The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey March 12, 2012

Argh III

In my introduction conference entry for my CMIS class, I said I hate school group projects. At work it's fine, people are motivated and interested - the mission gets accomplished. My dislike continues to be fueled by the current group project I'm participating in. I posted up template documents, did my part quickly, completely, and early to provide exemplar material to make it easy for my teammates to follow the template ... and we needed everyone to the the first part done by last night. Of the other three folks, only one had anything done. Me == Sad. I've finished…

Brian Bilbrey March 8, 2012

That's MY spot!

I worked until about 2330 last night, remotely to the office. When I came to bed, there was Lexi, in my spot. You might say that she was keeping it warm, but frankly, she was resentful about having to move. Nice picture for the circumstances, too: A 6-watt night-light provided enough ambient light for the sensor in the D5100. I'm rather impressed.

Brian Bilbrey March 4, 2012

I'll rest when I'm dead

I took off from work a couple of hours early on Friday. At that time, I was still feeling a bit off my feed - this whatever it is that isn't a cold anymore has been kicking my ass. So I "took it easy" this weekend: I slept in past eight both days! Thanks, Lexi!!! After that, though, no rest for the wicked. I put in about 12 hours writing for both classes yesterday. Today: Shopping, washed the car, cleaned the dining room, weeded out the raised beds, and seeded/prepared for snow peas. Then I reviewed the writing I did…

Brian Bilbrey February 26, 2012

Columbus Revisited

Formerly lurking, kind reader Doug was sad to read of my problems in Columbus (as you might see in a comment to the prior post). Let me be clear - the problems in Columbus were those of my cold virus, a car rental company, and an airline. Columbus has always been a gracious and pleasant place for me to visit - everyone is seriously NICE! That's probably a middle-of-the-country thing that's also related to the pace of life far away from the loons (like me) on either coast. I haven't seen much of the town yet - I usually fly…

Brian Bilbrey February 24, 2012

Columbus Day

No, not that Columbus Day! Mine! I was in Columbus for the last two days on business. Still battling the cold from Hell, though. Getting through the days on antihistamines and cough suppressants, and getting through the nights somehow. Today I finished up really early, and got to the airport early. There I was reminded of the maxim: If The Deal Seems Too Good To Be True, It Is. That's because all the money I saved booking flight, hotel, and car through the Southwest Airlines website seems to be a third party package seller working in cahoots with SWA. So,…