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I have a routine that I run through each and every morning from the time I slide out of bed until I jump in the car and head off to work. Mostly it consists of getting coffee and a cigarette into me (yes, I know I shouldn't smoke) followed by checking in on a few websites I frequent. It is a slow methodical wake up ritual that gets my brain firing on all cylinders right about the time I step into the shower, and something I rarely deviate from, or, rather, have the need to deviate from.

This morning I deviated. Before I had finished my first cup of coffee I found myself wide awake and full of energy as a result of the first website I visit on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. That site is The PC Weenies, and today I found a surprise there. As I first looked at the newly posted comic, before I read any of the word balloons or scrolled down to the entry regarding the comic, I recognized one of the characters in the strip as a good friend of mine, Harold Bright.

Harold and I worked together for about a year and a half, and became friends prior to his moving off to Seattle with his wife Hollie. Not only is he an excellent Network Engineer, but is also warped enough to take on throwing ideas around with me for possible inventions, mostly in robotics. One of which we have been working on for close to two years now, and despite the distance that now separates our creative yet disturbed brains, we have managed to stay in touch and continue to make progress.

Having not seen Harold for many moons, it was quite the shock to recognize him immediately in the strip drawn by Krishna. Even further, seeing the same scene play out in the strip that has likely happened with all IT people, but which Harold despises on a whole new level, was priceless. Thank you Krishna for bringing Harold and his pet peeve to life so well in your comic, and thank you to Hollie for submitting your husband in order to bring us all a good morning laugh.