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Brian Bilbrey April 29, 2019

29 April 2019

Saturday was a full, wonderful day at BsidesCharm 2019. I saw a number of interesting talks on security topics that taught me a lot. Sunday I planned to attend a second full day there, but the crashing near-migrane I woke with put paid to that plan. I just relaxed, and that's made today ever so much better. The thing I'm looking most forward to soon is Good Omens. If you aren't, you should be. The book is wonderful, too, and read it first if you can. My preparatory work for this is to watch some Neil Gaiman interviews. Note -…

Brian Bilbrey April 8, 2019

8 April 2019

I'm on the recovery road. I was two hours in the chair this morning, getting a four-root canal job done on number 15, and there are two things that can be considered to be the best news. First best news - the tooth is saved. The worry was that there was a vertical crack in the tooth, invisible to the xray images, that would mean that the tooth would have to go. The second best news is that in the hours since the root canal, I've had my most comfortable eight hours out of the last three or so weeks.

Brian Bilbrey March 17, 2019

17 March 2019

But first, here's hoping that St. Paddy's Day brought you joy today, whether you're Irish, Irish-adjacent, or just ... I dunno ... human. On the entertainment front, we attended opening night for Pride and Prejudice at the Annapolis Shakespeare Company last night. The show is a real joy, and introduced us to some new actors, including a superb Mr. Darcy being portrayed by Daniel Beason. Old friends on stage included the marvelous Laura Rocklyn as Elizabeth Bennet, Dexter Hamlett as Mr. Bennet, and Ian Charles playing the unpleasant Mr. Wickham. My secret joy of the show was Kitty Bennet, played…

Brian Bilbrey March 10, 2019

10 March 2019

It was an interesting week. I skipped last Sunday for a variety of reasons. The most important is that we were up early that day, to get Marcia onto a plane for Salt Lake City, Utah. She was there for a few days doing Handi Quilter factory training on her software and machine. She learned a lot, and is now taking advantage of some superior features in the new motor control software. I worked short days for most of the week, to burn a few hours of vacation time and reduce stress on a little Lexi that was missing her…

Brian Bilbrey February 17, 2019

17 February 2019

Yet utterly unlike a sheep. Last Sunday, we were out at Cabaret Night at Annapolis Shakespeare. It was song and dance and showtunes from the 50's, and the joint was rockin'! So much fun I forgot to post. And as I remembered, each ensuing day, well, I was at work, not relaxing at home, so I kicked the can down the road and here we are. The cabaret was wonderful, as always. Up next at the theater, another Cabaret Night, 60's this time, and then it's time for Pride and Predjudice to open (runs for 6 weeks starting on March…