"In my mind's eye, Mike Irwin sits at a computer in a dark room, chain-smoking unfiltered camels and drinking a neat bourbon while bashing the ever-loving tar out of a plastic hunk that was, at one time, recognizable as a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard. All the while alternately muttering under his breath about the eTards he puts up with, and chortling out loud at some particularly inventive bit of vitriol."
Wow.
OK, I smoke, but I smoke Salem Ultra Lights. Camels make me dizzy. I definitely do NOT smoke in my house, though. I smoke on the front porch.
Bourbon? Sorry, I'm not at all a fan of whiskey. It would have to be a gin & tonic, and I drink so rarely that it's not even funny. My last G&T was sometime in June, and my last beer was on Labor Day.
As for bashing the keyboard, I actually have a rather light touch on the keys. When you type as much as I do (I'm a writer/editor by profession) you need a light touch or you kill your keyboards and develop nasty carpal tunnel. Since 1981 I've been on the computer almost every day, and as best as I can tell I don't have carpal tunnel syndrom. I don't have an ergonomic keyboard, either.
"All the while alternately muttering under his breath about the eTards he puts up with, and chortling out loud at some particularly inventive bit of vitriol." You got me there...
Oh yeah, I HATE working on a computer in a dark room. Hurts my eyes. I use a swingarm desk lamp for task lighting and a lamp behind me for general lighting.