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I found my geek code circa mid-late 1990s.

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So, for fun, I put together my current one, though the geek code parameters are sorely out of date:

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Haven’t updated the ol’ blog for a while, and I figured now was as good time to.

We got married on Friday, 4/17. There were a few last-mintute crises but it all fell into place nicely.

The wedding took place on the beach at the Harbor Bay Marriott down here in Fort Lauderdale, FL. There was a cocktail hour in the presidential suite, though the wedding party lingered on the beach for photos (coming soon — if you’re my friend on facebook you may have seen some already). Nice pad. Then we had the reception in a ballroom.

It was a fairly small wedding. I suppose that’s a consequence of having a destination wedding during a huge recession. It was fun, though, because we were able to chat with just about everyone.

Now we’re officially on our honeymoon. Going to drive down to Key Largo in the morning. Good times. I’m writing this on the balcony of the now in-laws’ condo in Ft. Lauderdale overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Couldn’t ask for a nicer, more relaxing atmosphere.

We’ve got a lot of walking in, which is good because we’ve been eating a lot. I’ve had a lot of steak. We had filet mignon at the reception as well. We’re about to walk down to a place called Shooters which is right on the intercoastal waterway. It’s a fun place. I think I’ll buy a goofy shirt.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who made it down here, and a big thanks to our wedding party. We were surrounded by family and good friends, all of whom went out of their way to make this as wonderful an experience as possible.

One nice, funny story — on our way down for the pre-ceremony pictures, people around the pool gave Kelly and me a warm round of applause. We were taken aback and nearly embarrassed.

You know how when you get a new iPod or car or whatever and you’re afraid to get that first scratch? That’s how I feel about our new floors. I can’t bring myself to remove the taped-on covering yet. Granted, there’s 2 more things to move in.

I came across some ZIP disks yesterday while packing. I later found my old USB ZIP drive as well, so I hooked it up and found an mbox file from fall 2001. It was odd reading through that email.

There was surprisingly little discussion about September 11. This email from 9/12, though, did discuss it:

>From: Joe Lillibridge
>To: Kathy Lillibridge
>Subject: Re: your mail
>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:56:59 -0600
>
>I just got confirmation today that I'll get the job. So no worries
>about that. There's a bunch of procedures they have to go through,
>but it's pretty much a done deal.
>
>Yes, I got the card from grandma, and Lisa told me about her surgery.
>I hope she's doing ok.
>
>I don't know what to say about what happened yesterday. I didn't even
>know until about 3 or 4 PM... I stayed home because I was/am coming down
>with a cold. I was just playing video games all day. Jason called
>me from work and told me. I turned the tv on and saw what was left
>of the wtc. Absolutely horrid. I went with rachel and jason to a
>candlelight vigil last night. After that Jason and I went to a bar.
>They had some televisions on. That's about when they showed that new
>angle on the second plane. I just about got sick.
>
>I hope Steve Fenstermacher wasn't hurt or anything. This is all too much.
>
>I tried calling home and your work when I found out. I eventually got
>a hold of dad and talked to him until bush came on (only channel I get
>is pbs, but they were covering it).
>
>I don't know what to say other than this is too much; too horrendous.
>Hearing those people screaming and cursing and seeing those planes hit.
>It's just so horrible.
>
>Love,
>Joe
Joe,
I just wanted to let you know that Dad and I will be headed over to Shelleys
in a couple of hours. But before we get on the road I wanted you to know
how VERY proud I am of the young man you are. I so proud that you stood by
your friend Abdul (but we knew from past experience that you would). But I
would like for BOTH of you to be very carefull and observent if you are out
together. If some idiot tries to confront you or give you a hard time
PLEASE just get out of the area. Last night on the news they had and
Austrailian man and his friend who was of Arab desent, they were accosted by
some fools who ended up stabbing the Austrailian. So Please just be careful
and aware of what and who is around you. I'm sure Abdul's mom would say the
same thing. We Love you very much and want you safe! Hope to talk soon.
Love Mom