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Brian Bilbrey January 28, 2018

28 Jan 2018

Good evening. Bob Thompson is still much on my mind. I'm going to miss him. * * * Work-wise, it was a productive week. But the weekend, ah, it was good: Friday evening, we attended opening night for the Annapolis Shakespeare Company's production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. Spiritedly directed by ASC Founder and Artistic Director Sally Boyett, thc cast romped through this classic drawing room comedy like they'd been working together for ages, and were still having marvelous fun while doing it. Kurt Elftmann, whom we last saw with ASC as Richard III, plays the novelist Charles Condomine magnificently.

Brian Bilbrey January 16, 2018

16 January 2018

G'day. Yep, I was busy. Sunday we did the shopping, then I started in on chores and such. About halfway through the afternoon, I saw an email that Annapolis Shakespeare Company needed a hand. It was the first load-in day for the set of the next play, and the expected carpenters had bailed on them. So I gathered some tools and went off to Annapolis to help out for several hours. I got home before 10, though... I went back the next day and gave a hand for another few hours. When I wrapped up my participation, all the walls…

Brian Bilbrey January 7, 2018

7 Jan 2018

First post! Of 2018. Lunacy continues in some quarters, in others, it's just bloody cold. Yes, yes, 3°F is winter-time heatwave/shorts weather... in Fairbanks. Here, it a nuisance. But we're due for some warming up this week, which I'm looking forward to. We got a lot done this weekend, including the dismantling and boxing of the holiday paraphernalia. That buys me ten and a half months until I have to pull those out of the garage attic again! I roasted a pound of Kenyan beans from Sweet Marias, after picking up the mess left from a stack of trim falling…

Brian Bilbrey December 17, 2017

17 December 2017

Friday was a snow day. Well, it *did* snow, and I was off work ... but those were unrelated events. I did get some home office change work done. Last weekend, I hung up the skeletal F6F3 Hellcat in the corner of the room. I'm still occasionally flinching as I see it out of the corner of my eye as I walk past: On Friday, I spent twenty minutes and built a laptop stand for my MBP so that I could set it up dual screen with the HDMI monitor I use for several systems here: Saturday evening, we re-attended…

Brian Bilbrey December 13, 2017

13 December 2017

Friday the 13th falls on a Wednesday this month. And yes, yes, it isn't Sunday. Sunday we were out at Annapolis Shakespeare's A Broadway Holiday in Annapolis. They gave us holiday and seasonal standards, marvelous singing by the company and friends, including the extraordinary and talented Rachelle Fleming. Simply wonderful. And a late Sunday night out rather gets my week off on the wrong foot - not much energy at all the last couple of evenings. But I'm back ... just in time to spend tonight patching systems remotely. Yay? Bob Thompson is continuing to battle health issues, and we're…