A Weblog…Again

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all and hopefully it will be better than the last. 

The year hasn’t started out great for me.  On January 2nd, I went to the local Sports Authority to buy some raquetball rackets.  It was 10:30 in the morning.  I was only in the store for a half-hour.  When I walked out to the car, a Toyota Highlander, the driver’s side door window had been busted and my GPS had been stolen.  The GPS was a Garmin Nuvi that I just got about 6 months ago and was about $250.  I called the police to file a police report and then my insurance company.  Since my deductible was greater than the cost of labor/parts for the window, I paid out of pocket for it, which was $185.  I was able to get the window fixed on the same day as well and it only took about 1 hour.  Since it was an after-market GPS, the auto insurance wouldn’t cover it and they suggested that I check with my homeowner’s insurance.  I’m pretty sure that my deductible is greater than $250, so I’ll have to buy a replacement on my own as well.  So, $400 down the drain.  No fun.

Girlfriend Advice

Simple, yet under-appreciated advice about girlfriends.  Not applicable to me, but good advice to pass on to my son:

Question:

seriously…how do you serious programmers have and maintain GF’s?

Answers:

The answer is fairly simple, and has been mentioned here in other comments:

Get a girlfriend that has her own passion(s) (other than "you.")

This was one of my highest conditions for dating (and, well, eventually marriage.)

1) I have found that people who are passionate about their work/hobby/art/etc. tend to understand their own kind. It doesn’t matter if it’s not the same thing.

2) Girls who pour everything into you tend to become the kind of girls that need you. Nothing breeds resentment quicker than a "need" relationship.

3) When I need some time to work on my things, it’s nice that she has something to do other than sulk or sit on the phone bitching about what I’m doing or nag me as to when I am going to be done so that I can go back to entertaining her and her whims.

4) People that are passionate about their hobbies tend to be good at them. This can render you any number of benefits depending on her hobbies/talents.

5) People without goals are depressed and depressing.

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