Michael Greifenkamp
@nerdrium
I am a Linux administrator at a large, Midwestern University. Clergy abuse survivor. Adopted. Recovering alcoholic. I like both Star Wars/Trek. Comic book fan. I speak Atari 2600 & Apple //e. Tree planter. Illini 🧡💙 My phone # is 420-8647. I have opinions.
Would you believe dragonflies + barn swallows + bats (!!!) + frogs = no mosquitoes. Like ever. It's pretty surprising.
Check me out! 20TB drive goes bad. Under warranty! Ship back with RMA. Yay! 6 months go by. Me: "Hey! WTF?" No RMA in system. So I order one (plus a bunch of SSSDs). Next day RMA replacement appears. Obvs. Order of 22 2TB SSDs arrives w/o 20TB. Today: vendor can't fulfill 20TB, canceling. #winning
I get over-conscious of making too much smoke when I'm having a fire. Then I peek around the corner from my hiding spot on the patio and see that my neighbor lit a fire as well.
Okay, ADHD, the pavers have proven that they are not going to bury themselves. Maybe today is the day. Maybe. #adhd #gardening
We had a little squall the other day that destroyed my years-old patio umbrella, so I got myself a new one. It's huge! And it has LED lights underneath with a small solar panel and battery on top! Yay divorce!
Received an e-mail this morning that I had an "important letter" regarding an "account adjustment." After going through multiple gyrations to log in and figure out where said "letter" was, I was finally able to find out what they were so concerned about.
A talk, you say. I'm familiar with the parlance, Jonathan. (Fucking football coach. He was going to hear some fucking yelling. Motherfucker screaming at a little kid. How tough are we now, old man? Break your goddamn ass in half.... Prick.)
When I was in 4th grade my teacher sent me to bring a note to her husband, who was a teacher and assistant coach at the high school. So I took the ramp from the grade school (above the church, R) to the high school athletic offices (above the chapel, L). He was in the football coach's office.
The next question is whether or not there is a pot dispensary in Danville. The troll smokes a lot of pot. Lots of Indiana plates at NuEra in Urbana. That might mean he also has to come to Urbana for weed. If only I knew what his car looked like....
As I expected, it turns out he doesn't live several states away like his profile says -- he's in Danville. Which checks out. I think he's a food delivery driver.
Hells yes. The ducks come over the fence to get droppings from the bird feeder. Lucy stalks them, but, uh, they can *fly*. Somebody waited too long to take off and Lucyfur caught her mid-air. Fortunately for the duck I was outside. She had the nerve to fly over and bitch at me a few minutes ago.
I carried a server out the front door of the datacenter and set it on a bench while I waited for the bus. Within a minute a cop showed up. Uh oh.
While I had planned on honoring my marriage vows until my demise, I'm not going to lie -- now I actually have money to buy myself things like a new grill for Father's Day!
Um, I've worked here for over 24 years. Also, I do not have any "grants" so therefore I am absolutely not a primary investigator of really anything. Subject was "Welcome to the University of Illinois." No explanation otherwise. Just "Click This Link!" We really, really need to do better.
Went to a retirement thing at Riggs, then the Meijers, and back to smoking in the garage. 50mg edibles may or may not have been on sale at the dispensary last week. Listening to DC101 on the speaker ball. Karens vs. Cops videos on YouTube on mute.
Betcha a cookie it either goes north of me or peters out before it gets here.
Also happy 4:20 to all who celebrate. I'm done working for the day. Rush on the hi-fi, full pack of smokes, my beautiful feral ferocious familiar by my side on my new deck, and thankfully no damn wind.