I left this comment in the HMS Broadsword guestbook: http://pub47.bravenet.com/guestbook/4010309441. Any Reeves sailors reading this who worked in CIC or the radio room and remember what I’m talking about? 
Yes, sailors who’ve been at sea for months get a little weird:
My comment on this Gainesville Sun column has been deleted. Perhaps I was too explicit… Here it is, for the record:
“As a 42-yr-old who started at UF in 1984, I’m amazed that anyone could doubt the rivalry status of this game! ‘No hate, no history, no rivalry’ my A–! Pat nailed it when he said, ‘definitely blame it on Tennessee’s administration for pushing to strip Florida of its first SEC title following the 1984 season.’ Your sidebar summary of the ‘85 UF-UT game failed to mention how many Tennessee players were carried off the field that day with injuries. That game was perhaps the greatest physical manifestation of hatred ever on a college football field.
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Oct ‘09: Per Google Analytics, this is the most-read post on my blog.
So this evening I’m driving by a convenience store in Gainesville, Florida, when my daughter Guinevere (now 6 yrs. old) suddenly blurts out, “Hey! That store has a Novell penguin!” I figured it was just some picture of a penguin that maybe kinda looked like the Novell Tux that used to sit on my desk. (Example here; not my daughter, but a great photo.)
We love penguins (who doesn’t?) — especially Linux penguins — so I backed up to investigate. My jaw dropped. It was Tux! Not just sorta-kinda Tux, but the real, official Larry Ewing-drawn Tux, faithfully reproduced — four times! — in roughly 2.5 foot treatments on the walls above the beverage coolers and “Beer Cave”.
I’ve created a couple Box.net folders to share files of historical interest ref: Novell’s BorderManager product. I was the Product Manager for BorderManager from Sept 2001 until spring 2004. Only files that were originally public material are included, of course.
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