From Judi's Blog

No wonder we are such a good match!

Your Score: Neutral-Good

74% Good, 56% Chaotic

Plane of Existence: Elysium, "Blessed Fields". Description: The plane of peace. Notable Inhabitants: Guardinals - noble immortal humanoids with bestial features.

Examples of Neutral-Goods (Ethically Neutral, Morally Good)
Cloud Strife (FFVII)
Boogenhagen (FFVII)
Mother Theresa
Ghandi
Sidhartha Gautama (the Buddha)
Gandalf
Bilbo & Frodo Baggins
Samwise Gamgee
Indiana Jones
The Dali Lama
Ben (O-Bi-Wan) Kenobi
Luke Skywalker
Harry Potter
Hermionie
Dumbledore

Often goes along with the laws and desires of the group as being the easiest course of action, but ethical considerations clearly have top priority. May pursue quite abstract goals. Often aloof and difficult to understand.

Will keep their word to others of good alignment
Would not attack an unarmed foe
Will not use poison
Will help those in need
May work with others
Indifferent to higher authority
Indifferent to organizations

Neutral Good "Pure Good"

"Benefactor"
A neutral good [person] will obey the law, or break it when he or she sees it will serve a greater good. He or she is not bound strongly to a social system or order. His or her need to help others and reduce their suffering may take precedence over all else. Neutral good [people] do good for goodness' sake, not because they are directed to by law or by whim.

This alignment desires good without bias for or against order.

Other Alignments and Tendencies (Tendenices are what you would more often sway towards; esp. for Neutrals):
0-39% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Evil
0-39% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: Neutral-Evil
0-39% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Evil
40-60% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Neutral
40-60% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: True Neutral
40-60% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Neutral
61-100% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Good
61-100% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Good

From: The Alignment Test written by xan81

And the wheel advances.

While I am sure a great number of my readers are already aware, but for those 3 or 4 who are not I’ll let you in on a little something.

I got married on the 5th of May! Happy Cinco De Mayo! Viva Los Revolution! Celebrate Mayonnaise!

Okay, enough of my silliness, at least here. The ceremony was at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. Look here for some of the history and very cool pictures. To say Judi looked beautiful was an understatement. It is rare to see someone look so at ease in period dress clothing, but man did she pull it off! (I am /so/ lucky!)Check this out: She is the one in red.

I am sure there will be more pictures soon as everyone gets a chance to upload things. Photo credits and props to Tom, who as usual was “Major Domo, Mr. I am too prepared for this life and the next”. Thanks for your help Dude. The ceremony was quite nice (Thank you Mr. Torquil! You need to do more stage stuff bud, you have the Fish’s and my stage presence!) and went off without a hitch. The hardest part to deal with was Judi and her giggling. At least she didn’t squeek. Then there were the flying feathers from her fan, attacking the various members of the wedding party. But like true professionals, the show went on. To tell a little tale on myself and how out of it I was, here is a little side story:

So I am standing up there with Judi after being informed that everything was going fine and the rings had already been given to Torquil as that was seen as a potential point of failure in the whole shebang. So, there I am, brain lost like the little ADD kid with too much sugar and caffeine and a set of mismatched 500 piece puzzles missing 5 pieces. I look over at Torquil’s hand and notice “Hey, his wedding band looks a lot like mine…how weird is that?” Then it hit me “Hey idiot! That /IS/ Your wedding ring!” Yea, the brain was totally gone. I remember repeating some cool lines and Torquil talking but mostly I was transfixed on Judi. Did I mention how lovely she looked? Than suddenly, I got to kiss her (One of my favorite parts of the ceremony. I almost asked if we could do that part again.) Then it was off the stage to the rear of the opera house. This was followed shortly by the photographs, all 6 billion of them. It is kind of funny when the person who is taking gets a chair and sets down to keep shooting (Thank you Phil!)
Then we went to the reception. My bodyguard (ie Barbara) made sure I ate and had coffee and got dressed and…Well, without Barb things most likely would not have run as smoothly. Thank you dearheart! Also thanks to Dan who kept not just us but the majority of the guests entertained just by being himself. Then there is the rock of stability we all seem to cling to until she hurts our brain, Heather (Can I have the keys to your truck? *insert manical evil grin*) Thank you Little Sister! Meredith was about two steps ahead of me all the time (Reach for jacket, it is already unbuttoned and handed to me. Think of getting a little nibble, plates of food appears.) Thank you so very much for being there for us in our few hours of severe confusion.

Then lastly, there was Peter, my brother. I must say he comported himself as a respectable gentleman and I was quite proud of him. He was well dressed, helpful, attentive and just down right handy. Props and respect to my Brother who did represent on all fronts. To say I was impressed is an understatement. He has become a good man and worthy of admiration.

Till next time,
Be mindful and awake

This is a response

This is a response to an article published in the Athens Messenger of 4/27/2007.The
original text of the article can be viewed at:
http://www.athensmessenger.com

The original text is italicized and reproduced here in its entirety, minus the photo.
My comments are in the plain text.

The Athens County Sheriff's Office is busy transferring equipment to seven new cruisers,
but the cars won't be stocked with the five laptop computers the department bought for
its cruisers in 2005. In fact, the computers have yet to be used for their intended purpose.

"When we get the technical glitches worked out, we'll start using them," said Lt. Rodney Smith, who worked to get the grant to buy the computers.

There are no technical glitches. These systems have been ready for a live test since 6-27-2006.

The laptops were supposed to make it easier for deputies to complete incident reports by allowing them to fill in information at the scene and upload it onto the department's main computer system immediately.

This is incorrect. The software does not function in this manner. It never has nor did the vendor intend it to by its design. It does not do live updating in this manner and requires connectivity to the servers to integrate the data. Athens County does not have the infrastructure to run a wireless system of this nature. Such a system is not feasible with current technology due to costs as well as physical geography.

Instead of waiting until the end of their shifts to write reports, they could write them immediately or during down time wherever they were in the county, which would have let deputies spend more time on the road.

The Athens Police Department has similar equipment.

They may have similar equipment, but they do not have the same hardware nor the same software. This is an unfair comparison.

But, the software on the computers wasn't compatible with the department's report-writing software, InterBadge.

This is incorrect. The software on the laptops IS Interbadge. It is the version for laptops called Interlink.

The numbering system in the office was different from the numbering system on the computers, so if deputies started a report on the laptops, they would have no way of matching the numbers to include the information entered by the dispatchers from the 911 call.

The software resolves this. That is what it is for. This again, is an incorrect statement.

"I don't know if they're ever going to get the thing to work the way it's supposed to," Sheriff Vern Castle said.

Since they arrived, the computers have by and large not been used at all, and were stacked in a closet in the sheriff's office. Smith said he uses one and another deputy uses one to type search warrants, but they cannot be put in the cars or even used to type reports in the office.

The computers are stored not in a closet, but in the Sergeants Office, available for use at any time as authorized. This is the same room shown in the photograph used by "The Messenger". They are approximately 3 feet from where they are shown at this time. The systems work
fully when connected in the correct manner. I have not been requested to set up any training for the deputies with these systems.

Deputy Jason Kline tried out one computer in his cruiser for about two months, according to an article in the July 30, 2004, issue of The Messenger. He didn't have the upload capability, but got to see how it worked in the cruiser. The sheriff's office was happy with those computers, according to the article, but ended up buying the computers from another company, Group Mobile.

This was by their own statement a different system.


The department shelled out $26,597 to Group Mobile for five computers in January 2005, according to records in the county auditor's office. The money came from a sheriff's equipment grant fund.

I was not involved in the choice of systems nor the final decision of what to purchase. It is also my understanding that the cruisers are not set up to have a laptop installed at this time. The do not have mountings nor the power needed to run such systems.

The department's technical guru, Brian Winner, has worked on the computers, as has 911 director Doug Bentley. Bentley said he managed to set up the software, called InterLink, to create wireless access. However, without the software compatibility, deputies on patrol would have nothing usable to upload even if they could get the computers to work.

I am not a "technical guru". I am a certified network administrator, a certified support specialist, a certified InterBadge Administrator, InterCad Administrator and consultant in the fields of network design and security. I am also part owner of one of the most successful IT Companies in Southeastern Ohio. I have been a presenter at conferences (SEOMUG- 2004,ITAAO-Tigar) and have been a peer reviewer for O’Riley books. I have consulted on networks around the United States. Chief D. Bentley did not set up the wireless system nor did I fully. That was given to the support person for the courthouse. I do not know who made this decision. Once he had the hardware in place and functional, I then added Chief Bentley’s laptop system to the secure wireless network. The laptops are now configured through a secure wireless network and have been. The software IS compatible as stated before.


"But it never really got to that point, it just got to this point and stopped," Bentley said.

This reporter never contacted me at any time. My contact information is freely available from both 911 and the Sheriff’s office. My home phone number is even listed in the Athens phone book.

Be mindful and awake