more than a little OT - Re: My writing on the Wicd web page

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Thu May 28 17:47:26 UTC 2009


On Wed, 27 May 2009, russell cook wrote:

> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> 
>> Please don't tell Karl to stop posting his day to day tribulations to
>> the list. First, he won't do it. Second his last series about his wicd
>> problems was extraordinary. The humor. The pathos. I laughed. I cried.
>> Roger Ebert would give it a thumbs up. Truly great entertainment.
>> 
>
> Truly sublime Robert! <grin>
>
> I mainly use another distro as my desktop and use Ubuntu as my LAMP (without 
> the P) server, so it's pretty stable and I rarely *need* to read this list. I 
> do though, most days... Why you ask? I'm glad you did. Ever since this list 
> was subtitled, a Day in the Life of Karl, it's become so much more 
> entertaining... Sometimes, there's even enlightenment....
>
> I do find a unique irony that Karl F *LARSEN* and the Far Side creator Gary 
> Larsen share the same lastname... Sorta makes the list a Far Side meets 
> Dilbert now LOL

You have to hand it to Karl. He livens the place up. I lurk on the 
Debian list and let me tell you, it's the most boring list in the world. 
Nothing but posts about Debian. In contrast, this list is a joy to read,
sort of like a soap opera. Can't wait for the next installment.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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