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Brian Bilbrey February 5, 2020

5 February 2020

So, we've had a week that was somewhere between t-shirt and sweatshirt weather. Very weird for late January into early February. This is normally the core of snow season here just south of the Mason-Dixon line. But we've only been graced with a pittance of the white fluffy stuff so far this year. Upside - no shoveling yet. Downside - I might have to start doing outside spring work much, much earlier than I expected. I've been reading ... mostly Clarkesworld Magazine, and Neil's related project, Forever Magazine. (Yes, yes ... not HTTPS, I have to get on Neil's case…

Brian Bilbrey January 27, 2020

27 January 2020

Yes, yes, yes. It's been many days since Friday the Thirteenth fell on a Monday this month. I've been busy, but that's all, just busy. All is otherwise well. Roasting coffee. Chores. Dinner guests. Work. Sleep. And the clock, it keeps ticking. So, thank you for your patience. Your reward is a winterized Lexi photo: Not much else to report. Be well.

Brian Bilbrey January 13, 2020

13 Jan 2020

It falls on a Monday this month. I can tell. All in, though, it was a good weekend, and today: a productive start to the week. The downside is, there are so many things I'd like to accomplish and not enough time for them all, much less relaxing. So I'm doing more relaxing and less of the things. For now, that's okay. There's not much else going on for us. Watching the brinksmanship and idiocy going on in the upper reaches is something else again. I finished up nearly all of the novels in the Liaden Universe series. I've not…

Brian Bilbrey January 1, 2020

1 January 2020

New year. New Decade. What to do this year? Check your voter registration starting at the National Association of Secretaries of State website. Check regularly, to ensure your registration is valid as we approach caucuses, primaries, and and general elections. If you need to register, you can, starting at Vote.gov. Get registered, then see step one. Check your registration to ensure that it is current and valid, when you need it most! When you can vote, at the local, state, and national levels, GO VOTE! It's important. It's your democracy, so VOTE. This is the most important post of the…

Brian Bilbrey December 22, 2019

22 December 2019

We find ourselves a day into Winter, thus Beginnings. We've had mornings in the teens (Fahrenheit) fairly often for the last couple of weeks, so sliding formally into Winter seems the merest formality. More fun, we had guests up from Atlanta, and, well, it's properly cold here, for them. But they're driving further north, more power to them. It was a joy to have some time with Jen and Chris, though. And Lexi got lots of attention from them, too. Linda was over for supper, too. We enjoyed a properly garlic-y chicken supper, a holiday film from Mel Brooks, and…