DYFS

Well, you might never think that you and Dyfs would ever lock horns but I"m here to tell you that it could very well happen to your.

I was in my basement apartment minding my own business when my 21-year old son comes into the room and tells me that Dyfs is upstairs and wants to speak to me. My 14 year old daughter also comes in with her face downtrodden. My son tells me that my daughter has fabricated this story that I hit her in the face while drunk. I call her a moron and ask her to leave.

Backtrack: I see my daughter about one week earlier and ask her how she got that bruise on her face. She tells me that it was a pimple that she squeezed a bit too hard. I tell her to tell me the truth for the bruise looked like a black eye. I tell her that no man should ever hit a woman--I thought that maybe a boyfriend hit her.

A few days later, the mother of my daughter's girlfriend comes by to ask my son Andre what's up with the bruise. My son tells this woman that I am incapable of hitting anyone in the family. The woman, who, according to my son walked as if she were inebriated, proceeds to call the H.S. to tell them that she had heard from her daughter that I had hit my daughter while in a drunken stupor.

The school calls dyfs and they come, interview, and decide that I will not be prosecuted for my daughter and family members testify on my behalf. However, it is Dyfs 'policy' that whenever alcohol ingestion and violence are even remotely associated, the perpetrator should take a drug test. I agreed to take the test but after days had gone by, I realized that I was the victim and that I should not give in to their 'policy.'

I told them that the governement had no right to lead innocent people by the nose just because of some 'policy.' The social worker told me that they would have to seek a court order. I told them that I would see them in court.

My background: Eight children with one wife. No history of abuse. History of coming to their aid when the school system jeopardized their future. No teetotaler but not one whose anger increases with alcohol consumption. On the contrary, I mellow out with alcohol.

I await the trial in front of a judge.

Angel

PS My daughter was examined by a doctor who said that the bruise was self-inflicted. She is now in therapy.

Linux

Surrender
I've given up on using Linux. Not that I spent any appreciable amount of time learning it or using it but having struggled with Microsoft all these years, I just don't have the motivation to switch OS because you reach a point where your present OS (XP) is behaving and you can use your favorite programs without interruption. I gave it a shot but Linux lacks a primer for Microsoft users. We, need to know how to do in Linux what we did in Microsoft. How do I download. How do I execute. how do I find. These questions should be answered by Linux implementations if they ever hope to gain ground.

Forwell oh Linux. N'er did I know thee well.

# posted by callejero @ 9:15 AM 0 comments
Saturday, May 22, 2004

Linux Trial
Well, I caame into the possession of a Pentium II Dell and decided to try installing Linux--just in case Microsoft got to me with its expense, vulnerability, lack of speed, intrusiveness, and downright un-American monopolizing.

I went to a site called Budget Linux CDs and picked up three different Linux versions: Mandrake 10.0, Yellow Dog Linux 3.01 and Wlx 1.0. It couldn't have been easier OR cheaper at a buck or two per CD. The purpose of the site is to spread the use of Linux and they are doing a great job.

I put in my Mandrake CD and started her up. The dell started executing the Mandrake CD and told me that I didn't have a hard drive. Well, luckily, I had one laying around and decided to try it out on the Dell. I started her up again and the software read the HD to discover that it didn't have a partition. This was not surprising as I had wiped the HD when Windows last misbehaved. Mandrake asked if I wanted to Partition the drive. I said yes and and it presented me with a recommended partition which I accepted but which I could have changed in inumerable ways. At this point, I could have opted for a DOS-16, DOS-32, Linux and dozens of others at any size I chose. I went with the Mandrake recommendation and the software proceeded with the installation which took about 30 minutes. After, some easy configuration options where I picked out the first UI listed (KBE), I rebooted.

[NEXT: What I saw on the desktop]

# posted by callejero @ 3:30 PM 6 comments