There won't be a Lowdown post today...well, since what I am writing now is actually a post, I should say there won't be a domain related post today. This is my wife Diana's birthday so I am going to spend the day with her then take her out to dinner somewhere we haven't been before.

I spend so much time behind the computer she doesn't see a lot of me (other than the back of my head when she walks by my desk) except on special days like this. Oh yes, and at domain conferences. Diana usually goes to the shows with me - I think primarily so she can see other human beings once in awhile. My work habits severely curtail our local social activities, so she likes to go along for the ride when show time rolls around. Diana is looking forward to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. next week in New York because it will give her another opportunity to see some of the friends she has made in the domain business and to hit the art museums. 

Ron & Diana Jackson

Diana is a painter, and that is great past time to have when you are married to a workaholic. The fact that painting keeps her happily occupied for hours at a time is good for me too -  I can feel a little less guilty about being planted in front of a monitor and keyboard almost every waking hour. She is a very patient and self sufficient person and never hassles me about being neglected. I'm not sure if that is because she is exceptionally understanding or is just happy she doesn't have to deal with me too often! In any case, we have had a great run that will hit 25 years next summer. I wouldn't have wanted to spend that quarter of a century with anyone else.
(Posted Sept. 17, 2008)