- Despite being thought of as least likely to be a father (for an abundance of reasons), I became a father before almost all of my friends.
- I have worked at many jobs, starting when I was 14. All of my jobs have been computer-related, no fast-food mcjob ever.
- I took 3 years off from working to raise my daughter.
- She was born in a minivan in front of the gynecologists’ office on the way back to the hospital after the hospital kicked us out for not progressing enough.
- We were the first gay couple to have a child at the hospital where she was scheduled for delivery.
- She is biologically related to one of us. We may know which one, we may not.
- I am amazed and grateful that her birth did not make the papers or TV news.
- Aside from the vaguely buddhist concepts of balance and cycles, I have a very low tolerance for supernatural concepts.
- I have yet to watch a full episode of any “reality” show. (This is not intended as a challenge) Daytime TV bugs me almost as much as “reality” shows.
- I find it very difficult to go to sleep if there is any light or sound in the room. Once asleep, I usually am down for the count.
- Once in 1987 we tried to go see a movie, but didn’t because we had already seen every film that was showing in Austin at the time.
- My daughter learned the word “sarcastic” before she was 4.
- I accidentally taught her the word “ass” when she was 2.? I consider it a minor accomplishment that she only learned one syllable.
- My best moment of parenting ever was at her first visit to the coast; we were all laden with beach accoutrements, and she went running ahead. A wave knocked her over, and I dropped what I was carrying to go rescue her.? Before I could get there, another wave had spun her around. As I reached her, she was getting ready to (deservedly) start wailing. I said, “Ocean, you are getting a TIME OUT!” just as the undertow went back, so instead of crying, I got giggles. Saved the day and every beach trip since.
- Since she was born, I have taken about 3000 photos and videos each year, and saved all of them.
- The best camera is the one you have when you need it. My phone preference is for a camera with a phone attached, not a phone with a camera attached.
- As Dell Computer’s first webmaster, I taught Michael Dell to surf the web back in 1994. The very first webserver at Dell ran on stolen and borrowed hardware (ESDI drives, anyone?) and ran linux 0.93; the first production webserver ran BSDI. I only physically saw that box once, after I had run it for over a year.
- I have been on the internet since 1987.
- I hate driving in traffic more than you.
- I’ve been reading ebooks since 1994, and rarely purchase paper copies anymore. We still have the largest library of any household I know.
- We get the local paper daily, and the New York Times on weekends.? About once a fortnight, one of them passes the trash and gets into the house.? Sometimes the survivors get read.? Every time I try to stop the delivery, there is a minor argument, so now I just laugh at it.
- I have had glancing blows with fame.? People knowing who I am (without me knowing who they) are creeps me out; I would rather stay behind the scenes.
- I have the signatures of Phillip Glass, Charles Fleishman, and Ryan Stiles on my palm pilot. None of them have touched my current one.
- I will work very hard in order to not have to work hard.
- The only redeeming features of southern California are warm weather and? sunsets over the Pacific.? New York City is superior in every other way.