alfred
i have had the good fortune to meet a man named alfred.
i use the term "meet" loosely.
as i've never actually spoken to him.
alfred might just be the most fascinating person i've ever encountered.
second only to "the black prince".
i think alfred is german. or austrian. or canadian.
i don't know.
but i do know that he's 137 years old. and i'm pretty sure he works down at the docks.
alfred has no time for nonsense and i like to believe that when i finally get up the nerve to talk to him, he'll use the word "lollygagging".
also, he carries a plastic grocery bag around with him wherever he goes.
hu.
um.
v.i.u.:
i know this is completely unethical, but i felt like i didn't successfully get my description of alfred across. so this morning i video taped him playing chess at the park.
please don't call the police.
i use the term "meet" loosely.
as i've never actually spoken to him.
alfred might just be the most fascinating person i've ever encountered.
second only to "the black prince".
i think alfred is german. or austrian. or canadian.
i don't know.
but i do know that he's 137 years old. and i'm pretty sure he works down at the docks.
alfred has no time for nonsense and i like to believe that when i finally get up the nerve to talk to him, he'll use the word "lollygagging".
also, he carries a plastic grocery bag around with him wherever he goes.
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VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE HENCEFORTH TO BE REFERRED TO AS V.I.U. IN THE INTEREST OF SIMPLIFICATION ALTHOUGH I MAY NEVER HAVE CAUSE TO USE THE ABBREVIATION AGAIN AND THIS OVERLY COMPLICATED EXPLANATION IS WORKING AGAINST MY SIMPLIFICATION GOAL. PLUS SINCE I'M TYPING IN ALL CAPS I FEEL LIKE I'M YELLING AT YOU ACROSS THE WORLD WIDE this just reminded me of an incident a couple of weeks ago where i was teaching my dad how to use mapquest because somehow he'd never heard of it. i can only assume he spent the last 5 years in a closet plugging his ears and rocking back and forth. or, more likely, he's spent the last 5 years, you know, being dad. anyways, it was good for my ego to explain mapquest because it's not often i know something about the internet, but when my dad started typing "www..." i was overcome with irritation. i don't know why. i really don't. i started off about how "nobody types the www part of an address anymore. nobody. it's a waste of time. what are you doing? why are you wasting time?? why do you want to be a giant time waster? why? WHY??" and now i'm yelling again. INTERNET EXPANSE:hu.
um.
v.i.u.:
i know this is completely unethical, but i felt like i didn't successfully get my description of alfred across. so this morning i video taped him playing chess at the park.
please don't call the police.
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/chuckle
In the age of everything going 'green' wouldn't it be better for the planet if you DID type 'http://www.'? Save the planet. Type 'http://www.'
F.Y.I.: 'http' stand for HyperText Transfer Protocol. This establishes the protocol that you want to use and the internet knows what you want to do.
F.Y.I.++: 'www' stands for W orld Wide Web. This portion of an internet address tells the server you are using the file you want to query. If no specific file is indicated, then the internet searches the entire world wide web.