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Brian Bilbrey August 5, 2018

5 August 2018

Cleaning yesterday; shopping, mowing, and roasting coffee today. So that's a productive weekend. On the way to shopping, I stopped at the local family-owned nursery we use for plants, etc. I needed some fresh tomatoes to supplement what little is coming out of the large tomato end of my garden. With those, a lime, some garlic, a couple of small yellow onions, and a handful of mixed peppers from the garden, I made a small artisanal batch of salsa - no more than four or five cups worth. Yup, we finished that all, with chips, as a mid-afternoon snack. Part…

Brian Bilbrey July 26, 2018

26 July 2018

Well, I guess it's been a bit. I participated in two long painting days at the theatre last week, and by Sunday, after chores, etc, I was plain tuckered out. Since then, I've just been either busy or forgetful ... I can't remember which. Upcoming is the last weekend of Love's Labour's Lost presented by the Annapolis Shakespeare Company at St. John's College in Annapolis. Also, still running through late September, The Miser is on in the courtyard at Reynold's Tavern. We've seen and loved them both (and we would, even if Marcia wasn't volunteering as a part time office…

Brian Bilbrey April 1, 2018

1 April 2018

I don't have anything particularly amusing going on just now that is pertinent to April Fool's Day, but there's always an RFC, so here's one of two from this very day: Internationalizing IPv6 Using 128-Bit Unicode. If those terms aren't in your weekly vocabulary, then you're probably not going to find much distressingly funny about the other end of the link, but I had a chuckle or two. We had a lovely week, with my niece Alex joining us for much of it. She got some quality museum time in, and saw some friends from elsewhere. She also joined us…

Brian Bilbrey December 24, 2017

24 December 2017

Merry Men's Shopping Day, if you celebrate that... Me? Shopping and wrapping all wrapped up weeks ago. Today, after the weekly shopping, I spent much of the day cleaning house, as one does on Christmas Eve. That and we had cookies and leftover mac'n'cheese for the celebratory supper. Yes, leftover. We have had lots of foodstuffs arrive here at the hovel as gifts of the season. The selection from my brother and his family included several delicious Spanish cheeses. We enjoyed them here and there on crackers and such, then decided yesterday to make an extravagant mac'n'cheese with them. So:…

Brian Bilbrey March 7, 2017

7 Feb 2017

Wow. Am I a slacker, or what? I've been really busy. Work is keeping me on my toes, and (wonderfully), we're finally cooking with gas! We got a KitchenAid Dual Fuel range - a natural gas range (that could be converted to LP if needed) with two electric ovens. Yay! Getting the range was Marcia's birthday present, and she got the gasfitter to run the line for Valentine's Day. No massacres yet! * * * On the professional front, I'm working on the options for extending my Red Hat Certified Engineer status. I'm probably going down the automation path, with…