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Brian Bilbrey May 14, 2017

14 May 2017

First: She's a good dog, Brent - 42/10. Lexi, above, at one of her favorite activities: watching DogTV (tm) from an ottoman at my upstairs office window. * * * Second: Happy Mother's Day, y'all. You know who you are! My personal celebration in honor of mothers everywhere is listening to a lot of Bangles music tonight. Yay! * * * Our second streak of Seattle weather in May finally broke today, after several grey days and a couple of inches of rain. We reached the mid-70's. That meant I could get out and take care of the mowing, and…

Brian Bilbrey May 8, 2017

8 May 2017

A good week, past. Got lots done at work, including some annual testing that went as well as can be expected from a technical perspective, and finished an hour ahead of schedule, which is wonderful, for weekend work. The balance of the weekend went to chores: from roasting coffee to cutting the hay in the front and back 40's. Seriously, about halfway through the back yard I stopped and sent a text to Marcia asking her where she was with the baler, because stuff was piling up... Oh, I also managed a couple of hours back on the coast road…

Brian Bilbrey April 23, 2017

23 April 2017

Hullo. For my birthday this year, we went to Annapolis Shakespeare Company's Cabaret 2.0. A fund raiser for the theatre that's still a-building, we had a lovely evening of song, mostly Broadway musicals in origin. Wonderful. Upcoming: Richard III, Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Miser, and Alice and the Book of Wonderland (an original work). That wraps the current season, and we're *also* really looking forward to the next year's shows, too. But we can't get our tickets for that, just yet. Are you in the DC area? Visiting? You *really* should treat yourself to a show. You'll…

Brian Bilbrey March 19, 2017

19 March 2017

It was a fairly uneventful work week, if by uneventful you mean a snow-day in mid-March. Three people made it to the office on Tuesday: I was one of them. We have an external vendor event on Tuesdays, and while it *can* be put off in an emergency, an inch or three of snow doesn't stop me from getting the job done. I did my early morning work remotely, then spent about 45 minutes shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. Then off to work, and stayed there from 9 to 12. * * * The weekend, though, has been fun. I…

Brian Bilbrey February 5, 2017

5 Feb 2017

A good weekend, as such things go. Saturday, I roasted some coffee. In the evening, we headed over to the Annapolis Shakespeare Company's new digs, and enjoyed a superb performance of Thorton Wilder's Our Town. Not a play I'd seen before. Excellent direction by founder Sally Boyett, and powerfully performed. Patrick Ryan Sullivan takes a very pleasing and strong turn as the Stage Manager, but my personal favorite for this show has to be the tender and heart-rending Emily Webb as given to the audience by the talented Laura Rocklyn. As each season with this company progresses, I see new…