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Brian Bilbrey

Two Days Off

Today and tomorrow, I'm off work. Yes, of course I checked email a few times. But that's it. Today was all about schoolwork. I'm caught up with everything, and ahead of the game in a few things - all of this weekend's due items are already submitted. The downside is that all I've had today are clear liquids. And I just finished my first of two SUPREP rounds, before tomorrow's "Gosh, it sucks to be 50" diagnostic test. So I've got a stack of magazines, and perhaps some video gaming to while away the hours this evening... while I drink…

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Brian Bilbrey

What Day Is This?

I have it on reliable authority that it is, in fact, Tuesday. That's amusing, since this clearly isn't Belgium. But with a bunch of reorg work yesterday in the data center, and fun with ZFS and the backup system today, I'm all a-whirl! Things to do next: That third item is fun, because I've been known exhibit Anglophilic tendencies in my writing from time to time. So I'm going to get a different set of corrections after finding and killing that configuration. But I rarely spell that word in the first paragraph "centre", so I think it'll be a net…

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Brian Bilbrey

Hope: #FAIL

Every week, I open the pages on the DoD website, hoping that there have been no casualties since my last report. That's still not happening. Our deepest condolences to the families and units of these fallen warriors: Sgt. Steven L. Talamantez, 34, of Laredo, Texas, died July 10, in Al Amarah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. Spc. Rafael A. Nieves Jr., 22, of Albany, New York, died July 10 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. Sgt. Christopher P. Soderlund,…

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Brian Bilbrey

What To Do?

Over 6# of pesto, all told. Just looking at it, I gain weight ... and happiness. I preserve the pesto by freezing it in ice cube trays. I turn the pesto cubes out into a bag and keep frozen. Handy for pulling out just what's needed for a meal or two at a time. I have no idea how many trays all told; Two at a time is going to take a while. The ingredients are sufficient for salsa. Tomatoes, onion, peppers, cilantro, and garlic. Only the garlic isn't from our garden. And yes, that's too much onion. I'll find…

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