The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey March 16, 2015

Making Do...

Sewing room, reassembling I'm still recovering from a weekend of painting and remote work ... but Marcia's sewing room is coming back together. Saturday I did the walls and bulkheads, cutting in by hand then rolling out the flats. Sunday, after several hours of remote work, I crawled about on the floor, painting the trim. Sunday evening, I moved some of the cabinets in, and started moving in tables and equipment. Marcia's happy, I think. Me? I'm just tired. Sorry for missing last night. * * * Three months with no casualties reported by DoD. Huzzah! Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey March 8, 2015

Spring coming; International Women's Day

But let's do this the other way around: International Women's Day. The joke du'jour involves "of course it's the day with just 23 hours" (in most of the US, anyway). But frankly, with women being treated badly in every old way, and in the various new ways that the Internet has spawned, it needs more than a day. Women are people. All people deserve respect. That's the bottom line. And when people like Brianna Wu (Chief Panjandrum of Development at Giant Spacekat, @spacekatgal on teh twitters, outstanding geek feminist, and recipient of death, rape, and family threats daily) continually has…

Brian Bilbrey March 2, 2015

Tree and Grass: Ice

This morning, at the office: Tree and grass enveloped in ice

Brian Bilbrey March 1, 2015

Ice

The weather liar says this is the first day of meteorological Spring. The weather itself says, "ICE!" They've been treating the roads and such, but there's an eighth to a quarter inch of ice on lots of the rest of our area. Trees are deeply unhappy, with branches coming off due to weight. Lovely, really. And such a pleasure when taking the dog for a walk. Today: Patching systems remotely for work, weekly food shopping, roasted coffee: I generally roast early enough that the beans have enough time to rest for at least three days (and outgas most of the…

Brian Bilbrey February 22, 2015

Shoveling S...

Yesterday we were due for 1-3 inches of snow during the day. Late in the afternoon, I took care of the first four inches of that snowfall. Early this morning I shoveled off the last inch and a half, which was lovingly topped with a freezing rain crust. Weirdly, by 1 PM, I was walking the dog while wearing just a light jacket - temps had ramped up to nearly 40° F. * * * In the afternoon, I painted: What I'm calling the basement foyer is a tiny little space, with a doorway (visible) through to Marcia's sewing areas,…