Now a significant but somehow overlooked detail. My sister is having her baby in a month. The following is an ICQ message from my creative Dad:

Hey Jaeson,
Bet you can’t guess who this is! It’s your nephew/niece fetus child. It’s amazing; you can get the Internet anywhere now. They say I have to vacate soon so I can meet you in person. But I have a feeling I’m going to really miss this place.
I’ll see you in a few weeks, but in the mean time say hello to Auntie Jenny and the rest of the outside world. Bye-Bye for now.

Faxes or no faxes, my Dad’s the coolest. I am sleepy again. No Linux tinkering for me tonight. It’s off to bed. Maybe.