Resident expert...

I want to preface my post by saying that I harbor NO hard feelings towards anyone nor am I really complaining here.  I'm just wondering out loud.

With that said, I ponder out loud how many of my IT Bretheren finds themselves in the same predicament that I find myself in often?

I've got a multitude of close friends.  I've got a whole truck load of what I would call close acquantinces.  These are the people you generally don't hang out with, or call, but when you do see them, or happen to get together with them you have a thoroughly good time.

So, don't call these people, and those close friends... really don't talk to them on a regular basis.  Work, family, living, day to day grind, new jobs, tight deadlines, upcoming milestones, etc. etc. etc. all tend to get in the way.  Of course it goes the other way too.  Don't hear from anyone very often either, and really, that's fine.  I understand.

But I'll be damned, when they have a computer problem, the phone call goes something like this...

"Mike!!! How the hell are ya?  Long time.  How've ya been?  How's your daughter, and your girlfriend?  Listen, don't want to take up too much of your time, I know you're busy, but I've got this computer problem..."

From there it goes one of a couple of ways.

1)  You walk them through rebooting, refreshing, powering down and back up again...

2)  You tell them to drop their system off, and you'll look over it as soon as you can.

Oh yeah... the third scenario... almost always with either family or the realy close friends...

3) When's a good time for you, I'll stop and take a look at for you.

Why can't my friends or relatives be tax preparers, or home remodelers?

Sinus infections are NO fun...

It started last week. I began to feel some pressure building above my right eyebrow. That evening after I had gone to sleep, I was woken up by a really horrendous amount of pain radiating from the right side of my mouth, and under my teeth. MY TEETH HURT! Kept me up for well over an hour. That pressure hasn't completely resided since.

I went to the acute care clinic here at work, and I was given an antibiotic, and here I am on day 4 of a 5 day regiment, and the pain still exists. I've got a doctor's appointment with my regular doctor this afternoon. Hopefully he can tell me why this just won't go away.

I wouldn't wish this on a dog.