Writer's Block: The name game

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A long time ago, in a universe far away, back when telephone modems
reigned and the Internet was still mostly the private realm of
colleges, universities, the government, and defense contractors, we
moved to Colorado. The year was 1993.

Among other achievements, I was the first person in Archuleta County
(pop. ~5,000) to offer free email accounts on a dial-up BBS (The
SpringsBoard) that connected to the Internet a half-dozen times a day
to send and receive emails and make parts of Usenet available to my
neighbors. I was also a big fan of Pretty Good Privacy, a
controversial program that was useful for encryption and
authentication. In fact, for several years, I used PGP to "sign" all
of my online posts in an attempt to "raise consciousness" about
privacy and secure communications.

Then, during the 1997 American Translators Association conference in
San Francisco, I got involved in a discussion where there was another
participant named Alex, whereupon one of the discussion
leaders—who was a member of a mailing list where I had posted
countless PGP-signed messages—decided she needed names to
distinguish us, so I ended up being referred to as "Alex PGP."

The name stuck.

If I could change it, I might consider using my full name, but what
fun would that be?

Cheers...
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Feeling pretty good...

I must admit it's a lot easier to stay away from the computer now that it's an extra foot or so off the ground, and slowly, my legs are getting strong enough to allow me to stand for longer periods of time.

I spent the day working on my long-term project for Feht, with some copious napping thrown in for good measure. If I really focus my mind on it, all I've had to eat all day long is two bowls of the cockaleekie soup, a small piece of salmon, some peas, an orange, and a cup of coffee (with the usual cream and stevia).

I am not going to make up for the lean day by gorging during the evening because that's the kind of behavior that will prevent me from breaking into territory, weightwise, that I have not seen for something approaching a year.

Last night's Castle was a repeat, but the story was well-written, and I always enjoy watching the chemistry play out among all of the actors in the series. Last week's NCIS was pre-empted by politics, so hopefully this week's offering won't be a repeat.

Google has moved its StreetView inside, into a number of museums, and I am still gaining my sea legs at the Google Art Project. I've only spent about a half hour "walking around" the MoMA in New York, but I'm thinking I'm going to like this distraction.

Cheers...