Testify

Once every other blue moon or so, the ubermench that is Benjy Feen decides to grace the world with more of his writing. Feen, a senior UNIX admin and author of monkeybagel.com, disappears from the Internet for months and sometimes years at a time.

This is a bad thing.

Fortunately, like the seasons and the tides and swallows in Capistrano, Feen periodically returns his fantastic Nautilus-like submersible to the surface for air, provisions, and Kirk Douglas. This time, Feen is here to delight us with his thoughts on engineering first dates that don't crush your spirits. To wit: "Vague mild disappointment sure beats specific intense disappointment." Testify, brother.