Ms. Darby

GNU stands for “Gnu’s Not UNIX” and is the genius behind what most of us know as the Linux operating system. For those of you who instantly turn away from conversation because it sounds too “techie”, hold on tight. This subject has more to do with a free society than an operating system. This philosophy is all new to me, because I am NOT informed in the “computer world.” Having first been exposed to Linux OS by overhearing my knowledgeable computer-geek friends, and then by the documentary Revolution OS, I have come to this conclusion:

The Free Software Foundation, begun by Richard Stallman, who quit his job at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab to further this revolutionary philosophy, is righteous.

Basically, the FSF supports the freedoms of speech, press, and association on the Internet, the right to use encryption software for private communication, and the right to write software unimpeded by private monopolies. I am still educating myself with the vast amount of information on this subject and how it directly appeals to the ideas entertaining citizen controlled (as opposed to corporate controlled) free societies. I would love to hear from those in the know to further my understanding.

May all information be free!

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I can’t tell you how great I feel, and I am a bit surprised, considering I am really broke. I got canned yesterday. The boot. The ax. Don’t let the proverbial door hit you on your way out. The sense of pure relief was overwhelming…

It went like this, in my mind:

Wait… let me get this straight…you are absolving me of any guilt I may feel in actually “walking out the fricking door since the day I started” because it is irresponsible and perhaps unwise at this point in my economic insecurity? You are doing it for me? Sounds too good to be true. What’s the catch? Can I leave right now? This second?

(All of a sudden, I want to kiss you. Is that weird?)

I can walk outa here and NEVER come back and enjoy this day, and the next, and the one after that? With no guilt? Including the guilt I had each and every day in not doing somewhat meaningful work? And I will be raising the bar on my own value, instead of feeling like a lump of shit every day I subjected myself to your piece of crap orginization that misappropriated my overqualified and disgruntled ass?

THANK YOU!

I will now get back to my real path and take the valuable lessons I have learned, which are many. (Including humbling myself, even if it doesn’t sound like it yet)

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My dear friend Evil Vince dropped by this weekend. I loved this photo he shot in Switzerland on his many travels across the globe. Look for his new photo-blog, coming soon to a web server near you. He is the Evil Vince link on this page, and should be up and running with a picture a day and other tantalizing treats…

And for you Harper (as in Ben) fans, Evil is the photographer behind many of the great shots you see within the “Live From Mars” sleeve pics, and then some. Please support his keen talents when you have a moment. “No Evil Mon. No Evil.”

photo by: Evil Vince

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dB, Darby and Cy soaking up the sunny fall day.
photo by : Evil Vince

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David and I on this tiny Island, which one can get to only by boat. Some SICK properties on this Island. And nobody home.

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