Fallen Warriors ⁽³³⁹⁾

Brian Bilbrey May 11, 2014

Happy Mother's Day

Yes, yes, I called my mom. Thanks for checking, Internet. Also for Mother's Day, Lexi had me wash Marcia's car. Marcia was effusive in her thankage. All you other Mothers out there, you be happy, too, mmm-kay? Me, I'm headed back to work tomorrow after a few days off. Nice and relaxing. (Work, I mean. Time off is exhausting!) * * * Our condolences to the family and friends of Pfc. Daniela Rojas, 19, of Los Angeles, California, who died May 3, in Homburg, Germany, due to a non-combat related illness.

Brian Bilbrey May 4, 2014

LOPSA East 2014

The League of Professional Systems Administrators (LOPSA) puts on an east coast conference each Spring. We just finished up LOPSA East 2014 last night. An excellent two days of technical training, invited talks, and superb keynote speakers. I'd say that in terms of technical conferences, it's the best value for money around. You'll be hearing a lot more about that from me for the next couple of years. Why? It appears that I have volunteered to shadow the Program Chair next year, and be the Program Chair for LOPSA East 2016. Woo hoo! I'll have a better write-up on this…

Brian Bilbrey April 27, 2014

Nothing to see here

Then why post, might you ask? Well you might. But sometimes, "nothing" is good. For instance, I've nothing to report from DoD for the week past. That's good - no reported casualties. There's been no frost, so none of the veggies I've planted are dead. That's good. Also, I made the lawns flat this weekend, and got a bit of work done at the office on the virtualization infrastructure ... neither of which is "nothing". But lawns are boring, and by policy I can't discuss details of work. So ... pretty much nothing to see there. * * * Someone…

Brian Bilbrey April 20, 2014

Ishtar. Easter. Spring.

It is said by historians that the ancient celebration of the Sumerian goddess Ishtar was co-opted by Christianity to wean the pagans from their happy sex and fertility holiday. All I know is that I couldn't do the weekly food shopping because the store was closed for Easter Sunday. Hmmm. Still a chore-filled weekend, though. Mostly yardwork and car washing yesterday, with dusting, vacuuming, and laundry filling the Sunday. Pretty damn boring, truth be told. * * * Our condolences to the family and friends of Specialist Danyluk. Spc. Kerry M. G. Danyluk, 27, of Cuero, Texas, died April 15…

Brian Bilbrey April 13, 2014

This is my belly ...

Would you scratch it for me? I'd trade her in on a working dog, especially one that does house-cleaning. But Lexi is so darned cute. * * * Today, shopping, and more yardwork. I finished dismantling and bagging the junk on the concrete pad. I'll arrange for a "large item" pickup from the trash provider sometime later this week. Very happy to have that done. I also dressed all of the garden beds with manure and leaf compost... and turned over three of them. I'll knock out the rest later this week. Overall, I managed about 12 hours of yardwork,…