Do me a favor, won’t you? E-mail me tecgirl’s e-mail address.
I can’t wait to tell her that my new work has blocked her site for being “General Pornography”.
It’s interesting how people react to my having a blog. For the most part, I attempt to keep it a secret from those I know; but, that’s fairly impossible, considering anyone with a little web-savvy and curiosity could figure it out from my e-mail address. [EDITOR's NOTE: I was, at this point, going to add, "Not to mention if you were to Google me"... but you won't find this site until page 4. Searching for "Dave Kleeman, though? Page 1, baby!"]
A few of my friends are somewhat regular readers, others incessantly so. The vast majority, though, react as if it was something that not only do they choose not to participate in, but something that they would really rather pretend didn’t exist. Not because I write anything particularly scandalous on here (as one friend noted, “Knowing you, you write absolutely nothing personal on your site”), but I think more due to the inherent dorkiness of anything internet related. Personally, I see it as a bit of an underground (though less so with each passing day) hipster thing. But that may also be the same self-delusion that makes Trekkies and Trekkers thing they’re cool.
Something you (and I) didn’t know:
The digits in the Social Security number allow for the orderly assignment of numbers. The number is divided into three parts: the area, group and serial numbers. The first three digits (area) of a person’s number are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on the application for a social security number.Within each area, the group number (middle two digits) range from 01 to 99 but are not assigned in consecutive order. For administrative reasons, group numbers issued first consist of the ODD numbers from 01 through 09 and then EVEN numbers from 10 through 98, within each area number allocated to a State. After all numbers in group 98 of a particular area have been issued, the EVEN Groups 02 through 08 are used, followed by ODD Groups 11 through 99.
Within each group, the serial numbers (last four digits) run consecutively from 0001 through 9999.
Now you know (and knowing is half the battle).
It’s my first day of work at the new job. Updates as they become appropriate.
ADG and I saw (the new) The Stepford Wives last night. It was a fairly good movie with some good performances by some big names. It definitely was an easy way to kill a few hours.
If nothing else, though, it was definitely a big commercial, which is becoming more and more common. There were at least three different scenes that took place in an idyllic grocery store. Carts (the non-wobbling variety, mind you) were filled to overflowing (which, in my 29 years, I have yet to ever do), with a multitude of recognizable products placed just so.
Interestingly, these three separate trips were each within a week or so of each other, and the carts were always full. There are a lot of compulsive overeaters in Stepford apparently.
I have two drafted posts, but no motivation to finish them. Rather, I have the motivation, just not the vision. So, instead of posting something political, topical, or scandalous, I will tell you what I’ve done today:
Umm, I just took a shower (I was naked, ladeez). I cleaned up around the house. I watched TV.
And that about brings you up to date. It’s been that kind of day.
Estoy en mexico. Es una gran aventura.
And also wet. Very, very wet.
Of all the random thoughts that have passed through my mind today, this one may be the most pointless:
“When I wash all of my white socks, what are the chances that They match up with their original pairs? How likely is it that one sock stays with its mate for it’s entire life? Assuming a normal sock life, and no special markings, has this EVER happened anytime in history?”
Followed by thoughts like, “What the hell am I doing?” and “why am I still thinking about this?”
You know what the thing about quitting is? The thing about quitting is that once you get over the intial sadness and stress of announcing that you are doing so, you pretty much can’t wait for your last day. Especially because you will be going to Vegas the day after your last day. If you see me there, by the way, don’t try to get me to loan you money as I will be unemployed for that weekend…
