Mark Cockrell

Husband, father, podcaster, musician, all-around geek, aspiring Open Source guru, former public school tech admin, healthcare IT guy, transplanted Texan.

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A 28-year relationship with @ATT ended last night. I've been a cellular subscriber since they were Southwestern Bell in 1994. I've literally never had any other mobile service. Their incompetence was finally too much to bear.

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@mguhlin @Spiceworks is probably the one you're thinking of.

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Tornado siren in January...That's new.

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Giant spider crab is NOT impressed.

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Tennessee aquarium in Chattanooga with my girls. We're gonna need a bigger boat.

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Sometimes you just have to smile and say. "Thanks."

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My 5-year-old crawled up into my lap and began stroking the increasingly gray hair of my beard and said, "You keep getting older and older."

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Dinner at Tuscany Italian and now "Catching Fire" as a late anniversary date with my beloved.

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19 years ago today I married the love of my life. She's almost perfect, except for her taste in men.

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There are two plastic trees upstairs in my house... must be December.

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Three full-on turkey meals with all the fixins and one sumptuous smoked turkey and wild rice stew in the last two days. #Feasting

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Bird number two resting in the warmer, bird number three just dropped in the fryer. T minus 2.5 hours

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The wife and I had our first Thanksgiving meal planning session today. And so it begins.

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Ever watch a scene and say to yourself, "The only reason that's there is for the video game they'll make to go with this movie?"

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I sit, comfortable and unafraid, in my home because others choose to be frightened, in danger and far from home. Thank you for your service.

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I just took the plunge and bought a 32GB Nexus 5. Now the excruciating wait begins.

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Dinner with my honey, the Thor. #GeekDate

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Ender's Game gets a 7- worth watching, but only average. Good action, but a rapid plot pace doesn't allow time to care for the characters.

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EDL is going live a day early this week. Come check us out right now at http://t.co/gzehJX4zBK or http://t.co/1LHSovMHP4

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I immediately dislike any journalistic enterprise with "Action" in the name.