You’ll notice in MovableType (and probably every other weblog publishing/CMS that exists), that when you delete something, a placeholder of sorts still exists for that entity. If it was assigned a number, any sort of spot in the database, that spot is still open for it. It bugs me to have that spot stay there. I wish there was a way to condense it down and start the numbering process back on the new top number. And while it’s at it, renumber them based on the date that they were posted. Maybe I’m asking too much, and maybe I’m just trying to simplify the fact that I should be in phpMyAdmin fixing it all right now, but it would be better if there was a way to compact it all.

Who knows. My entry is in there somewhere.

Just a few things that I need to cover to keep everyone mildly updated on the goings on at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, WA.
1.) Microsoft Update is a reality. It combines Windows Update, Office Update, and adds checking for any other MSFT products at the same time. I think it’s spiffy. Find it here (warning, going here will lead you through the install procedure for it. If you don’t like the newness, and want to wait for it to be seasoned in, hold off for about a week.) http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
(Warning 2, remember, you must be in IE to do this)
2.)If you use MSFT’s AntiSpyware program, it’s been updated to make the programs internal time bomb not go off until the end of the year. I’m a fan of this program, big time. MSFT knew the right purchase to make. Get the new version here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3408562
3.) And now shying away from MSFT to their competition, Spybot: Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware have released versions 1.4 and 1.06 of their respective softwares. Always no time like the present to get the new versions of stuff. I especially like Spybot’s new entry, as it runs the scan lots faster, and immunizes for more malware products.
Keeping you on the bleeding edge, where I try to keep myself.

Well, yeah. I have. I just needed someone to kick me in the ass and tell me that I have been. And even though I do have “charm and [a] cute accent,” it still doesn’t excuse the fact that I can’t make myself write anything worth reading on this site. It sucks. I’ve got several items in the queue, but nothing is just rolling off the tounge like it should be. I don’t know what it is. All the things that I love haven’t been interesting me like they usually do.
This entry to this point was all written Wednesday morning. The events of Wednesday night through tonight have changed where my loves lie.
I still have my charm and cute accent. It’s a constant from what I am told. Instead of things flowing like gravel in the mud, it’s like the dam burst, and everything is coming out. It’s refreshing. I’ve popped out three entries already today, none of which were started more than 30 hours ago, when the line in my title was said to me, about me, by Laura. You wanna talk about getting your face kicked in, it sure did it. That was just the start. I finished up that article I was working on (which was another reason I was being anal retentive lately), and it got good reviews from the team members, and I felt like it was going to do something good for us. Last night, with the strip club experience, it just helped me relieve all of that sexual frustration that had been building up inside of me. It just let me flow.
Things have been so good lately, I’m just waiting for the kick in the ass so I can get back to reality. Thanks to all of you that stuck with me, supported me, and did what you always do to make it better in the end.

It’s no secret that I am a geek. It’s part of the fiber of my being. Well, this geek doesn’t do so bad for himself every once in a while. I was charged with helping revitalize some of the life in the team, getting more people to come into our chat, since numbers have been dwindling and the easiest route to get into the chat had mysteriously become non-functioning. I wrote up a big article on IRC, what it is, how to get to our little corner to chat, and what you can use to do it. The newsletter that goes out to the people that we have helped over the years shipped at 7:30 CT, and we got our first new visitor to the chat in over a month at 7:45. It made me smile. I did something good for myself.

(name withheld),
I suck at being a good person. Plain and simple. I’m a horrible little shit. I wronged you. For that, I’m sorry. But, this isn’t an apology letter. I’ve done my apology. I want to tell you what I really felt about you. Like the title implies, I loved you. No, it wasn’t a crush. It wasn’t just a lust that I felt for you. And it’s not something that I developed from sleeping in the same bed with you for several nights, or you kissing me, or anything. I loved your personality. I loved your mind. I loved your soul. I loved you and all that you were. The night that I inquired about it with you, and was shot down was heart-wrenching. When I went back to my place, there were tears and cursing. This person who I had fallen madly in love with was not going to reciprocate. It tore me up inside. I did everything that I could in order to try to win your love, realizing all too late that it was unwinnable, and that in my trying, I did more harm than good. It was hard to hear you say you were leaving. It’s been hard too much for me lately, because you are still in my thoughts. I can’t shake you, and probably will never be able to. You’ll probably never read this, ’cause you don’t visit here anymore. But, I feel better. And I still…
Love you,
D
(No comments. E-mail me.)

All be damned, since everyone that goes to my school, some people back home, people I work for, and basically every girl that I have ever tried to talk to has the knowledge of where this site is, and who I am.
I went to a strip club tonight.
It was wonderful.
In the state of Tenessee, you are allowed, and even encouraged by the girls to touch. This makes it inherently better than KY with its 6 foot rule.
It was my first visit to such an establishment. I didn’t really know what to expect, how to do anything, or how to go about it all, but the three ladies there took the three gentlemen (including me) under their collective wings, and showed us the ropes that define the Foxy Lady. There’s not much else to say, other than I had the natural male experience, and I found a stripper that knows how to shake it in front of me to get both a couple of dollar bills (that she told me to hold in my mouth as she collected them), and a promise of a lap dance as soon as she got off stage.

Google. Microsoft. Adobe. All of these companies are ones that have used their power and prevalence in the computer industry to come in, buy up others, and become more powerful in doing so. There is another though. One that started small, still is small, but is quickly gaining ground from the tiny acquisitions it is making. This little giant is Trend Micro. In the past few months, it has added Intermute, Inc. (buyers of CWShredder), and now has recently acquired Kelkea, another player in the anti-spyware market. It’s not really that much. These two places are just but tiny specks on the radar, compared to all these big corporations, even if you just look in the anti-malware field. But be on the lookout for what Trend Micro is doing. Everybody has to start somewhere in this world, and often times, the biggest names come from the smallest places.

Google News is my selected source for all things newsworthy. I go there, and it delivers to me the things that it deems important to making me be informed about my day. It’s just been a recent thing, as I decided to remove my head from my ass and get to reading up about what is going on in this world. Well, being the technophile that I am, I always keep a close watch on the Science/Tech section they keep on the page. Being a user of Windows, and the occasional distro of Linux, I never keep my eyes on the news of the Macintosh world. But recently, with Apple’s decision to move processing power for their machines from IBM based PowerPC chips, to the Intel desktop uberstandard Pentium line of processors, I have kept my eye on this little gem of a story. And now, since it’s about a week old, and everyone and their grandmother knows about the switch, I have to say “Who cares?” Sure, this is a major step in computing, one that could change things for years, but I think 5 days after the point, “WE FINALLY GET IT.” Thanks.

What happened? The only things I can figure are that you got drunk and deleted your blog, Blogger/Google did it for you, or you got your shit pushed in (a la Laura) and had to take everything down as well. Please respond, inquiring mind(s) want to know.

Don’t knock it until you try it.
Things have been going interestingly as of late. Work sucks more each day, it’s the monotony of it all. It’s nothing different. Go to work, sit around for 30 minutes, teach a lab, teach another lab, fix computers, go home, repeat.
*about 30 minutes later* those beers are settling well.