The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey November 11, 2018

11 November 2018

Thank you for your service. All of you! What with the northern half of the planet angling further away from the closest star, the light is weaker, and the cold is stronger. Tonight will be our second consecutive night in the mid-20's. Even so, the dog finds a way to lay in the sun... That said, she's battling fairly severe arthritis, primarily in her left rear hip and knee. Poor pupper. We're at about 50% over normal rainfall for the year, with more still to come. I've simply got to get out and do some remedial grading along the side…

Brian Bilbrey November 4, 2018

4 November 2018

I'm getting caught up around here, but there's only one important message this week. Vote on Tuesday, 11/06/2018. Please. Help a neighbor vote, give them a ride to the polling place. Remind a friend to vote. Email. Tweet. Call. Post. Whatever. Vote and get out the vote. If you don't vote, you've made an affirmative choice for more of the same. Please vote.

Brian Bilbrey November 1, 2018

1 November 2018

Nope, this time I didn't forget. I just planned on waiting until I got back from Nashville. This was a 4 day trip to attend LISA 18, the USENIX Large Infrastructure Systems Administration conference. I think, though, that they dropped the long form a couple of years back. I hadn't attended since it was last local, in 2015. This trip was great. The event itself is shorter, just three days of blended talks and short trainings, as opposed to the prior 6 day run. Looking back, I actually miss the dedicated training days, and the much more extensive training available…

Brian Bilbrey October 22, 2018

22 Octogre 2018

It was Thursdays that Arthur Dent could never get the hang of. For me? Mondays. We slept in Sunday morning, a bit, and it pushed the whole day. Oh, well. Got lots done over the weekend. The last of the parts arrived Friday, and I repaired my snow blower, thus staving of the return of Snowmageddon this winter. While I roasted some SO coffee beans from Burundi, I cleaned up the workshop and gave myself a haircut. I also made a delicious batch of chili with hot italian sausage, ground turkey, fire roasted tomatoes, kidney and black beans, and the…

Brian Bilbrey October 17, 2018

17 Octogre 2018

Y'all: VOTE! Where registration is still open, do that. Then vote! Where registration is closed, many states offer on-site registration in concert with early voting, so check it out, carve out some time, and do that. Failing everything else, if you're unregistered, at least find out where your correct voting location is, and totter down there with ID and do a provisional ballot. Important to be at the right polling place, though. I haven't forgotten, I've just been busy. Especially Sunday, which had an evening full of song and a bit of dance at Cabaret Night at the Annapolis Shakespeare…