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Brian Bilbrey

UK weather

If I'd been driving around a local equivalent of the Tops Gear (UK) track this weekend, all my laps would have been on the board as either D(amp) or W(et). Fog, drizzle, rain, drizzle, fog - and that was just today. And today was still a busy day. I was at work by 0715, to do a bit of patching (which could be done remotely), and some BIOS configuration on one of the machines I was patching (which couldn't). That, on top of 6 hours at work yesterday: racking up the comp time, eh? I was back home by ten…

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Brian Bilbrey

Memory and Less

This weekend: A bit of woodworking, a bit of Top Gear UK, but mostly Skyrim. I utterly forgot about an event on Saturday afternoon that I'd like to have attended, but something in my brain has decided that since I'm done with school, I don't have to remember shit for a while. Sigh. * * * OMFSM. For the first time in years, possibly since I've started taking note, there are no reported US casualties on the DoD site since I last posted. Surely not the end of such things, but I'm very grateful to be able to NOT offer…

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Brian Bilbrey

Happy 2013

Or as Jenny puts it, "The Library opened yesterday." I like that metaphor. It's a bit Doctor Who-ish, but cool. I spent most of New Year's Day doing production work down in the basement, trimming and cutting dadoes and rabbets for the other three shelving units. Tonight, I started assembly: The Second Shelf

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Brian Bilbrey

Dead Microwave

Last night, I was looking online for new microwaves. Our over-the-range microwave stopped making food hot last night. It still makes light, and provides a clock that flashes when the power goes out, but no more bubbly food. I've got a query into Linda Rose on the subject, and we'll see what the recommendation is. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Sgt. Enrique Mondragon, 23, of The Colony, Texas, died Dec. 24, in Baraki Barak, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his unit was attacked by small arms fire while on dismounted…

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