Lets start off with some good news!

I'm currently working towards getting some tech certifications. I've passed the CompTIA A+ Essentials at this point, now I want to do a bit more studying before taking the bench technician cert. After that I will probably pursue the Linux + papers. That will give me a good base for CompTIA. I'll probably look into getting one of the Microsoft papers after that. I know it's mostly just resumé padding, but it's better than nothing at all. I didn't go to school for this stuff you know. So far this has been a really good resource.