Hiya. After a year of jays.net stagnation I've started over again.
Welcome to jays.net v3.0. 
I made my soon-to-be-outdated Xmas logo on the right w/ 
Paint Shop Pro 6.
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Woke up this morning to the first sleet/snow of the year (1 inch?). 
Nope. I haven't gotten hardly any Xmas shopping done yet. Doh!

<h3>Q4 2001 Nutshell</h3>

Andria and I saw Les Miserables at the Orpheum theatre in Omaha. Wow. Randal 
Keith's (<i>Jean Valjean</i>) performance of "Bring Him Home" was by far
the most powerful piece of performance art I've ever witnessed. Simply unreal.
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On a much smaller fiscal scale, I had yet another blast running lights (etc.) 
for Shelterskelter 6 (my 3rd!). You can keep up with my theatre junk on 
<a href="/theatre/">my thespianism page</a>.
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My friend Josh now hosts jays.net since Cox firewalled port 80 at the 
jays.net NOC. He da man.


<h3>2001 Nutshell</h3>

As of 11/26/2001 I've had a girlfriend for over a year <i>and she's still
speaking to me!</i> Somebody make a call -- I've set a new record. Well,
Andria should probably receive the fame and glory since
she's the one doing the hard work putting up with me. -grin-
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<img src="us.jpg" width=395 height=323 align=left>
For those who haven't met them, Andria and Zachery Desmet are on the left. 
Andria wants you to know that the photo on the right is terrible and was
taken after we had been driving for 6 hours (back from Frank Delin's wedding).
I think the disclaimer is unnecessary, but I'm writing this without my 
contacts in. And I'm a guy, which genetically cripples my sense of aesthetics.
Zach and Andria turn 5 and 26ish next year, respectively. 
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In case you didn't know, I'm a very lucky man.
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As further proof of my general good fortune, I'm now in year 3 of working for
Omni Hotels as Application Development Manager. 
<a href="/omni/">Our department</a> accomplishes some pretty amazing things.
I'd detail out some nuts and bolts for you, but I do that all day at work.
Swing by for a meeting or two and I'll bore ya to tears. -grin-