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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 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 17, 2018

17 December 2018

Almost nothing to report, other than the continuing deluge that is our weather this year. Over the weekend, we got ANOTHER 2.6" of rain, as measured in my back yard. And more rain due on Thursday and Friday. Lovely. We're up around 65-66" on the year, smack between the record-breaking DC and Baltimore totals. Marcia's been baking some wonderful things, and we also attended a fun Broadway Holiday production at Annapolis Shakespeare on Saturday evening. That was a total hoot, and there are two more of those to go, running in rep with their stellar production of A Christmas Carol.

Brian Bilbrey December 2, 2018

2 December 2018

This was a productive week, but nothing especially outstanding. We're mostly recovered from Thanksgiving, and getting ready to decorate for the Christmas period. We watched series four of Fake or Fortune, a show that works to establish attribution and provenance of artwork, presented by Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould. Great fun, for those who love Brits, European art, and art controversy. I've got a lot of paperwork to do, wrapping up some stuff in advance of year end, both personal and work related, so that's coming up this next week. Nothing else super exciting on the calendar yet. Our condolences…

Brian Bilbrey November 18, 2018

18 November 2018

Last week, Veteran's Day. This week: Thanksgiving. So, food coma pending. Just sayin' ... not that I can really do that, I'm on call this upcoming week. Still, we bought an actual full turkey for this week. In recent years past, we've only roasted a turkey breast. All in, it was a good week just past. I spent most of it puttering around in a BMW X2 M Sport. My car was in for servicing the headlights. They ended up replacing at least one of the assemblies, possibly both. Downside of computers and motors (in the headlights!!!). Had the car…