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Brian Bilbrey

Sitting here, looking up

I'm sitting here at sub-desk one, working on the Air and looking up at the wall (not precisely in that order, perhaps). I see two crooked pictures on the wall ... and now I know the answer to the question, "Why earthquakes?" Of course, it's to piss off all the people with OCD. * * * JoCo released his new album an hour ago. I'd link to it, but he announced the event on Twatter, and killed his own secure server with the crush of traffic. HO HO, JoCo! To help with the joyeous crash and burn, I did retwat…

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Brian Bilbrey

A is for Appropriate

I would have said awesome, but the 'A' that I got for each class this summer was more tiring than awesome. Survival of challenging course work is harder at this age, and with a full work load besides. On the flip side, I'm certainly better organized, more motivated, and purposely successful than I ever was as a student previously. On the gripping hand, since I started at this last death march to finish a BS, I've accumulated 16 straight 'A's. Only eight more to completion (unless I calculate the courses wrong, and end up having to take one or two…

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Brian Bilbrey

Rainageddon

Rain: an inch and a half since 11 AM, and lots more on the way. The sump pump is firing out about 2 gallons US every thirty seconds or so (2' diameter sump, about 6" at a time). We're going to get a fair bit more rain, and if we're unlucky lose power ... but that's about it unless Irene changes course drastically to the west. Right now we're outside the projected pattern for even tropical storm winds. I've been up the ladder once, unclogging one downspout. I also neglected to consider the angle of attack for this storm -…

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Brian Bilbrey

Incoming!

Or another starts-with-an-`I`, like Irene (and a bit like another `I`-storm: Isabel of 2003) ... regionally, we're sure taking it on the chin. Earthquakes (okay, a tiny one by left coast standards, but still), now hurricanes. Plague of locusts, anyone? School-wise, I'm still waiting for the second grade to drop, the instructor promises tomorrow afternoon. Next class starts on or about 12 September: a class on Gerontology. It's one of a few that fulfill a specific general education requirement I'm lacking. Later in the Fall session, I'll be taking a class on Java programming. That should be fun. I think…

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