"The election is a necessity. We cannot have a free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forgo, or postpone, a national election, it might fairly claim to have already conquered us." - Abraham Lincoln

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

NO CONTENT AT ALL!

(How much can I stick here before that's no longer true?)

Almost No USEFUL Content At All

This is Jailbait's Homepage, yet another random collection of stuff for your surfing...well, if not pleasure, than at least Vague Amusement..

I'm Married!

And I couldn't be happier.
It happened on Sept. 27th, 1997 to Kimberly and, well, I'm STILL really happy about it.
And, at 10 years, I'm still totally overjoyed by this fact! - 9/27/07

I'm Also Polyamorous!

And that's cool, yet difficult, too.
For anyone who knows me, this is not surprising. It's been pointed out, though, that I haven't actually mentioned it here. Not being prone to writing long essays about these sorts of things, or even short ones, I'll just point you at Polyamory.org for more info on the concepts involved.

Did I mention Kinky?

I've never had much to say about this in general public - though I was involved in the earliest play parties at east-coast SF cons - but in tribute to a good friend, I have, and have been maintaining/updating his play partner interests checklist and finally decided I should link it publically. If you have any comments or questions (or are interested in my answers), please let me know.

I'm also a Notary Public!

The Commonwealth has seen fit to make me a notary public. I have a seal and some rubber stamps to go along with it.
My Commission Expires on 12/26/2008
Let me know if you need anything notarized!

I'm a Justice Of The Peace!

The Governor of the Commonwealth has appointed me as a Justice of the Peace with special designation to solemnize marriages.
No, I don't know why he said yes, either. ;-)
My appointment is valid through 8/16/2013.
I'll be happy to perform your wedding, and am putting together a library of services. If you have some you want to send to me, please feel free! I'll happily credit your contribution.

Altavista Search

Why so many search engines?

Not really Content, but yet perhaps interesting.

I like tea. I like tea A Lot.

NEWER Lack Of Lack Of Content!

And then, in the middle of the night, I started musing. I'll muse more as the muse strikes. (added 3/'00)(updated 6/27)

• Jelly Babies. Yes, I started eating them because of Dr. Who. So what? I still love them. :) Any brand is ok - though I only know of Bassett's and Henry Goode's.
  UpdateI found 600g boxes of Bassett's at the Stop And Shop in Arlington, MA this weekend. The price was Rude: about $11 (while at Disneyworld - hardly the cheapest shopping destination in the states - I bought 200g packets of Henry Goode's for $3 and I seem to recall that the 338g Bassett's I bought in various newsagents shops in May 99 cost me about £1.50
  The price sucks, but they're STOCKING them, so I'll buy them, at least occasionaly. However, given the price differential, UK Imports are still welcome. (upd: 3/27/00)
• Lindt Excellence MILK Chocolate. It's the best Milk Chocolate bar I've ever had. Very rich with an almost caramel underflavor. The Dark is available here, but not the milk for some reason.
  UPDATE!: I bought one in the states! Wine & Cheese Cask in Somerville had them just before christmas! Woo Hoo! Maybe they'll be widely available soon!!! (1/17/03)
• Cadbury Sultana Bars. I think these are out of production. I'm not sure though. I hope not. I just know I couldn't find them anyplace the last time I was in London (which was 5/99)

I've just put up a list of folks I'm looking for. If you happen to have email addresses for any of these folks, please either let me know, or have them let me know.
8/19/99 (Updated 12/12/00)

So, Akamai shrank and I was shrunk with it. I was at Permabit for a while, but then I reached 23 months of unemployment.
Then came Smarter Living to the rescue. You can also check out Booking Buddy and TripMania to see the other things they do. It's a small company, but friendly, established (since '98) and profitable! I'll be happy to settle in here for a while...

5 years or so ago, I finally started with a project I'd been thinking about for years: How To Eat Food. Take a look to see what I'm hoping to do over the next n months (years?).
Ok. I haven't /started/ per se, I've more created an outline and a description. It'll have to do for now.
1/98 or so

Rants

Mini-Rant

ASN or AS Number, NOT ASN Number! PIN, _NOT_ PIN Number! BRICK, NOT BRICK Ice Cream! PKI, NOT PKI Infrastructure! ATM, NOT ATM Machine! IRC, NOT IRC Chat! UMB (in a DOS context), NOT UMB Blocks! HIV, NOT HIV Virus! PSTN, NOT PSTN Network! NIC, NOT NIC Card! DSL, NOT DSL Line! RPC, NOT RPC Call! ISBN, NOT ISBN Number! MAP, NOT MAP Price! They're acronyms. They contain the words mentioned. You not only don't have to repeat them, it's REALLY STUPID to do so!
And then there are those who go out of their way to sound like idiots: 'I actually saw on the back of a PowerAid, "... personal PIN number ..."'

Current Rant

Voters Suck

Past Rants

Now there are 5! old rants:

• NSI
  
• Jewel Cases
  
• Langenscheidt Maps
  
• Caldera v. Microsoft and
  
• digits.com

Various other of my pages. Mostly Very Old.

My CD Collection - data entry occurred as I went through a complete alphabetical listening-to of my collection. This run through started on 3/23/00 and, while I expected it to take 3 months or so, I finally finished on 12/12/00, listening mainly at work, with all the interruptions that implies, including vacations, business trips and meetings.
This page is, of course, updated as the collection grows.

The PoundedElboids Page! - which is actually also under current maintainance.

I have some of my old pages available here. All may well have any number of outdated links. Sorry...I'm lame.

This one points to various elboids.

And this one that'll tell you more about ME!

And this one about weenie stuff.

A WAIS index of the SunManagers archives.

Spin the Wheel

These 2 links are pretty much useless considering the level of technical prowess shown by these pages, but at least it shows that I'm not NutScrape nor Exploder Enhanced.
(The first one brings you to W3C's validation service so you can check any arbitrary page you'd like to check, and the 2nd will check THIS page only.)
(Can anyone tell me what it doesn't like about ", though? I'd love to know why it no longer likes it.)

Notes on this page:

(The oldest background image on this page amused me a great deal. You can look at it now. I got it from Happy Puppy Games Kissekae Page - which no longer exists.)

The last one came from http://www.grsites.com/textures

Cease and Desist-bait

Spammers who go and cull addresses from web pages suck. Don't even bother, I'm not buying. But that said, I refuse to give in and make it harder for folks to contact me.