I made a small break-through with the firewall today. Yesterday when I tried upgrading the production firewall, the installer died with a Dr. Watson error - not good. Neither myself nor support really had an idea why it did this. After digging around today...
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April 02, 2003
When Al-Qaeda Strikes...
I had a night terror about a spider at 2am this morning. I distinctly remember having a night terror about a spider about two weeks before September 11th, I pray that it is merely coincidence. In the first night terror I woke up screaming: " I saw a spider!!"...
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April 03, 2003
I started reading "An Introduction to Carbon" tonight. It is very good, actually after a few minutes of reading I realized how easy the Carbon interface is; it appears to be superbly laid out...
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April 05, 2003
A day without rain...
I spent the morning sleeping. I could have gotten up, I wasn't really tired on this beautiful Saturday morning, but as usual laziness prevailed as I lay in bed drifting periodically between sleep and wake. Drifting. Drifting. Waking.
My friend Anthony called me around 11am...
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April 06, 2003
Perhaps it isn't fair to say that Dr. Paprzycki was solely responsible for killing my desire to write. One, it is wrong to blame any one but myself more my current lack of motivation. Two, a person can only have such an effect if you let them...
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April 07, 2003
What great fortune today, Greg asked that I go to a Windows XP training class this morning (He really thinks that I am not proficient with Windows because I don't like using it - and I was behind when I first took this job but not so much now...
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April 08, 2003
Gidget is my new name for Checkpoint NG because it is a total tease. Today, I successfully pushed a policy from the back-up management console to the back-up firewall on version 4.1. It took most of the morning to get the damned things to version 4.1...
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April 09, 2003
The Words of the Profit Isaiah
Chapter 13, verse 2Prophecies about Babylon [Iraq] Lift up a standard on the bare hill,
Raise your voice to them,
Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.
I have commanded My consecrated ones,
I have even called My mighty warriors...
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April 11, 2003
I ran a five kilometer race tonight. It was tough, I haven't been training very rigorously since Minor left, but I had an okay outing despite this. The thing that hindered my performance the most was having to work the outage the night before...
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April 12, 2003
Today I played my second round of golf for the season - it was a rough outing, but fun. I took in too much sun as well. I came home to find an auspicious letter waiting for me in my postbox, mail on Saturday is unusual...
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April 13, 2003
Herds and Herds of God's Little Cows...
I held the envelope in my hand, my breath quickened, for an instance I let myself slip into a day dream of what life could be like after opening this envelope. The move away from the corporate world and back into my beloved academia, where my days would be filled with intrigue, discovery...
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April 14, 2003
I played golf today as part of the Corporate Challenge, I had a hot putter and nothing else. It was a good day of rest.
April 18, 2003
Coffee brings us together
Coffee brings us together. Young and old, male and female, punk and prep, coffee brings us together. It is a warm spring day. The wind running from corner to corner, wrapping its warmth around all...
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April 20, 2003
While going to meet some friends, Maryna and I passed another patch of clovers... she stooped momentarily and upon rising, held another four-leafed clover in her hands. Absolutely amazing. I told her I want to start selling them on e-bay.
April 23, 2003
Last night Maryna needed some support and comfort to deal with some issues at her job, this left me more than a little tired when I made it home. Naturally, I was late to work the morning after - I didn't make it in until almost 9am. Out walks Dave "The New Kid on the Block" Henderson...
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April 28, 2003
musings...
Tonight I ran with a fire I haven't had since early in the Summer. I haven't pushed myself so hard since Minor left for Berlin. I think it was because I really felt like getting out for a run, my head was cloudy with thought, running purifies it like a pilgrimage...
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April 29, 2003
Untitled
My Brain is on fire with a madness,
Business consumes me;
I am taken with the torrent.
Hurriedly frenzy, unforgiving rush.
My mind exploding -- firing every cylinder!
Desperately seeking convergence, focus, calm.
