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Mr Wizard

get me the hell out of here

About Me

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Wow... a long list, now that I think of it.I'm a Dad of three. Aleigha Ashley is a byootiful addition to the Webb clan. Doran Trevain was supposed to be way mysterious, but he's a daredevil couchdiver instead who likes to watch Dad's old cartoons and falls asleep to Slipknot. Trent Joseph is a moody blues kinda guy that does everything Doran does. Brothers...
I'm a brother of two. Nick is turning out to be like me... he even looks like me but with more hair. He's an entrepreneur of sorts, like his Mom, but better at it. He's a real people pleaser. Adam is well on his way to kicking the shyte out of something... not sure what yet, but when it comes, he'll be ready. He also has the longest hair on record in the family, which is odd because Mom used to have that record. Oh well.
I used to be in a band of five. I (Scuba Steve) sang, Ryan (The Butcher) jammmed strings, Richard (aka Bitchard or Dick) swung leads, Ronnie (The Floor or Dad) spanked bass, and Chris (Jesus Christ or God Damnit) beat on the drums. We used to yell at each other a lot, until we stop playing. It was fun. We're all pensive, but not at all alternative.
--The unfortunate irony of this band was the mid-lifer, Richard, was developing a crisis, fueled by heroin (if, in fact, this very sedative drug could fuel anything), beer (lots of it), and cocaine (this is where most of the fuel came from, I imagine). Cops pulled him over for speeding, and they found a little more than what he wanted them to... so much for dreams. You always seem to wake up at the wrong time...
I'm a programmer by trade. I do lots of .php stuff, and some behind the scenes stuff with Office. It's cool because I do lots of problem solving. Everything is a damned puzzle. I also get to play with monster servers at work. We tweak and trim until the thing purrs like a death machine. All that power takes a lot of air to cool, so any of them you hear may require ear plugs for prolonged exposure.

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Henry Rollins - ("I was thoroughly impressed when Bill Clinton did his, like, five hour testimony of how he didn't get it on with a girl... Basically, he had 800 spears a minute thrown at him for five hours and dodged every one of them. Amazing. You know, most Americans cannot speak english. Here's a guy who uses his toungue prettier than a $50 whore... They should teach Clinton in college. Just how to get around in the language. 'Did you have intercourse with this woman?' 'Have? What do you mean by the use of the word have?'")

George Carlin - ("Say what you want about this country, but I love it here. I love the freedoms we used to have... ")

Movies:

MLK Jr. Speech on Boondocks

This is the speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gives in "The Return of the King," an episode of The Boondocks. There is some fiction, and some truth, I believe, in what is said here. In the show, following this speech, there were thousands of protesters that came to the white house to push the second civil rights movement. Then, in 2020, Oprah Winfrey wins the presidential election. Kinda funny thought, but sure, why not? I'd vote for her.

Television:

Install Windows Vista

I have had about enough of Microsoft bloating its software to the point of ridiculous. Wizards that could throw fireballs easier than install sound. Drivers that could drive you into a wall easier than they could inteface your hardware. Well, after this simple video tutorial on upgrading to Vista, my troubles are over. Incidentally, I am an avid user of Ubuntu .

My Blog

We are lost!

One of the dominant cultures in my apartment complex has the appearance of a Muslim feel. Not sure the words, but many women and young girls wear the hijab, which is the scarf around the head to cover...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:21:00 PST

A Strange Connection

I feel strange today. I've looked over my friends list, and I can remember barely having any to show. Now, I have a list of bands, mostly, and Sanaz and Juliya, who I think are classified as part of t...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:49:00 PST

visions of future and resistance

So, I woke up this morning with a strange dream lingering in my head, which in itself is somewhat strange. It's strange because as of this writing, I've been up for over 2.5 hours, where I usually don...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:10:00 PST

Racism and Classism

Let me get this way out in front. This entry is not at all religious, but strictly philosophical. Why the two are grouped completely eludes me, but wtf-ever. Perhaps, if anyone even reads this stuff a...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:55:00 PST

Bleeding from the eyes

Given a night of restlessness, a pack of smokes, and enough coffee, anyone can have a crazy kind of insight that makes us stop and look at ourselves with new eyes... the ones bleeding from the lack of...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:37:00 PST

So, what if we hated you? (more)

yeah, so more cryptic explanations of a life worth reading, if I could tell it right. I never could tell anything right unless you were right in front of me to ask questions.I'll try to elaborate: The...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:24:00 PST

Cast Aside (song idea)

When all is saidthere's nothing I've doneyet all my nerves arescreaming fromthe pain I've made beggingto be numbit's all for mefor you there will benone...A cold wind rusheson my faceyet the air is st...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:00 PST

So, what if we hated you?

I was a child once. It was strange being a child. Everything hurt. Everyone was so protective. No one would tell me anything. A select few would beat me while telling me nothing. A strange childhood i...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:19:00 PST

Who is Screaming?

... and I turned to look, even though it seemed that I could not move my eyes. The crunching sound, then the squishing noise, compelled me to look. The floor, in what appeared to be a very small and d...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:27:00 PST

Leaving You (song idea)

I remember when the gap was closer to closingand I remember a time that the tone was set to make a better place for youI remember making home a happy place for youBut now we're bitter and coldWe screa...
Posted by Mr Wizard on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:58:00 PST