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Brian Bilbrey December 31, 2017

31 December 2017

And that's a wrap on 2017. We're doing okay, I guess. I'd like to see a little more sanity coming from the government, but that's as it may be. We vote, and support candidates that reflect the direction we'd like to see. My favorite things from 2017: Marcia and I celebrated 19 years of marriage! Everything else is gravy. Lexi is having fun with her new Lambchop™ toy: In other news, our high temperature today was brought to us by the numbers 2 and 0. It's supposed to be another week at least before we come back above freezing. Yay?…

Brian Bilbrey December 24, 2017

24 December 2017

Merry Men's Shopping Day, if you celebrate that... Me? Shopping and wrapping all wrapped up weeks ago. Today, after the weekly shopping, I spent much of the day cleaning house, as one does on Christmas Eve. That and we had cookies and leftover mac'n'cheese for the celebratory supper. Yes, leftover. We have had lots of foodstuffs arrive here at the hovel as gifts of the season. The selection from my brother and his family included several delicious Spanish cheeses. We enjoyed them here and there on crackers and such, then decided yesterday to make an extravagant mac'n'cheese with them. So:…

Brian Bilbrey December 17, 2017

17 December 2017

Friday was a snow day. Well, it *did* snow, and I was off work ... but those were unrelated events. I did get some home office change work done. Last weekend, I hung up the skeletal F6F3 Hellcat in the corner of the room. I'm still occasionally flinching as I see it out of the corner of my eye as I walk past: On Friday, I spent twenty minutes and built a laptop stand for my MBP so that I could set it up dual screen with the HDMI monitor I use for several systems here: Saturday evening, we re-attended…

Brian Bilbrey December 13, 2017

13 December 2017

Friday the 13th falls on a Wednesday this month. And yes, yes, it isn't Sunday. Sunday we were out at Annapolis Shakespeare's A Broadway Holiday in Annapolis. They gave us holiday and seasonal standards, marvelous singing by the company and friends, including the extraordinary and talented Rachelle Fleming. Simply wonderful. And a late Sunday night out rather gets my week off on the wrong foot - not much energy at all the last couple of evenings. But I'm back ... just in time to spend tonight patching systems remotely. Yay? Bob Thompson is continuing to battle health issues, and we're…

Brian Bilbrey December 3, 2017

3 December 2017

Oh, hey, we put up the festive artificial tree last weekend: Someone said that it had probably been up all year. When I pointed out that Marcia's hip surgery and recovery therefrom precluded much decoration last year, the reply was that it must have been up for a couple of years then. I then noted two things. First, we picked up this fake tree half-price in the after-season sales in January of this year. Secondly, if I had to have the Christmas stuff up year 'round, I'd go find someone with Ebola to cough on me. Bah Humbug. * *…