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Leigh said... Pal, we're just happy you're home. Thanks man. It’s good to be home. I look forward to many, many hours of your company. Anonymous said... So, since you are now back in the US, settled in and doing well, is there any chance we will see more MTG blogs from you? I'm hoping so, because I always found your writings to be insightful and fun. I regret to inform you that I believe I am done with Magic. Sorry about that. Unless I win the lottery and no longer need to work, I just don’t feel I will ever have the time to be good at it. And it’s not fun for me or my readers if I’m not at least adequate at the game. Eleven said... Sweet! Looking forward to (hopefully) regular posts (also hopefully) soon. Me too! It’s been crazy. Hope to get more adjusted soon. Tom Darling said... I was clearing out my old gmails and found yours from when you got married. Went to the blog and found you're back in Vermont! Wow! Welcome back. Thanks Tom. It’s go...

I hope this adequately illustrates my bizarre work environment:

Dan and Forrest have hooked up a Smartboard in which to draw out the network configuration. I swivel my chair around to watch, pretending I know what’s going on, but really just trying to learn. I’m sorry, my expertise lies elsewhere. Side note to illustrate : The Assistant Principal stops Dan and I in the hall on the way to a job. “I’m sorry, non-work related question. Do you have a sec?” “Sure.” “I can’t get my iPhone to send mail. It can receive but not send using my school account.” Dan goes white. Me: “I can fix that for you.” And I do. I’m now the iPhone expert. Go me. BFD. Dan and Forrest (from my notes that I actually don’t understand as they draw shit on the whiteboard and I fail to comprehend:) “The VNKernals are here (drawing.) “What if we took VMware and… gibberish, gobbledegook, gibberish... “ “Yeah but NIC1 is here…” “ But look, the 1099 switch is..” “Sure but management is here!” “NO, Management is here on the other two 1099’s.” Hmmm… deep t...