an exercise in international tech support

People in France called a tech in England who then had to call us to get id cards synchronized, and they got me.

Man, if only it was Russian!

And there are no French speakers on the desk here, but this only happens once every3-6 months.

30 minutes to re-synch 3 cards. The French lady had very broken English, so 30 minutes isn't that bad. And all the people were able to log in at the end. Then both the English tech and I wrote down the names and ids (mine went into the ticket for prosperity) to make it easier for the next time.

New Icon

or at least the base of one...

it's from the picture of me at the Crüxshadows concert in Albany (9/24/05). I might cook it a little (border, that sort of thing) later tonight.

more photo galleries posted

Warning, these aren't cooked... so some of them are really dark

Marnen playing at the NY Ren Faire with Karpathos (and some other stuff at the Faire)

Cruxshadows Concert 9/24/05

I'm in a mood, I can tell...

Damn it... this song has been running around in my head ever since I started reading Ghost by John Ringo.

March of Cambreadth, The
music & lyrics: Heather Alexander

Axes flash, broadsword swing,
Shining armour's piercing ring
Horses run with polished shield,
Fight Those Bastards till They Yield
Midnight mare and blood red roan,
Fight to Keep this Land Your Own
Sound the horn and call the cry,
How Many of Them Can We Make Die!

Follow orders as you're told,
Make Their Yellow Blood Run Cold
Fight until you die or drop,
A Force Like Ours is Hard to Stop
Close your mind to stress and pain,
Fight till You're No Longer Sane
Let not one damn cur pass by,
How Many of Them Can We Make Die!

Guard your women and children well,
Send These Bastards Back to Hell
We'll teach them the ways of war,
They Won't Come Here Any More
Use your shield and use your head,
Fight till Every One is Dead
Raise the flag up to the sky,
How Many of Them Can We Make Die!

Dawn has broke, the time has come,
Move Your Feet to a Marching Drum
We'll win the war and pay the toll,
We'll Fight as One in Heart and Soul
Midnight mare and blood red roan,
Fight to Keep this Land Your Own
Sound the horn and call the cry,
How Many of Them Can We Make Die!

REPEAT FIRST VERSE

something I said to my Mom said over the weekend that I was just reminded of..

"The monkey suit for fighting is called armor Mom..."

Shakespeare Meme

If you see this on your friends list, add a Shakespeare quote to your own

Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet CXVI)

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

-- William Shakespeare

Serenity planning...

ok, we can buy tickets on Fandango now... so where and what time?