The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey March 9, 2014

Time Bandits

They've been, and gone, and an hour of my life has been stolen from me. Worse yet, I had patching duties this morning early, and the vague worry about over-sleeping meant I actually slept very little. Sigh. However, it was seasonably warm here this weekend: mid-50's yesterday, high 40's today, so I wore shorts all weekend, yay! Walking the dog past shrinking piles of snow while wearing shorts made me unreasonably happy. I also made an early start in the garden: I turned over one bed, and planted snow peas. Just in time for possibly more snow, Wednesday night into…

Brian Bilbrey March 3, 2014

Pictures or It Didn't Happen

Some of you may not have heard Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra singing Pictures (or It Didn't Happen), off of the most excellent and awesome album, Theatre is Evil. I will say that, although I love this song, it isn't my favorite song off the album. But the song is appropriate for this post... So I got the first coat of spar urethane onto the birdhouse this morning: And Lexi continues to relax in one of her accustomed spots. I think that she's waiting for sun that isn't going to appear today: The snow continues to fall, we're…

Brian Bilbrey March 2, 2014

OMG Moar Wintar!!

There's a bit of rain on the ground ... about a tenth of an inch since noon. The temperatures are in the mid-to-high 30's (F). So of course OPM has already called it for tomorrow: CLOSED. Now, depending on how reliable you regard our weather forecasting establishment to be, that might be a good move. Others believe, too: BJs was crowded early this morning, when I was there for the weekly shopping. Evidently, for some folks, a winter storm is actually Ragnarok. I did a lot of small projects this weekend, and I've spent some time diving into Ansible as…

Brian Bilbrey February 23, 2014

Yardwork ... errrr, Spring almost upon us.

I withstood the temptation to wash cars this weekend, which was difficult, because the weather was glorious. About 60° F both days. We did open up the house both days and get some fresh air in, which was very nice indeed. But the highs are dropping back down into the 30's, with chances of snow a couple of days this upcoming week. So I'll just wait. Soon it'll be time for washing of cars and yardwork ... but not just yet. Today, I was going to cut my hair and bathe the dog this afternoon (shopping and work this morning),…

Brian Bilbrey February 20, 2014

Sigh.

suck it, TIME