glossary of terms

AWB (assault weapons ban) -Clinton Crime Bill passed in 1994

BIL1- Aimee's Brother In Law, given the designation '1' because they were married first out of our siblings.

BIL2- My Brother In Law; my sister's husband. Given '2' because they were married after BIL1.

DC (dc)- Digital Camera in general

D100- referring to my personal digital camera.

FPS (First-Person Shooter)Crackheads-Those hopelessly addicted to PC or console games in which the perspective is that of 'first person' and the primary objective is to shoot everything in sight.

HD- HelpDesk. The place I work.

MD-Minidisc. The single greatest audio advance in the history of man! Well, maybe that's a bit exagerrated but pretty darn close, imo. Actually...a versatile digital audio recording format with CD-quality sound output. It uses a special data compression format (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding, or ATRAC), which allows for excellent digital sound quality and reduced size. Its re-recordability and editing functions also make it the easiest, unshockable and versatile recording media on the market. clipped from minidisco.com

SIL- My sister in law.

'stead- short for 'homestead'. i.e. our home.

Stoopid- N. 1. a general lack of intelligence. e.g. "can you just feel the stoopid in this place?" N. 2. A group of people utilizing very little intelligence. e.g. "man, the stoopids were out in force tonight!"

The Team (team)- the company I contract for, who is not the company who signs the checks.

WM-Wal-Mart. Large department store chain intent on taking over the world one city at a time.