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Robster

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Full-time computer support guy, part-time radio guy, pretty-much-done wrestling ring announcer guy... in my spare time I surf the Net and sleep. Anything else? This is the point where, if I missed something, you go click "Send Message" and tell me. :)You should know that I am not looking to have 1.3 million "friends" I don't know... just a few people on my friends list who really are friends... thanks...

My Interests

Reading, driving, pro wrestling and other more real sports, improv comedy (watching, not playing, thanks!), surfing the Internet (obvious, I know), and just trying to enjoy what I'm doing at any given moment... and my blog at http://robster2001.wordpress.com .

I'd like to meet:

You.After all, you did take the time to come here and visit, so please leave a message. Or add me. Or both. :)

Music:

Pop, rock, and '80's, mostly, although there's a little of everything stashed on the iPod.I play '60s/'70s on the radio on weekends (Saturdays 10am-3pm, Sundays noon-5pm) on Richmond's 107.3 BBT (which is actually on 107.3 FM/Richmond and 100.3 FM/Petersburg).

Movies:

Movies: I'm not a movie-type person. I don't really like movie theatres... I'll catch movies that interest me on cable or DVD.

Television:

TV: Sports, news, game shows, *some* reality TV... let's be honest, most TV series either require far too much commitment (not to name any names -- "Lost", "24", "Heroes") or far too little intelligence (almost everything else)... I usually find one good series a year, and watch it get cancelled. It was "Studio 60" in 2006-07, and it looks like I've cursed (ha!) "New Amsterdam" this year.
OK, I watch "Deal or No Deal" and "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?"! Satisfied???

Books:

The 5-book Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy. :) Or almost anything written by Scott Adams.
Other than that, it's mostly non-fiction or that undefined category known as "pop reference" (at least, by me)... a lot of reading along the lines of the stuff I need to know if I ever do manage to get on Jeopardy!.

Heroes:

Heroes aren't anything but a sandwich.
You have to find your motivation inside, not outside... and I'm partial to people who follow their own course, instead of someone else's... after all, if you're not you, who are you?

My Blog

Moving, this blog is

I've decided to merge my old LiveJournal blog into my MySpace blog......on Wordpress.http://robster2001.wordpress.comIt's been interesting blogging here, but I think I'd rather blog on a successful bl...
Posted by Robster on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:59:00 PST

Ear worm

How do you leave the past behindWhen it keeps finding ways to get to your heartIt reaches way down deep and tears you inside outTil you're torn apart From "Rent", Rent soundtrack...
Posted by Robster on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:38:00 PST

Promotional announcement

I've mentioned, I think, that I'm a bit of a Dilbert fan.Go check my profile, if you haven't recently.'Nuff said. :)
Posted by Robster on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:02:00 PST

Braves 4: Land of Futile Gestures

A few dreamers have put up http://savetherbraves.com in hopes that an online petition drive will somehow convince the Braves organization to keep their AAA team here.The odds of that petition drive wo...
Posted by Robster on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:26:00 PST

Miscellany

Braves:  The International League is currently hedging its bets -- they've approved the move of the Braves to Gwinnett for 2009, but are not releasing their claim to the Richmond territory... jus...
Posted by Robster on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:41:00 PST

Braves 3: Face-Saving

Scanning the Net tonight, the consensus seems to be:- Forget another Triple-A club.  The IL is too stable right now.- Minor League Baseball considers Richmond part of Eastern League (Double-A) or...
Posted by Robster on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:06:00 PST

After the Braves?

For those who don't follow minor-league baseball... affiliation agreements between Major League Baseball teams and their minor affiliates expire after even-numbered seasons.  Now, not all 30 expi...
Posted by Robster on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:39:00 PST

Exit Braves, stage left...

Congratulations to Emperor Wilder and the other asshats who make decisions in the Richmond metro area.The Braves organization finally got tired of the delays, arguments, and diversions and are pulling...
Posted by Robster on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:28:00 PST

This... is.... your chance to try out online for Jeopardy!

The annual Jeopardy! online qualifying test is being offered on Tuesday, January 29 at 8:00 PM EST (and again on January 30 at 9:00 PM EST and January 31 at 11:00 PM EST, although you can only take on...
Posted by Robster on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:15:00 PST

Can I start this year over again?

Geez... :) the workload on the day job has spiked *again*... and it seems that an epidemic of dumb has struck the place, as the callers we get at the helpdesk are less competent and more abusive than ...
Posted by Robster on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:08:00 PST