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I got my very own copy of a venerable Nigerian “419 Fraud” message in my inbox this morning, asking for my help in landering $26 million bucks from illegal oil deals. Whoo boy, I can’t wait until my ill-gotten gains start rolling in! Excerpts from the message are below: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL ATTN: PARTNER, Through some…

I’m going to have to be a lot nicer when writing about the Martinez Academy of Arms in the future. I went to watch a class last night, and it has to have been the friendliest martial arts studio I’d ever been in. Yes, I could have started up a conversation about Babylon 5 or…

It took some cojones to walk into the New York Fencers Club for the first time yesterday, even if I do say so myself. First of all, I had terrible clothes. I know, guys aren’t supposed to care about that stuff, but I suspect that’s crap. Also, I live in New York, for chrissakes. So…

I had an epiphany while watching the pilot of the new WB Superman prequel, “Smallville“, the other night. The epiphany was this: In the movies, and on TV, rich people always prance around their mansions with fencing outfits on, fencing with each other. They then tear their masks off either angrily (foreshadowing: the character is…

I’ve been remiss in my Blog postings, so I didn’t write about the karaoke bar that the legendary Todd Pugsley took me to on Friday night. Actually, his new girlfriend Phong took both of us. When I hear the phrase “karaoke bar”, I think of a Jersey-style pub setup, with a microphone machine next to…

Don’t Panic This is reassuring. It was posted by my namesake, cryptologist John Young. (other John Youngs). The “Real” Deal about Nuclear, Bio, and Chem Attacks: Since the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf I decided to write a paper and keep things in…

[My employer] had its yearly Volunteer Day yesterday; this year, all 350 or so staffers in the New York office piled onto four charter buses and rode two hours to Camp Sussex in northwestern New Jersey. Along with my co-worker Kyle Smith, I captained the scoreboard team. Our mission was to design and construct a…

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The webcam lies! I’m moving my desk to the 2nd floor. A few weeks after that, I’ll be moving to the 5th floor of my office. I’m not sure when I’ll have the webcam back up.