[geeks] um, hi. I'm new.

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 01:36:12PM -0500, Beth Roberts wrote:

> My name's Beth, and I live in Leander, TX with my boyfriend David. I'm 29,
> currently unemployed, and I used to work as a technical editor for Lotus
> (after two years in the squalid bowels of Lotus Notes tech support.
> *shudder*).
> 
> I'm not terrifically geeky myself, but compared to a "normal" person, I
> suppose I am. I have been on the net since 1991, getting started with unix
> shell accounts at school (Colorado School of Mines) and all-text chatting on
> a system written by a friend of mine called the Haven.

Yes, but you forgot to answer the important background questions.  vi
or Emacs, and how do you feel about a revival of VAX and Symbolics machines?

> We have various cats (9 in the house at the moment) and dogs (three), and I
> have a three-year-old daughter from a previous relationship who visits me a
> few times a week.

I take it that she is the one you have all the pictures of on your
site?  Cute kid.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd