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Dear God,
I moved to California for a reason. What is with the under-60-degree temperatures here in San Jose today? Is it too much to ask, that since 45-year-old, 3BR, 1400-square-foot houses right down the street from me routinely sell for nearly $600,000, that we could at least have 72-degree balmy weather year-round? You heard me; [...]

It must be said. Del Taco is 15 minutes away by car (Hamilton Ave. and San Tomas Expwy, if you’re in the area), but I consistently go there way more than El Pollo Loco or any of those other places. They are open 24 hours every day except Sunday, when they close at midnight, and [...]

Brandon finally got me the bandwidth graphs for one customer I knew was pushing more than their contract stated they could. They were paying $379/mo. for 8U and 800GB (which is about 3Mbit.)
Brandon sent me their graphs today. They are pushing 22Mbit. At our current prices with AboveNet, we’re losing almost $1000/month on this one [...]

Well, I wrote a poem tonight for the first time in several years. It’s a habit I should get back into. I used to think I wasn’t any good at it, but then tonight I opened up several of my old poems again and found a depth of personality and character I didn’t realize I [...]