Geek Van Winkle

June 12, 2001 D. H. McKee

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Whoa, came home from work today, and lay down for just a moment — next thing you know it’s 12:30am, and I’m groggier than I was after my wisdom teeth were extracted. Is it possible that I drugged my own food in an attempt to kidnap myself? Well, IS IT?
So if that weren’t enough to keep me sleeping for the rest of the night, I logged into this new CBT site I’ve become a member with, The Internet College. Don’t misunderstand … it’s for work. Actually, it’s kinda cewl because you have so many courses to pick, ranging from Cisco certification courses, to how to build a better resumé. It’s lame because the Evaluation Quizzes use out-of-context questions which are next to impossible to answer. Case in point: A rudimentary overview of my UNIX skills reveals a score of 50% (guess I really don’t know Jack after all). Actually going through the course gives me a 93% score. What really bugs me is that it would have been an even 100% had it not been for some really cryptic questions which, despite having the answer on an adjacent page, and me actually looking at that page prior to answering the question, I still got it wrong.
Come to think of it, this kinda reminds me of my school days, but with less beer. Hmmmn. Maybe that’s what’s missing here…

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About This Site

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.