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Here I Am...

Here I Am...

Hey guys, I'm still around.I recently started a myspace account here, so feel free to drop by.--> I got the job. I am now a paid-on-call firefighter...

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My GDNet+ Subscription... meow

My GDNet+ Subscription... meow

Well, my subscription runs out next Friday, and I won't renew it until much later on, so this'll be it for a while. Oh well.Aside from that, the end...

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SIN.

SIN.

Well, I've completed my only 6-week class of this semester: Hazardous Materials for First Responders. It was a weekly class that would go for 5 hours...

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Find the hidden meow.

Find the hidden meow.

A strike team was sent from my department to the wild fire around LA last Wednesday. From the news this morning, it seems the fire is getting under...

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The Search for More Money.

The Search for More Money.

Well, I was cut from my old position because of conflicts with my school schedule. I was in the receiving dock at a department store, but now I'm...

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Untitled

Untitled

I went ahead and added a mugshot to my webspace, and posted it in this thread. Here it is again:Regarding my blocks game, my schedule didn't allow...

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I love C# :)

I love C# :)

Wow, MS really laid it down when they made all this. I am thoroughly enjoying C#! [smile]Okay, SDL.Net is all up an running, and it's just great. Rob...

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Benji Goes .Net

Benji Goes .Net

Okay, some cheery news now. I started on C# today after using C for several years. I like it so far, but as I expected, I really need to upgrade this...

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Terminal

Terminal

I was chatting on #gamedev when I got the phone call from my dad, who's in the hospital. His cancer is terminal; the doctors have said he has three...

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Cancer.

Cancer.

About a month or two ago, Dad went to the hospital again with severe stomach pains. This was a few months after his as yet unexplained episode with...

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Fuego.

Fuego.

I responded to my first fire yesterday (September 5, 2005). It was just a little smoldering brush fire. My partner and I put it out by spreading the...

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A coder, no longer

A coder, no longer

I've decided that I do not want to be a programmer by profession, nor am I interested in any IT-related fields. Hence, while I've made a lot of...

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One Man Falling

One Man Falling

My father, Larry Dennis Heath, is going to the hospital at the time of this writing. They'll probably keep him there for some time, so he will not be...

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They call me the Working Man

They call me the Working Man

At present, I'm working at Home Depot. I do not wish to continue with the company, but I respect the training that I have received from them. For one...

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Looking like Dad

Looking like Dad

I have two living brothers, one sister, and one first-born brother who was born with a birth defect and died shortly afterward. I'm the youngest, and...

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