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The Perfect Balance of the Manly Geek

This is a list of things I did this week.  I think it is a good balance of geeky things and manly things.  Notice that #10 is both geeky and manly at the same time.

Sequence

 Geeky things Manly things
1   Commuted to work on a HD Road King Classic
2 Broke the shower valve  
3 Took a bath  
4   Ate 16oz of smoked brisket with BBQ sauce
5   Introduced my co-workers to Skyline Chili
6 Remotely connected to my home PC from my work laptop while traveling to check Facebook  
7 Became Foursquare mayor of the Residence Inn in Sharonville (Cincinnati), OH  
8   Commuted to work on a HD Road King Classic
9 Dropped the brass bushing down the wall space behind the shower controls.  
10 Fished the bushing out using a webcam, duct tape, 2 coat hangers, and assistance from a friend (both geeky and manly like MacGuyver) Fished the bushing out using a webcam, duct tape, 2 coat hangers, and assistance from a friend (both geeky and manly like MacGuyver)
11   Repaired the shower valve
12 Replaced a bad CPU fan on my friends PC.  
13   Showered
14   Volunteered to do yard markers at my son’s youth football game
15   Repaired a broken lawn sprinkler
16   Made the boys clean Mom’s SUV inside & out
17   Unclogged the sink drain
18 Downloaded & burned Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ISO to a CD  
19 Helped oldest son repair CD drive & upgrade his PC’s BIOS  
20 Demonstrated Ubuntu to my oldest son  
21 Wrote this blog entry  

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