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Brian Bilbrey February 17, 2020

17 February 2020

We had a lovely 3 day weekend hereabouts. We started a bit early with a pleasant evening at home for Valentine's Day. This was followed by Marcia's birthday. We relaxed, watched shows as she wanted, played a few games, and I "cooked" dinner, using some of the meatballs she'd made up earlier in the week. Then shopping and some chores on Sunday, and more relaxation today for the holiday. Tomorrow, back to work. Not much else to report but for the seasonally inappropriate weather - it's too damn warm. I'm going to have to start doing yardwork really soon unless…

Brian Bilbrey December 22, 2019

22 December 2019

We find ourselves a day into Winter, thus Beginnings. We've had mornings in the teens (Fahrenheit) fairly often for the last couple of weeks, so sliding formally into Winter seems the merest formality. More fun, we had guests up from Atlanta, and, well, it's properly cold here, for them. But they're driving further north, more power to them. It was a joy to have some time with Jen and Chris, though. And Lexi got lots of attention from them, too. Linda was over for supper, too. We enjoyed a properly garlic-y chicken supper, a holiday film from Mel Brooks, and…

Brian Bilbrey September 9, 2019

9 September 2019

Our friend Michael Lindsay, husband to Linda Rose Payne, father to Dylan and Kiera, died on August 31, 2019. He was a talented voice actor, and a seriously funny and fun dude, even when in massive pain, which he was, a lot. I'm gonna miss him. Yes, again. With some lovely weather, visits with usually distant family members, and some moderately successful fishing. We ended up with 6 or 7 bass between us, all weighed less than two pounds, all released back into the lake after getting weighed and measured. Eleven hours on the drive up (traffic problems), ten hours…

Brian Bilbrey June 23, 2019

23 June 2019

Well, away, but with leave. We spent the last week enjoying company with family, lovely weather, and intermittently successful fishing in Maine. The camp is on Cobbosseecontee Lake, near Augusta. Here's a view from next to the lake-side of the camp: We drove up Saturday a week ago. Per my usual routine, I threw a line in the water within about half an hour of arrival, from that very dock. A couple of dozen casts got one solid bite from a bass that squirmed off the hook, then a few minutes later, another bass that stayed on the line for…

Brian Bilbrey February 24, 2019

24 February 2019

Our family said their goodbyes to Dennis yesterday. He's resting by his grandparents now. Sadly, I didn't know him as well as I'd have liked, and we didn't make the trip for his memorial, because it was a small affair, and nobody needed out-of-towners to deal with on top of everything else. He'll be missed, rest in peace. Work was a week like so many others, not worth remarking on. However, on the home front, the computing environment continues to have drastic changes. Yesterday, I pulled the final backup from my FreeBSD 11 server, Serenity. After that, I shut it…