The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey January 31, 2021

31 January 2021

I'm counting from 20 January, with a tiny bit of hope in my heart. We've been staying busy, but some stuff has been going on. The dog dish holder was a four day project. The actual cutting and assembly was a matter of a couple of hours. All the rest was staining, and coats of polyurethane, with drying and light sanding at intervals. It's much nicer looking than the old one, and a couple of inches lower, which is good for a little dog. This is a two-to-three hour job, as I first do my normal inside-the-roaster cleaning that happens…

Brian Bilbrey January 11, 2021

11 January 2021

Sadly, it's not a case of waiting for the other shoe to drop. Instead, it's shoe after shoe after shoe ... What's up there? A millipede? The news, it is nearly uniformly terrible, so let's take that as read. We're doing okay. I'm baking. Who doesn't need cookies, even in the best of times? They're even better in these times. So I made a double batch. Lexi, the chipuggle rescue mutt, is around 12 years old. Being warm seems to be more of a priority for her these winter days. So, laying on an electric blanket and covered in a…

Brian Bilbrey December 13, 2020

13 December 2020

That said, we've not experienced a significant run of ill luck yet this day, but then neither of us suffer from triskaidekaphobia. We are having intermittent warm and cold stretches, with a possibility of some icy precipitation on Wednesday upcoming - Marcia's looking forward to that. Lexi can do without the heat of summer or the cold of winter, but she does look forward to curling up on the electric blanket in the mid evening on cold nights... Not much else to report yet. I'm waiting to see what happens come Monday. Our condolences to the family and friends of…

Brian Bilbrey November 19, 2020

19 November 2020

The shoe that hasn't dropped, yet. Is he just being a narcissistic asshole, or is he clawing at every possibility he can envision before becoming a private citizen again, and subject to the consequences and suits and indictments that are headed his way? Don't get me wrong, I'm super pleased that Biden has won. I'm super disappointed that so many, many people still voted for the incumbent, and that's going to be a deal for a long time. So yeah, I'm still on edge, and that's even without pandemic 2.0, and the idiots who STILL won't wear masks or stay…

Brian Bilbrey October 25, 2020

25 October 2020

I don't ask for a lot here, but I have one request to make of y'all - VOTE! Democracy requires citizen participation: VOTE! OFFS, just get out there and VOTE! It's probably too late for absentee/mail-in ballots, which is how Marcia and I have exercised our civic duty. But there's early voting almost everywhere. Don't sit home, don't sit this out. VOTE! Unless, of course, you're offended when I ask that if you plan on voting for the incumbent, just keep your ass on the BarcaLounger (tm) at home, in front of Fox and Friends. But even if you're in…