This means I beat André - his was on Tuesday, October 13, 1992, in sci.energy. Score!
When was your first USENET post?
PS: Dear LiveJournal, please stop freaking me out with your $0.99 tchotchkes. Thank you.

Remember when I wrote a lot on LiveJournal? Yeah, me neither.
I'm not surprised by Jobs' death, and of course my inner cynic wants to blame homeopathy or whatever the hell it was he was into; an anecdote that…
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Remember when I wrote a lot on LiveJournal? Yeah, me neither.
I'm not surprised by Jobs' death, and of course my inner cynic wants to blame homeopathy or whatever the hell it was he was into; an anecdote that…
It took ten days to clear Canadian customs and make it to San Diego, but Dan just installed the replacement thermostat for our crappy wine cabinet…