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Brian Bilbrey September 7, 2014

Late Summer

With three weeks to go in Summer (proper), summer in terms of weather and humidity finally arrived this week. A few days up into the low 90's brought us some unpleasant heat and occasionally lots of rain. Last night we had 1.3" here alone. I didn't look at the weather radar at the time so I don't know how broad that front was. But we had lightning and rain for the best part of three hours. Leading up to that, I spent about 5 hours working out in the yard. Some of that was regular stuff like mowing and cleaning…

Brian Bilbrey May 30, 2014

A Lovely Day for an Anniversary

Yep. Sixteen wonderful years I've been married to Marcia. To celebrate, she worked on a t-shirt quilt for a customer, while I ... went to work. But this evening, on the way home ... She seems to like them. She also got a sewing thing accessory as a pressie, while I've got a set of E. E. "Doc" Smith paperbacks headed my way. We're so romantical. We'll go out to supper to complete our celebration one of these days. * * * Marcia got a FitBit thing a while back, and she likes it very much. It helps her keep…

Brian Bilbrey October 13, 2013

Downs and Ups

In one sense, it was a really bad week. Hours after I posted last Sunday, I became violently ill, almost certainly due to something I ate. After about 24 hours, I was able to start re-hydrating, and taking in such challenging foods as soda crackers (in small quantities - I had ten crackers, all of Tuesday). Wednesday was slightly better, and that night I slept through the night. So I went to my one day of work on Thursday, and got enough done. The upside of the week was Capclave, which I attended on Friday and Saturday. It was going…

Brian Bilbrey September 24, 2013

Liaden Book Time

Agent of Change Carpe Diem Plan B I Dare These I have read (relatively quickly, given how busy I am these days) - books written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. I came across Agents of Change when it appeared in the Baen Free Library. I devoured it, and went to Baen to feed the habit. I ended up buying the Korval's Legacy Collection and the Phase Change Collection direct from Baen. Good pricing, ten books full of awesome. Taken together, the four books named above are a galaxy-spanning space opera that brought me to mind of the best of E. E. 'Doc' Smith and…

Brian Bilbrey September 1, 2013

Travels done

And we're back! Nine days in California and in the air are done: We flew out to SFO on the 22nd, and flew back through DFW on the 30th. We visited with my folks for about three days, then headed over to SF and stayed there while I attended VMworld 2013. I attended three general sessions and 19 technical sessions in four and one-half days ... my brain nearly exploded. I watched countless demos, met many wonderful and smart people, and acquired enough t-shirts to last me until the next millennium. The weather was lovely, and Marcia split her time between…