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I built a new server. Here is a quick rundown of the stats.

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First, read this entry from October 20th, 2007.

Okay, all done?

Now, nearly two years later, the drama is over.

In the drama that (I thought!) had ended back then, Earthlink charged me late fees and paper invoice fees for a product I had never ordered, never received, did not want, and never even remotely ordered. It was an antivirus package that ( Read more... )

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Well, my wife and I took the first step to getting into shape. We went down to the gym and worked out while our laundry was running in the next room.

Result:

Mrs. Springer did close to 40 minutes on the treadmill.

I did ~15 minutes on the elliptical and 10 on the treadmill.

I feel like every joint is broken. I hurt, people. Really, really bad.

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As regular readers may be noticing, there are more and more posts appearing on Wogblog from long before Wogblog was started.

No, I have not gone back in time (at least, not physically). I imported my Livejournal account and have been sorting through the 2,000+ posts I made there for anything interesting that might fit Wogblog.

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• My marriage is, in a word, wonderful. Katie and I resonate together. We have our difficulties, to be sure, but we face them together. She is patient in those areas that I have issues, and vice versa. My worst complaints about her, upon further reflection, turn out to be the most minor annoyances. Those things that some other people could not stand ( Read more... )

Ten years ago tonight, I was living in a homeless shelter called Safe Haven. I was in Seattle, sleeping on a dirty gray mat with scratchy gray blankets, looking up at the bare rafters of a empty office building.

I went because I was afraid of real life. I was afraid of failing where everyone could see me. I was afraid of being judged. I was afraid ( Read more... )