About This Site 1.0

Note that this is a pre­vi­ous ver­sion of the About page retired on 1÷31÷2009

Welcome to my insane cor­ner of the inter­net.  Here’s some infor­ma­tion about me; not that any­one cares:

  • Name: Darby Lines
  • Location: Tempe, Arizona
  • Age: Mid Thirties
  • Occupation: IT Jack of All Trades/Business Analyst/Project Manager.  Currently with a large eLearn­ing provider.

Why Blog?

When the whole “blog” thing hit the main­stream it was never some­thing that I found myself par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in. I mean, what would I have to write about, and who would want to read it? A while back though, a series of events hap­pened that made me real­ize that there was one sim­ple rea­son to put a site like this together. I wanted to. I want to write because I want to write. If no one ever reads this, if this is just me talk­ing to myself, then so what? If, on the other hand, some­one out there is read­ing my rant­ing and rav­ing, then I hope that you enjoy the ride. I won’t promise that it will be pretty, but it will be me.

More recently, it seems that I have devel­oped a small audi­ence who enjoy my rants on tech­nol­ogy and the “new” media.  To those new read­ers, wel­come.  I hope I don’t bore you too much.

Why “The Angry Drunk?”

Because I drink a lot and I’m angry. Ok, that’s sim­plis­tic; but the truth is that I do enjoy a pint (or 12) of Guinness and there is a lot of shit going on in the world that pisses me off. That being said, I hope that you’ll find that I’m not all about the anger, or the inebriation.

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Dedication:

I want to ded­i­cate this site and the writ­ing in it to two very spe­cial peo­ple. While these two have never met, they share so very much in com­mon. They are both amaz­ing moth­ers, whose love and devo­tion to their chil­dren informs every aspect of their lives. They are both amaz­ing friends, who have been there for me in ways that I can never put into words. And they are both amaz­ingly beau­ti­ful women, who’s radi­ance fills every room that they pass through. Christine and Vicki, I ded­i­cate this to you. Thank you for let­ting me be a part of your amaz­ing lives. To know either of you would be a bless­ing; to know both of you is a miracle.