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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • One time I did some freelance work for a client and he had the most stereotypical Italian accent. I told my wife about it by mimic him and she didn’t believe me. He had let me borrow something that he needed for work and came over to pick it up. My wife answered the door and he said “Ay, it’s-a me Paglio (name changed). Is “Arxtwo” a here?” She did everything in her power not to bust out laughing. That was 13 years ago and we still talk about it.







  • For 5th and 6th period in middle school, in the early 90s, I was in the same lab and had complete access to the computers. Rather, I was in charge of them. I was a TA for one period and it was a free elective for another period. I don’t remember the details…but somehow I was there for both periods every day.

    The teacher who ran the lab just left it all up to me. So, I installed games on all of the computers. Oregon Trail, DOOM, and Q*bert were the three that I remember.

    Students would be sent up to the computer lab, on a daily basis for both periods. A lot of times the teacher who ran it would go run errands since I had it covered. When those kids came up, the entire lab just played games.

    Also, since it was 6th period, I’d have the honor of shutting down the entire school network and systems at the end of the day. I’d get to call teachers and tell them to get off so I could shut it down. Some times I wouldn’t contact them, and I’d just kick them off the network and shut down anyway.

    It was a fun time.