Yes that right my boy is finally here in the real world!

Here are the stats:

Name: Johhny Arthur Collins III
BDay: 8/6/06 at 3:51pm MST
Weight: 7lbs 9 ounces
Height: 20.5"

Now here is an interesting factoid about his birthday, it just so happens to be the same day that the first Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. AND what was the nickname of that bomb??? Kinda scarry but it was called "Little Boy"…hmm hope he doesnt turn out to be a nuclear scientist…that would be creapy

Here he is in case you missed the large opening picture 

There are alot more pictures in the gallery, go check them out!

This weekend we took our first ever camping trip in the bus…It was great we all had a great time, except Sprout had some issues with elevation and her arthritis. But overall we had a blast. I posted some picture we took while we were there in the gallery, here is a sneak peak.

Here is a pic of the bus on the way down 83 back to Tucson.

And here is Eva enjoying her new perch keeping a look out while we sleep.

Here is a link to the rest of the pictures: Camping Trip

Enjoy

While delving into some Spamassassin rule sites I came across a link that describes what an admin/computer tech goes through when it comes to dealing with "end-users", its a funny read if you know what we go through.
http://www.rulesemporium.com/rant.html

funny stuff.

Now I am all about the free expression of graffiti, when done properly and legally (most of which it is not). In fact I used to hit legal spots all the time with a can or 20, but we did it when and where it was legal. (by the way don’t ever call or label me a tagger, I despise those kinds of guys, taggers are normally fuck-tard kids that have no respect, piecers is the proper term for what I was.) I had lots of fun and made lots of friends in the graffiti underground, lots of them were law breakers, but most were very respectful, and did things legally.

Then there is this guy…who in my estimation is either incredibly brave, or incredibly stupid (probably the former). This guy managed to break into a Virginia airport, get past a full military gaurd with dogs, bypass a police patrol, get through 2 barbed wire fences, and then proceded to tag "AirForce One", yes your heard right he tagged our presidents plane! Once of the most secure planes ever to fly, and this guy got close enough to TAG IT! UNREAL!

Now as much as I hate illegal tagging and don’t wish to glorify it or give press to people who do I am putting up this link to a video of this action. Yes he filmed the whole thing as he did it. Now if you visit his website he does make some pretty valid points regarding freedom and graffiti, infact he does not condone illegal tagging either, he did this as an action to "start a dialog" to make things come to light. Hopefully it works, but more than likely he is sitting in a dark room with guys wearing sunglasses talking to invisible voice around them, good luck with that!

Here is his website, with the video and his resoning behind this action: http://www.stillfree.com

(these are copy and paste links for a reason, I dont feel like having my referer anywhere near this one)

-out

Man, work is pretty slow today, barely any phone calls, servers are somewhat behaving (minus some mail issues with relaying) but the thing that is really keep my day interesting is these really high winds were are getting right now. The reason it’s interesting is my WiFi antennas, they are whipping around quite a bit. Kinda strange but my connections have been pretty stable so far. I did have a few fades when a real strong gust came by, but its been pretty cool seeing the antennas shake and move, yet still push 5Mbps..kinda cool. This is the first real wind we have gotten since I put up my Vagi antenna, so far they are doing a bangup job!

Oh yeah I just got a new Desk and a 19inch LCD monitor. I am trying to clean up my home workspace and get rid of my packrat clutter to make room for the coming baby. Right now I have a HUGE desk, one of those large U shaped executive desks. Normally this is a catch all for my trash and experimental "projects", so my goal is to minimize with more functionality. I will snap some before and after shots, I am hoping it will be a good transition for me, and I am hoping to make more room in our apartment for our baby boy when he gets here. I guess we will see. Well back to the grind…

OK, apparently on Monday here in Tucson there is going to be a big "rally" of those opposed to the new illegal immigrant bills that the government is mulling over. Now while I am all for immigrants that come to this country legally and do the "right" thing, I am not ok with the illegal ones. But these protesters seem to feel otherwise.

Here’s my problem…YOUR HERE ILLEGALLY…hence the word illegal..oh wait they don’t speak English, so I guess they don’t understand that. I don’t care if your from Mexico, China, Brazil, Europe, Mars…your here ILLEGALLY…get over yourself. Do the right thing and simply work with the government to become legal..plain and simple.

Now some of the issues I have with these protesters steam from the flag issue, I know its a hot debate and doesn’t really reflect the reason behind the protest but there is something wrong with it. For one if you wish to be an American citizen, don’t go pushing your original country’s flag in my face, and then get angry when I put it down. This is America, not Mexico, you don’t see me walking around in Mexico waving and American flag at you now do you. If you love your country so much to put down America by doing this then go back to your own country, obviously you don’t like it here.

Now here comes the kicker, Schools!! There are some schools here in Tucson where the teachers are urging the kids in these schools to go and join the protest. THIS IS NOT A TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY, a teacher is supposed to present both side of the issues and the kids should make their own decisions. 10 to 1 if you ask some of the 7th & 8th graders that are leaving school to protest why they are going to protest I guarantee your will here them say "cause I get to leave school", alot of them don’t care its just another reason to get out of school. AND Teachers, if you encourage kids to walk and join, then you deserve to be FIRED! (which the Tucson school districts said they would do: good for them)

And to those schools in Colorado and else where that have BANNED FLAGS…GO FUCK YOURSELVES YOU NAZI PRICKS, I am glad that the judge in Colorado set you straight by saying it is "Un-Patriotic and Un-American" to ban the US flag….hmmm if I remember my history correctly the last set of people to do something remotely like this was NAZI GERMANY, next thing you know our kids will be marching in brown uniforms in formation because the school demands it!

SO here’s my plan, let the protesters rally and what not, since figures show that alot of them are here illegally simply line the streets with BORDER PATROL, no one gets in or out of the area without proper ID, no green card no pass, fill those fancy busses I see Border Patrol driving around in with everyone that is illegal AND DRIVE THEM HOME, flags and all, hmmm problem solved, well for a few days anyway. It takes a few days to walk the desert to get back.

The minutemen idea is a good one the Border Patrol really need to take notice. The people crossing our borders are not only Mexican, but we have captures other nationals coming through this border. So it not only and issue of illegal mexican immagration, its a NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. Personally I live very close to the border, I don’t want some terrorist deciding to cross here because its so easy to do with a damm dirty bomb strapped to his back. We know they have the means..and we are giving them the way..fucking stupid if you ask me..LOCK DOWN THE BORDERS, real American lives are at risk!

Here is my message to every illegal alien, and just so I cover them all I will translate for you

GO BACK HOME
Vaya detrás a casa
Gehen Sie zurück nach Hause
Retournez à la maison
Vada indietro a casa
Vá para trás para casa
家に行きなさい
후적으로 가정 가십시요

Now that I am mad…im out -

Any minute now I expect some pure-blood Voldermort type to come in and blast me for switching to Linux on my desktop. The pure-blood *BSD clan would not like me saying this but man, this desktop is much more nicer to work with than my previous FreeBSD setup (god I still hate saying that). Now I know I could do all of this with FreeBSD..etc but I had it completely setup and functional in less that 2 hours (with full multimedia setup, which has yet to fail). I would normally spend about 5-6 hours just setting up my FreeBSD desktop.

Right now my biggest gripe with FreeBSD is the lack of stability I was getting with multimedia, it worked but sometimes at the most critical part of some of my work it would crap out. I dealt with it and looked for hours how to improve it, which it did slightly but not without alot of port work. So I guess what I am saying is I will be ridiculed as a Linux user, because this is working for me and thats all that matters to me!

(NO I will not put Linux on my servers, dont ask! FreeBSD and OpenBSD still have a place on my servers forever, since thats where they excel)

Here is my current desktop with Ubuntu Linux, simple clean and functional

Man I hate getting up early, I had to take Steph to a therapist appointment this morning to do paperwork. She is going to help her manage being pregnant so that after the baby is here she wont get so "post-pardom", the insurance kinda "told" her to go.

Anyway my feelings aside on some aspects of psychotherapic, we were sitting in the waiting area of the clinic and it was like entering into a scene of "Girl Interrupted". There was this lady that kept pacing, making strange noises, and breathing really loud, almost like she was holding back a temper-tantrum. She then proceeded to berate the poor lady behind the reception desk about how no one ever see’s her and none of the therapists are on time, and how she is always on time…etc etc. Then she got this strange look on her face almost as if she was going to pop, I was half expecting to enter a scene like in "Faces-of-Death part4" when the pshycopath sticks a screw-driver into a nurses neck, just then her "Doctor" came into the building…defused the second she saw him (it didnt stop the ranting but the pop look stopped). So we go in to do the paper work/interview..etc all was simple and easy, the girl seemed kind surprized on how sane Steph was (or at least thats the impression I got). Then we came back into the waiting room to make another apointment and there were now 2 guys there, one was a little on the strange side, to say the least. The other was talking to a case-manager and was being very rude to her, going on about how the court ordered him there..etc, then it turns out that both of the guys knew each other from past "sessions".

So the stange fellow come up to the other guy and starts to brag about how he was locked up in a mental ward…is this something that you brag about? And how the courts ordered these guys here…etc It felt as if it was some kind of club to be in, I guess they must get along quite well since they both have a bucket of screws loose. Needless to say I was happy to leave that waiting room.

Now my question is this, if these guys are as nuts as they seemed to me why would the court even let them walk the streets. I mean the one guy looked to be right on the verge of punching this poor case-worker. Now I know people have problems..etc but these guys seemed to be walking problems, they just were not right in the head. This kind of worries me, especially with a kid on the way, that these kind of guys walk the streets. I mean if a court ordered them to be there then obviously they did something that required a court to rule on them, doesnt sound very nice to me.

But then again I guess we cant question our judges..and whatever wisdom they may have. I blame the lawyers, anything to make a buck, sending psyhcos on the streets, rapists run free..etc  Man I dislike laywers.

-out

Yes its been awhile since I posted anything, since it is a new year I guess its time. By the way Happy New Year.

I guess the biggest news for me this year is I found out I will be a father. Scary isnt it.
Steph is now 10 weeks pregnant, so she is in the middle of her "sick" time. its trying to say the least.
She is due sometime in August…so I have time to freak out later..hehe

speaking of freaking out I guess I need to end this post and go freak out.

AND I am going to say it…

MERRY CHRISTMAS

All of you no Christmas having pinko commies can F’ off…yes I said Merry Christmas!!! got it