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LAN Administrators In Love (With Their Jobs)

One anxiety-ridden, coffee-stained Monday morning, you finally get approval to hire a new addition to your network operations staff. This individual will work at a remote office and be the sole support for the site. While the usual list of ideal candidate characteristics springs to mind, you also consider flooding the parking lot to see if interviewees can walk on water. You realize that this is just wishful thinking and you begin interviewing.

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The Inertia Of DMI

I am writing this while snowed in at home during a rare snowstorm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. It snows so infrequently here that the town has a real shortage of snowplows. The snow day affords a real opportunity for relaxation. The unfettered feeling of irresponsibility. Boredom unencumbered by guilt regarding obligations procrastinated. It gives me the chance to catch up on things.

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