The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey June 18, 2017

2017 June 18

Most of a post-vacation work week gone by - I've just been dropping back into the groove. We've got patching and virtualization updates scheduled for the near future, so I've got a fair bit of planning to do to pull it off without causing unplanned downtime. This weekend was ... hot, mostly, and humid. It'll take me a while to drop into summer accommodation mode. We did celebrate a friend's birthday this weekend, and we're going to help a neighbor celebrate a birthday next weekend. I made the Father's Day phone call today, it was nice chatting with my folks…

Brian Bilbrey June 11, 2017

11 June 2017

A week in Maine We had a nice week in Maine - two 10+ hour driving days, two sunny days, and a fair bit of Seattle-influenced weather. But a relaxing, wonderful trip. A few small fish caught - all sent back to eat healthy and grow bigger. Pictured above is the camp (the word for house on a lake, in Maine) we were staying at. No, you can't build that close to the water anymore. Yes, we did bring Lexi with us. And yes, there were more than a trillion mosquitoes around, just lurking around the camp waiting to feed…

Brian Bilbrey June 5, 2017

5 June 2017

Sorry for the delay - I'm in the midst of a long weekend. Last week was a three-day work week. So far the long weekend has been as much about helping a friend with some to-do items they're unable to deal with at the moment as it has been about relaxing. But overall things are going swimmingly. Lexi's confused, having me around for more than a couple of days in a row, however. But she's not complaining much about the fact. * * * On Tuesday last, we tried to catch The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged. Annapolis Shakespeare…

Brian Bilbrey May 28, 2017

28 May 2017

In entertainment news, we attended the theater last night. Annapolis Shakespeare's Donald Hicken gave us a superbly directed production of Richard III. Visiting actor Kurt Elfmann was wonderful as the murderous, treacherous, and slimy Richard. His introspective Richard was for me most compelling. ASC company member Brian Keith MacDonald played both Brakenbury and a strong, well-executed (heh) Buckingham. It's tough playing second fiddle to an erratic schemer. I don't but wonder what sort of role models he had for that, these days? Also ASC regulars: Olivia Ercolano and Laura Rocklyn (Lady Anne and Queen Elizabeth, respectively) lent strength and passion…

Brian Bilbrey May 21, 2017

21 May 2017

A good week. I made progress on a couple of projects at work, patched a bunch of systems, and this weekend, patched another bunch of systems. Best of all, they're all still running and doing their assigned tasks. The lawns are mowed, the coffee is roasted, Marcia's new office fan/light is installed, and my energy: it is gone. But the wheel keeps turning. Three day weekend coming up next, that's a good thing. Oh, yeah, about that new office fan/light? I had tucked the receipt into the box when I bought it ... five years ago. Sigh. New means newly…