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The weekend was fairly slack. Saturday morning we went and found a nice wooded spot to bury Miki out behind the complex. Near the power lines, but that just means that they won't be building more condos on top of the spot. Then in the afternoon went to the Dulles maul to go to our favorite little shop that sells anime-related and Sanrio stuff), Suncoast (where I gave in and bought the two Revolutionary Girl Utena dvds), and Hot Topic (where I was thwarted, but not surprised, by them not having anything interesting on their tiny little clearance rack, even at half off clearance prices).

Emma seems to be feeling a lot better, she's back to not letting anyone pet her and her appetite has definitely returned. She's decided that she *really* likes her antibiotics (something cherry-flavored, I think), and is going to be really disappointed when she doesn't get it anymore.

Sunday we had several folks over to watch "But I'm a Cheerleader" and eat at the rodizio restaurant across the street. Had a very nice evening hanging out with everyone. It's so nice to be social after sitting at home by myself all day long most days.

Yesterday we accomplished pretty much nothing but getting sucked into the SciFi Channel "Star Trek" marathon. And today I should learn more advanced router configuration so I can go back and add some additional functionality. Go me.

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This article is both hysterically funny and truly sad at the same time.

Mining the depths of American ignorance of Canada has yielded prime time gold for the satirical TV news show ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes,'' produced by Nova Scotia's Salter Street Films and aired by CBC. Probably the most popular and certainly the most outrageous segment is Mercer's ''Talking to Americans.''

Preposterous questions are put to unsuspecting Yanks - who ramble cluelessly about whether Canada should become part of North America (university student: ''I don't know.''); should continue the national voting system of dropping pine cones or birchbark into ballot boxes (Louisiana man: ''At least you are ecologically sound.''); or whether Canada should keep its navy despite being landlocked.

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Did I miss something in the last year or so? When did something like this start to qualify as a "webmaster" position rather than a network/system admin position?


Immediate opening for a skilled webmaster who will provide support to a newly occupied multi-contract office. This individual must have 1-3 years experience in setting-up, troubleshooting and maintaining PCs. Hands-on experience should include configuring and installing cards (network interface cards, video/sound cards, and internal fax/modems). Must be capable of handling all the hardware maintenance for the systems. Experience with and ability to design and maintain company and customer web site requirements (HTML and Java). Candidate should be familiar with installing software applications (MS Office particularly), operating systems (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Linux) Familiarity with Netware is a plus. The ability to configure user accounts, solve network printing problems, and troubleshoot problems that would cause a network crash also a plus. In addition, the individual must management skills to assist in the support of the TANC (Technology and Acquisition Needs Center), a multi-media conference facility that integrates multiple platform PCs into a video-switched display system.