Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

A Stand-Up Outfit
August 02, 2005

If you have musical equipment needs, may I humbly suggest you visit Music321. Here is my story…

I recently had the need for some audio equipment to hook some hardware to my computer, and after finding their site, I quickly sifted through their recommendations and selected my items. I saw that everything was in stock, and proceeded to the checkout. I was greeted by a shipping notice that said “Ground Shipping Only”. Well, I needed this stuff for the weekend, so I called their saels line to ask why I couldn’t get next-day or two-day shipping.

The Fat Geeks versus The Thin Geeks
August 02, 2005

There sure are a lot of geeks out there. I’ve noticed that I’m dealing with a lot more thin geeks lately. I think that’s a good thing.

Thin geeks are usually thin. They are often young. They have grown up in an era where body health and business fashion are important and they tend to keep themselves well-kempt.

Thin geeks are often concerned about the environment and reducing or reversing our ill effects on it. They are often philanthropists and donate to charities because they believe in them.

Thin geeks aren’t often wealthy, but have a good retirement planned for themselves. Thin geeks know their stuff generally pretty well, but are blindered into thinking that their way is the only/best way to accomplish something due to their inexperience. Thin geeks will often tout Linux as the penultimate OS, and will often needlessly toil in ancient inefficient console-based editors just to increase their geek cred.

On the other hand, Fat Geeks are the ones who have been toiling in the basement since the 70’s trying to make the internet go.

Medical Consent
August 01, 2005

I had some blood tests done this morning, and filled out some forms giving conset to the testing lab to share their test results with my doctor.

Amongst the text of their permission forms was a paragraph saying something like the following:

If you do not wish to receive materials in the mail related to your health, please initial here: _____

Well, I mentally debated whether I wanted to receive this stuff via mail, and eventually settled on not receiving it, but I got to thinking about this on my drive home. How would the lab know what materials would be related to my health?