Gkikas » News http://gkikas.com Gkikas, as in Chris Gkikas. Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:19:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Camera http://gkikas.com/new-camera/ http://gkikas.com/new-camera/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:09:49 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/?p=482 We needed to upgrade, so we did.  Canon Rebel EOS XSi.

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]]> http://gkikas.com/new-camera/feed/ 0 Uptown Express http://gkikas.com/uptown-express/ http://gkikas.com/uptown-express/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:26:30 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/?p=469 This is me.  I’m not making this up.  Ian can vouch for this.

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]]> http://gkikas.com/you-gonna-eat-that-bib/feed/ 0 Quarantined http://gkikas.com/quarantined/ http://gkikas.com/quarantined/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:41:56 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/?p=331 I wasn’t sure anything could top what undoubtedly was the crappiest Christmas on record, but safe to say, this cold I caught has taken top honors.

Why?  It’s just a cold.  You’ve had these before, right?  Yes, but the consequences are different this time, and they’ve got me depressed, lonely and miserable.

The runny nose and sneezing doesn’t bother me in the slightest.  The body aches, meh they’re no big deal.  The phlegmy cough?  No problem.  What’s really bothering me is that I can’t play with, or even get near the babies, for fear of infecting them.

If I got them sick, passed on to them even with the mildest of sniffles, we could be sunk.  It’s rough enough taking care of these two when they’re in perfect health, as ‘perfect health’ includes spells of gassiness, fussy fits, explosive yellow shits, etc.

Granted, it’s liable to happen someday, likely even, that they’ll both be sick at the same time.  Obviously though, we want to avoid this as long as possible.

So, I’ve been relieved of all baby-related duties until further notice.  I haven’t changed but a single diaper in three days.  I haven’t burped a single baby.  I haven’t been spit up on, shat upon, or riled into a frustrated mental knot.

And I miss it.  Terribly.

]]> http://gkikas.com/quarantined/feed/ 0 Happy Mother’s Day Announcement http://gkikas.com/happy-mothers-day-announcement/ http://gkikas.com/happy-mothers-day-announcement/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 15:23:22 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/?p=159

Happy Mother’s Day :-) :-)

]]> http://gkikas.com/happy-mothers-day-announcement/feed/ 1 New Letters After My Name: RHCT http://gkikas.com/new-letters-after-my-name-rhct/ http://gkikas.com/new-letters-after-my-name-rhct/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 11:47:45 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/new-letters-after-my-name-rhct/ An email was sent out yesterday by my boss to the entire organization I work within.

Red Hat Certified Technician
—–Original Message—–
From: , Pete
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 9:17 AM
To: SouthEast Market
Cc:
Subject: Congratulations to Chris Gkikas on Red Hat Certified Technician certification

Please join me in congratulating Chris Gkikas on his attaining the Red Hat Certified Technician – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 certification. Chris is looking pretty spiffy walking around with his red fedora!

BTW, as much as I enjoy basking in the glory or Chris’ achievement, I’d really appreciate it if the congrats were directed to him as opposed to a REPLY ALL (and I suspect many of you would too! :>)

It’s extremely cool to get feedback and praise like this.

So now, this makes me, professional-certification-wise,
Chris Gkikas, RHCT, MCSA, A+, Net+, iNet+, Linux+, CNA. Talk about alphabet soup.

]]> http://gkikas.com/new-letters-after-my-name-rhct/feed/ 0 Today Is My Birthday http://gkikas.com/today-is-my-birthday/ http://gkikas.com/today-is-my-birthday/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:20:54 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/today-is-my-birthday/ I’m 33 today.

Happy Birthday Me

]]> http://gkikas.com/today-is-my-birthday/feed/ 0 Boulder Blizzard Photos http://gkikas.com/boulder-blizzard-photos/ http://gkikas.com/boulder-blizzard-photos/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:32:12 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/boulder-blizzard-photos/ We had some friends move to Colorado. They sent these pictures today.

Erica's car

The parking lot

View from the front porch

]]> http://gkikas.com/boulder-blizzard-photos/feed/ 0 I Say Bentley Wins http://gkikas.com/i-say-bentley-wins/ http://gkikas.com/i-say-bentley-wins/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:42:40 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/i-say-bentley-wins/ Found this here.

Facts you need to know before viewing the ads:

1. BMW started it.

2. Audi answered.

3. Subaru needed to say something.

4. Bentley Chairman had the last word!

]]> http://gkikas.com/i-say-bentley-wins/feed/ 1 Internet Magic 8 Ball Correctly Predicts Future http://gkikas.com/internet-magic-8-ball-correctly-predicts-future/ http://gkikas.com/internet-magic-8-ball-correctly-predicts-future/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:08:18 +0000 Chris http://gkikas.com/internet-magic-8-ball-correctly-predicts-future/ I clicked the Magic 8 Ball on my Google homepage just now, after asking it a series of questions. My network connection was up the whole time, so I know this wasn’t a fluke. After as many questions as I asked it, the answer was shown, in an unprecedented and indisputable way, that I will, in my lifetime:

  1. Become a truly rockin’ guitarist, and meet bandmates and have as much fun as possible as garage band kings…
  2. Successfully negotiate a hostage crisis using only a candy bar as collateral…
  3. Run for Mayor of a small and relatively unknown Third World country (and win)…
  4. Will see pigs fly, some people get what they deserve, and epiphany, all on the same day…
  5. Enjoy the fruits of my labors…
  6. Defy the odds by winning the largest lottery winnings in Florida history…
  7. Freak out some stranger, completely by accident somehow, and they will respond with “Eeegad!”…
  8. Decode the human genome…

As proof positive of these things, I’m posting a sanitized screenshot because I just know some of you are reading this.

The truth, spoken by an Internet Magic 8 Ball

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