Was presented with an absurdly large Sur La Table gift card from Scott, Nathan and Renee after a meal at Millennium. The predictions on the card were (not surprisingly) accurate.
Some of the best holidays were spent with Nathan’s sister Rachel in Sonoma. Much laughter was bellowed by all. Probably some of the best moments as I recall.
This seemed like a personal victory at the time, though I could never remember the specifics about SATA or that nonsense involving ribbon cables and types of hard drives. This lack of knowledge would later have horrific results when I took a short-lived job as a sys admin and had to fire myself. Holy shit: [...]