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Brian Bilbrey February 5, 2020

5 February 2020

So, we've had a week that was somewhere between t-shirt and sweatshirt weather. Very weird for late January into early February. This is normally the core of snow season here just south of the Mason-Dixon line. But we've only been graced with a pittance of the white fluffy stuff so far this year. Upside - no shoveling yet. Downside - I might have to start doing outside spring work much, much earlier than I expected. I've been reading ... mostly Clarkesworld Magazine, and Neil's related project, Forever Magazine. (Yes, yes ... not HTTPS, I have to get on Neil's case…

Brian Bilbrey January 1, 2020

1 January 2020

New year. New Decade. What to do this year? Check your voter registration starting at the National Association of Secretaries of State website. Check regularly, to ensure your registration is valid as we approach caucuses, primaries, and and general elections. If you need to register, you can, starting at Vote.gov. Get registered, then see step one. Check your registration to ensure that it is current and valid, when you need it most! When you can vote, at the local, state, and national levels, GO VOTE! It's important. It's your democracy, so VOTE. This is the most important post of the…

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 December 8, 2019

8 December 2019

The holiday season is well upon us. No post last weekend because of food coma, caused primarily by the small, 14 pound bird we roasted for the two of us ... Lexi got only little bits. We just finished eating off of that bird today, with the last two servings of soup. We had a few days of straight leftovers, a pot of soup, and an abundance of turkey tetrazzini (extra turkey, no 'shrooms or almonds). We *did* manage to get the tree up and decorated, and topped in a fitting Doctor Who style: Yup, who doesn't love a Weeping…

Brian Bilbrey November 17, 2019

17 November 2019

As we wind our way through open enrollment season and clarifying what things are still eligible for reimbursement, I'm have such fun with sorting through the paperwork and ensuring that we're getting back all the pennies on the dollar that we have coming. It's one of those things I should do with more regularity, but since interest rates suck so hard, it really doesn't make sense to do the dance too often. Anyway, I'm almost done, having figured out we should spend a bit more on vision care in the next two weeks, to maximize our return. In advance of…