Well, there goes the neighborhood! They let me in

Jainarayan · Apr 8, 2014

First off, I'd like to thank the staff for putting their trust in me and inviting me to become one of them. So with no further ado, here I am all summed up in about 10 seconds worth of reading time:

I have a twisted, macabre and gallows sense of humor that doesn't always go over well. Yesterday, April 7 was 34 years I'm in the IT field, as a computer systems operator, data center operations manager, system administrator and second level support, in that order. I really wish I became a cop. :facepalm:

I like to think I play guitar (I'm a lazy cowboy chords rhythm player); I lift weights and was a powerlifter before some injuries caught up with me and I had surgery; I'm a geek.

So have at it... anything you want to know or say (uh... within reason and good taste, and sparing my fragile ego :sad4

.

Poeticus · Apr 8, 2014

Jainarayan said:
First off, I'd like to thank the staff for putting their trust in me and inviting me to become one of them. So with no further ado, here I am all summed up in about 10 seconds worth of reading time:

I have a twisted, macabre and gallows sense of humor that doesn't always go over well. Yesterday, April 7 was 34 years I'm in the IT field, as a computer systems operator, data center operations manager, system administrator and second level support, in that order. I really wish I became a cop. I like to think I play guitar (I'm a lazy cowboy chords rhythm player); I lift weights and was a powerlifter before some injuries caught up with me and I had surgery; I'm a geek.

So have at it... anything you want to know or say (uh... within reason and good taste, and sparing my fragile ego :sad4.

Congrats!

What is the answer to life?

Jainarayan · Apr 8, 2014

Poeticus said:
Congrats!

Dhanyavad.

What is the answer to life?

It's the difference between a duck and a telephone pole because motorcycles don't have doors. Everyone knows that!

Sha'irullah · Apr 8, 2014

You a staff member? Haha! We all know you have to be insane to be a staff member and you know damn well I am completely off my rocker.

. I am more crazy than you ever could be

Jainarayan · Apr 8, 2014

Sha'irullah said:
You a staff member? Haha! We all know you have to be insane to be a staff member and you know damn well I am completely off my rocker.

. I am more crazy than you ever could be

I've finally arrived.

Windwalker · Apr 8, 2014

Jainarayan said:
Yesterday, April 7 was 34 years I'm in the IT field, as a computer systems operator, data center operations manager, system administrator and second level support, in that order

Cool. I like the job the mod staff does around here to keep things flowing smoothly. I know how hard that can be, as I was an active mod for about 10 years on another religious site. Quite happy to just be a member here, thank you.

I'm in IT as well. Many years and all hats from networking, storage, VMWare, etc, typically level 3 with some basic desktop junk mixed in before. Now I specialize. Official title is Senior Virtualization Engineer. I love the awesome sound of that. Kind of like high-tech mysticism.

Good choice for you as a mod. Good luck, and enjoy the role.

Jainarayan · Apr 8, 2014

Thanks. I've been around the internet since 1997 (I have no life), and have been a member of forums and modded one or two, from running to bass guitar to weightlifting, and it's true, it's a tough job at times.

crossfire · Apr 9, 2014

Jainarayan said:
First off, I'd like to thank the staff for putting their trust in me and inviting me to become one of them. So with no further ado, here I am all summed up in about 10 seconds worth of reading time:

We have faith in you.

I have a twisted, macabre and gallows sense of humor that doesn't always go over well.

You will fit right in, then.

Gotta have a sense of humor!

Jainarayan · Apr 9, 2014

crossfire said:
We have faith in you.

You will fit right in, then. Gotta have a sense of humor!

Thanks. I'm learning (at 56 years old

) that one can't be dour and humorless all one's life. Be young, have fun.

illykitty · Apr 9, 2014

Congrats. My husband is in IT too, what a job (the things I hear).

Hope you survive this one (being staff on RF). Good luck!

Jainarayan · Apr 9, 2014

Thanks. Yeah, I'm a survivor.

DreadFish · Apr 10, 2014

Congratulations!

I also enjoy a dark, gallows humor. Those things exist, we might as well make light of them and get a laugh out of it

Jainarayan · Apr 10, 2014

Thanks. You are right, we just have to know when to turn it on and off.

Freedomelf · Apr 13, 2014

A belated congratulations. You certainly deserve it (is that a good thing?)

Hope us crazies don't drive you nuts.

Jainarayan · Apr 14, 2014

Freedomelf said:
A belated congratulations. You certainly deserve it (is that a good thing?)

Thanks.

Hope us crazies don't drive you nuts.

I've been that for a long time. This could only make me go full circle to normal.

BSM1 · Apr 14, 2014

Have you seen my keys? And would you mind doing a jazz minor harmonic scale so I could use it as a ringtone (Eflat minor would be ok)?

Jainarayan · Apr 14, 2014

Aren't they on the table by the door?

You have to remember I'm a lazy cowboy chords rhythm player. Anything more than the circle of 5ths makes me break out in a cold sweat.

BSM1 · Apr 14, 2014

Oh, yeah, there they are. Thanks. Good thing you're not playing in Europe, you'd have to learn the circle of liters.

Jainarayan · Apr 14, 2014

BSM1 said:
n Europe, you'd have to learn the circle of liters.

Very good, didn't see that coming.

Maya3 · Apr 18, 2014

Cool! Congrats!

Don´t you guys know that it is bad luck to put keys on the table???
That and new shoes should NEVER go on a table.

Maya

Well, there goes the neighborhood! They let me in

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

| abhyAvartin |

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

رسول الآلهة

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

Veteran Member

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic ☿

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

RF's pet cat

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

Cosmic Vagabond

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

Active Member

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

What? Me worry?

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

What? Me worry?

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

Well-Known Member