The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey February 3, 2017

3 Feb 2017

Another interesting week near the heart of power. Well, when I say "heart", I mean corroded hunk of radioactive tin encased in an orange waste of skin. Ah, well. One does what one can while watching the wreck of trains, above and below. In the meantime, I managed to get Kubuntu installed on my old Mac Air (2011). The install was fairly trivial, just a couple of trips to the search engines to get me over the occasional install hump. Everything but the thunderbolt port works flawlessly, and here it sits next to it's new big brother: The primary failing…

Brian Bilbrey January 30, 2017

30 Jan 2017

My gast is utterly flabbered. Donald of Orange, elected as President, signs his name and commits his office to actions I find reprehensible. More evil is coming, of that I am sure. We donated tonight to Planned Parenthood and to the ACLU, both doing good work in "interesting times." * * * I had a busy weekend. Okay. I had a lazy Saturday, and a Sunday filled with shopping and housecleaning, followed by dinner out with the cow-orkers. Lovely food and evening at Seasons 52 up at the Columbia Mall. Recommended. * * * Our condolences to the family and…

Brian Bilbrey January 22, 2017

22 Jan 2017

It's a hell of a thing. But let's be clear. I'm not really an optimist. Most days, I plan for the worst. In the end, most days I'm pleasantly surprised by how well things went. Given my imagination, really, I'm not going to actually have the worst day I can envision. Sadly, I don't think the President has the chops or the self-control to build a team that will give us good government. For me, this makes bad days more likely. I think it's the absolute unpredictability of the man that is most bothersome. Well, that and the sycophants that…

Brian Bilbrey January 16, 2017

16 Jan 2017

Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we have a national holiday to celebrate his birth, and to remember his words and his deeds on behalf of Civil Rights for African Americans. Today, even with the advent of Trump, the US is a better place than it was in King's time. This should not be taken to mean that there isn't far more work to do. Continued racial and religious profiling by law enforcement, and well-documented police brutality that is far more often inflicted on people of color are just the visible tip of the social/cultural iceberg that is inequality in the…

Brian Bilbrey January 8, 2017

8 Jan 2017

One down, 51 to go. A good week for exercise - I managed five days of workouts in the last seven. Today was good: 60/40/22/41(5200/635). Work was productive and fun, and I got caught up on some technical reading. Oh, yeah. Snow. Predicted: 2-4 over Friday/Saturday. Actual: a little under 3/4". Ah, well. * * * DoD announced no new casualties in the last week. Ciao!