Calamity Lane

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We are made out of meat! Also, opposable digits rock.

Why Calamity Lane?

  • Two weeks before marriage, Michelle is laid off from her job.
  • One week after marriage, Eric is laid off from his job.
  • One year later, Eric is laid off from his new job. He gives up programming in disgust.
  • One year later, Eric gets another job… programming. Some people never learn.
  • Two months later, Hurricane Katrina kicks their roof in.
  • Two years later, they have a child, and it looks like Eric. Calamitous!
  • Three months later, lighting and high wind knock over a tree and destroy nearly every piece of electric equipment in their home.
  • At the same time, the neighbor’s house burns down.
  • To be continued…?

Ouch, BUT…

  • On the day of marriage, they are married
  • Two months after marriage, they move to a new city for Eric’s new job, which pays much better.
  • Three weeks later, they find a lovely old home to live in.
  • The same day Eric is laid off, Michelle gets a new job– at the same company
  • One year later, Eric gets another job… which pays much better.
  • Michelle continues to be employed.
  • Two months later, they escape from harm as Hurricane Katrina rips through.
  • Also, many of their personal possessions are salvageable, including most of those with sentimental value.
  • Michelle continues to be employed.
  • Two years later, they have a child, and it looks like Michelle. Congratulations!
  • Two months later, Eric gets another job… which pays much better.
  • Three months later, lighting and high wind knock over a tree, and nobody is hurt, except for a little mild electrocution.
  • Not even the neighbors whose house burned down.
  • Although the firemen are slightly irritated at being called out to their block so many times in one night.
  • Michelle continues– so far– to be employed.

Don’t let calamity sour the good times :)

Random Factoids

  • I’ve been elecrocuted more than the average programmer.
  • I have five kids. Yes, it was voluntary. No, I don’t know what I was thinking.
  • I never repeat myself.
  • I love coffee. Even the stuff so bad it crunches.
  • I grew up about as far away from technology as it was possible to get and still technically remain within the 48 contiguous states.
  • Politically, I lean Contrarian.
  • I never repeat myself.
  • We survived Hurricane Katrina! Nobody handed out any lousy T-shirts, though.
  • Why not relax with a nice cup of tea?
  • Nerd humor makes me squee.
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  • The less time I have, the more I get done.
  • It took me nearly a decade to realize I wasn’t going to be able to read the whole Internet.