Re: From Laura Behenna

[http://www.bfnet.com/~robert (Red Hat Linux User)]

 > From: "Laurie Behenna" <http://www.hotmail.com/~lfaithb>
 > Date: Sun  Aug 24, 11:58am
 >
 > Dear Robert,
 > 
 > Glad to hear you've got some romance in your life.  I've dated a lot, 
 > but I'm STILL single.  I became a vegan a few months after I moved up 
 > here,

Well, I'm happy to hear that you've entered the vegan world.  Life is more
difficult with this.  (Do you eat white sugar?)

 > How long have you and your girlfriend been together?

I guess it's over 5 years.

 > How did you meet?

I answered her classified.

 > And I'm more determined than ever to 
 > find a good life partner, preferably a vegan but I'd settle for a 
 > vegetarian if it came to that.
 > 
 > What are you going to be doing in New Hampshire?

Well, Noelle and I would preferably like to be in Boston, i.e., in
civilization where a car is not a prerequiste of living there (unlike most
of New Hampshire).  I don't know how I'm going to deal with my bike,
however.  Unlike the Bay Area where I could take my bike on BART, for the
most part, I cannot take it on the MBTA.  My current theory is that, if
necessary, I'll purchase a folding bicycle which I would be able to take
on the subway.  Also, I'm going to have to figure out how to ride in the
snow, which is difficult enough for my mountain bike and could be even
more so with a folding bicycle.  We'll see...

 > I'm sure there's quite a story behind that!

Basically, in the Bay Area, Noelle was having a difficult time finding a
job doing what she's studied to do (medical records).  Boston was a
compromise -- Noelle should be able to find a medical records job and I a
computer programming job.  I'd prefer to live on the outskirts and not
directly in Boston, sorta like living in Berkeley as opposed to living in
San Francisco.  But where we live will depend ultimately upon where Noelle
finds a job...

See, Noelle and I have been living together for 4 years.  The main issue
here is that Noelle is not a vegetarian (let alone vegan).  So, I will not
pay for any dairy or meat or any animal-derived product.  That said, she
and I do eat vegan meals at home.  It's only when going out to eat at a
restaurant or shop for clothes that it becomes an issue.

I don't want to type too much because I had developed carpal tunnel syndrome
and I'd like to keep it away if possible.

Write back!

 > Yours,
 > 
 > Laura Behenna  (I mostly go by "Laura" now)
>From http://www.bfnet.com/~robert  Mon Oct 27 18:42:11 1997
From: http://www.bfnet.com/~robert (Red Hat Linux User)
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:42:08 -0800
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 > From: David Wuertele <http://www.bfnet.com/~dave>
 > Date: Tue  Oct 21,  7:01am
 >
 > Hi Robert, how's the older side of the continent?

It's getting colder.  We'll see how much I can bear it.  Remember -- I'm doing
this for Noelle...

 > I got your postcard.  Your
 > handwriting still sucks, but I enjoyed it anyway.

Gee, thanks.

 > As a matter of fact, I was in Boston yesterday for three days, talking with Bay 
 > Networks.

Ain't Billerica great?  I guess all "Silicon Valleys" are the same...

 > Excellent company, technically.  Can't say I have much confidence in 
 > their marketing, though.  I guess that's about par.

Ah, but MS has shown us that marketing is everything.

 > Robert> I have
 > Robert> a request: could you please not divulge exactly how much I earned
 > Robert> while working for you?  I'd prefer to keep this information private
 > Robert> and negotiate my salary myself.
 > 
 > No problem!
 > 
 > Robert> Been to any CalLUG meetings yet?  Still recruiting?  Hopefully
 > Robert> you're getting some cool hackers.
 > 
 > Well, the Fuj is just sending me enough to pay myself right now.  The future is 
 > still very rosy, but I'm not so sure how far off the future is.  ;-/
 > 
 > Dave

Well, I'm having a lot of fun with Linux, though not much programming has
been getting done...  I installed Linux on my brother's computer and on my
father's co-worker's computer.  I'm also working on the LAN I set-up here in
the house.  The hard part is incorporating Win95 into everything :-(.

I've been interviewing about once a week even though most of the companies are
not that interesting.  Plus, I still don't want a job yet...  I'm spending quite
a bit of time trying to help my girlfriend find a job, though.  Although I'm
living rent-free, I still would prefer to be closer to civilization, so I
have an incentive to find her a job...

Oh, and I got EARS speech recognition system working, though it's not well
integrated yet.  I'll probably be working on that.

Also, I still need to get my e-mail right.  I know you think I should go to
qmail, but that's quite a big change for me.  It seems quite different from
sendmail from what I've read so far...