine- and I was under the impression that my dad's was April 2nd, until he corrected me the other day and informed me it was actually the 24th or that month. Oh, well.

I was flattered and pleased that my two dear little nieces still thought enough of their Uncle to remember my birthday- even if I had forgotton!

I did get a wonderful gift this year- the COMPLETE HITCH-HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY- which includes the short-story "Young Zaphoid" and the grande finale of the trilogy (book 5), "Mostly Harmless", which I've ached to read since Fenchurch informed me of it's existance.

I miss Fenchurch. But I understand she's a new boyfriend, and has prolly weened herself from her net addiction.

Now all my friends from real-life are getting on the net, we even have our own mailing list & stuff, but at this point I'm becoming bored with the net myself. It figures, doesn't it?

So unless I'm just completely bored (as now), I just bother to check my e-mail and such, flame a few idiots on the ultra-leftwing boards I like to annoy, and do very little else on the net.

It's amazing to me how little productive work I've got done on my computer since I've been on the net- which has become more restrictive and commercialized as time has passed. *yawn* Even to the "no outside links" here, which is basically just a way for the BBC to attempt to keep everyone who has an account here spending their time just in this spot- though they don't have the amount of sheer SPAM to be found on simular forums with simular restrictions.

This is the first post I've made here since the WTC event. That was probably the most unreal day I've spent. I received the news via the net- and my first thought was "this has to be a hoax, it couldn't be real.". Of course, further research and exploration revealed just how real this horror was.

A virtual "friend" of mine get's off at the WTC subway station each day to go to work. Luckily, he was a bit late getting into work that day, so his train was stopped a few stations back before the buildings collapsed.

Why can't people just live their lives, and leave people alone who leave them alone? What is it with people that they have to dictate what everyone else may or may not do with their person's or property?

I'm sure Fenchurch misses you too. She was thoroughly upset with aforementioned events, and the resulting less-than-desireable treatment by those who acknowledged her distinctly ethnic features. She is, however, feeling better and confident in (yet wary of) all that has resulted.

She wishes you a very late happy birthday and happy Thanksgiving.

She's at work and has to go.

I, Researcher 187458, serve as an avatar for the unexplicable spirit that is Fenchurch's... hunger. Mmmm... ice cream.

FENNY! Wonderful to "see" you around here again!

It sucks that people are turning what a few loonz do into a racial/ethnic thing- which essentially makes them on par with the loonz. Alyssa has had the same kind of trouble from people, even though she's not arabic- she just "looks" it. Hang in there, sweetness, no-one with half a brain would equate YOU with a few Egyptian and Saudi freakz who're still holding a grudge over the moors losing Spain in the middle-ages...

Did you know I've now 3 computers in my LAN? Mrpooter is running headless (well, I've got output going to the tee-vee, but I only turned it on when I was installing stuff) as my linux router and firewall to the net, my newest friend, George, who I'm running the Xsession to Mrpooter on at the nonce, and, of course, Ashtar, who's sitting over under the desk behind the recliner in which I'm relaxing at the nonce. Head-to-head gaming rulez!

I've also got my unlimited-mileage flight-pass again! My old man divorced his 2nd wife, gave her all his pensions, and moved to Mexico where he married the niece of the governor of the province where they live, so he's not worried about my flights putting him in a "higher tax bracket" anymore. hehehe. I've already been to Costa Rica this summer, and plan on going back in Febuary, and Rio sometime after that, with Spain on the agenda for next summer...

Too bad he didn't tell me about this last year, when I could've come to visit you!

It's turkey-day- or the day after- around here, which shows you how much I keep up with things hereabouts. It's like 6:49 AM, and I logged in to alleviate the boredom. Brings me much joy to find a message from you here!

Let me know what you're doing with yourself nowadays!

L83r

da Baron

PTEWIE!<-------------------------

"And still those darn PIDGEONS follow me around!"

I miss ya too Fenny. I still have my fenny fish laying about waiting till they let us use outside graphics.

Marv

I actually found mine, myself! I knew I had stashed it on a CD someplace, and I came across it not too long ago. The same thoughts as you expressed crossed my mind as well- WHEN will they let us link pics and stuff in? Eh?