Fallen Warriors ⁽³³⁹⁾

Brian Bilbrey March 24, 2019

24 March 2019

My friend Mark Camack died this last week, after a battle with throat cancer. We've been in the exchange holiday cards / biannual phone call place for the last couple of decades, but I'd still have jumped up and headed out if he needed help. I didn't hear about this until his wife Bonnie got in touch, the other day. My heart goes out to Bonnie and their extended families. Rest in peace, my friend. The big news is that I migrated all of the personal sites I manage from an old server to a new server. Not super-exciting from…

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 January 27, 2019

27 January 2019

Because they are, just sayin'... So I'm going to ignore all of that for the moment. Marcia did a bunch of wonderful baking and cooking, so for supper with friends Saturday night we had scratch made: crackers, focaccia (two kinds: rosemary and olive), pasta, and cake. Carb-loading for the gluten gluttons only? Yup. But super-tasty! The house got cleaned, too. Coffee from Kenya got roasted. And I did some intermittent remote work over the weekend, getting stuff done, which is good. Finally, I spent a bit of time playing around in Skyrim. Net result, there: I'm now the Arch Mage…

Brian Bilbrey January 21, 2019

21 January 2019

Not properly cold, not in the ice moon Hoth sense of the word, anyway. But it was 11º Fahrenheit when I walked the dog early this morning, with winds gusting to 40 mph. I think that means a wind chill of minus one billion. As the day went on, it warmed a little bit, and the winds dropped to gentle breezes, which meant I could shed a layer or two for the later walks. It'd have been better if Lexi would simply walk, take care of her business, and be ready to head back in. But her idea of a…

Brian Bilbrey December 25, 2018

25 December 2018

Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, with or without family, with or without larger significance, please let it give you and yours both joy and peace. I had a lovely few days off work. We spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time binge-watching The Great British Baking Show, and to join us in our turkey dinner today, we were joined by a Mister Bruce Springsteen, shown in the production filmed over a couple of nights of his Broadway run. What a lovely show. We leapt out of bed this morning at the crack of 8:41, and once the dog…