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Brian Bilbrey January 26, 2014

Cold Sunday

Still haven't got above freezing, snow and ice everywhere around yet. Other than that, and a nice supper in with neighbors last night, nothing too exciting going on. Unwound today playing Bioshock. Fun. Oh, yeah. We watched Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing this week. Loved. It. Loved it! You should watch it, too. * * * Our condolences to the family and friends of Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli, 42, of Monterey, California. He died on Jan. 20, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds from small arms fire when he was attacked by insurgents.

Brian Bilbrey January 19, 2014

Not as much fun...

The second week of the year, sadly, was not so much fun (though overall successful and much more eventful). I flew out to Columbus on business last Sunday night, and concluded the work in time to be home on Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning, I got out of bed and spontaneously "decided" that emptying my stomach was going to be the previously unplanned activity of the day. Although that was a solo event, the aches, fever, and general lack of ability to focus lasted pretty much through yesterday. So I lost a week to Ohio, and to the flu. But all…

Brian Bilbrey January 5, 2014

Pre-cooling

While the West is unseasonably warm and horribly dry, we're hovering around normal on precipitation here in this back yard - .28" measured for 2014 to date. But the temps we've got coming are something else again. Today was a summer-ish 38° F, with some rain to knock down most of the snow, more's the pity. It was pretty outside, but not so much, now. Day after tomorrow, we should be around 0-2° F over night, with a high around 12° or so. That's cold, baby! And dicey driving on roads slick with snow-melt that stopped melting. After that, oddly,…

Brian Bilbrey December 29, 2013

Trapped Between Holidays

Two Wednesday holidays back to back makes for broken work weeks and broken routines. I like routines - a well-ordered life makes me happy. That said, we had a nice, quiet Christmas day at home. We called relatives here, there, and everywhere. For supper, we enjoyed more turkey. The next evening we watched the Doctor Who stuff that we'd picked up on the DVR on Christmas night. I enjoyed that immensely. I got some work done over the weekend - not as much as I'd hoped, but that's the joy of doing things that need to be done off hours.

Brian Bilbrey December 24, 2013

T'was the night b'fnord

That is arguably one of my favorite blooper scenes from the Carol Burnett Show. No Harvey in this one, but Vicki as Mama kicks butt. At least as much fun as Christmas, eh? Speaking of the holiday, we're having a quiet one, at home. No travel, etc. Keeping expenses way down, since we might want to get Marcia a new hip this year... Missed my post two nights ago. I was confused on Sunday - it was so bloody warm. Two nights ago it was mid-60's after Lexi's supper - shorts and t-shirt. Tonight, thirty and snow flurries. Weird. *…