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Brian Bilbrey August 26, 2011

Incoming!

Or another starts-with-an-`I`, like Irene (and a bit like another `I`-storm: Isabel of 2003) ... regionally, we're sure taking it on the chin. Earthquakes (okay, a tiny one by left coast standards, but still), now hurricanes. Plague of locusts, anyone? School-wise, I'm still waiting for the second grade to drop, the instructor promises tomorrow afternoon. Next class starts on or about 12 September: a class on Gerontology. It's one of a few that fulfill a specific general education requirement I'm lacking. Later in the Fall session, I'll be taking a class on Java programming. That should be fun. I think…

Brian Bilbrey August 20, 2011

Productivity

Well, that's summer session done. By noon this morning, I'd taken both finals, come back home and mowed the lawns front and back. Then I replaced Marcia's broken fan/light in the sewing area. A productive day. I should have grades in a few days, but I think I did well enough to get the A in both courses. Eight more classes and I'll be done (unless I've counted/calculated wrong - hard to know until I file for graduation in late Fall, 2012). Anyway, slept badly last night (pre-test jitters, weird), and busy today: very tired now. Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey August 10, 2011

Down to the wire

Summer session is wrapping up for me pretty quickly. Final assignments for both classes are due this weekend, so I'm taking a day off work to work on school. I've got to do a PowerPoint (blargh!), and normalize a data set, as well as write a 600 word paper. In a perfect, undistracted world, I could accomplish all that today. I hold out hope... The Fall session starts for me in mid-September, with a course on Gerontology, which fulfills one of the remaining general education requirements. I finally got around to buying the book today, and the list price aged…

Brian Bilbrey July 15, 2011

Creepy Thoughts

I was in the chair at my dentist's office on Wednesday morning. I chose not to tell them what I thought of as I was falling asleep the night before... I'm talking to my dentist. "You know, I was looking on the Internet, and found evidence that 90% of problems with teeth originate with the gums." The dentist nods in agreement, and I continue. "So I found a couple of sites that made specific recommendations, and followed them. I got a fresh #11 X-Acto blade and cut all the gums way, way back. Once the screaming and bleeding was done,…

Brian Bilbrey July 14, 2011

GOLD! Errr, Vegetables!

It's getting to be happy veggie time, fo' shuzzle. This evening's haul was everything I could fit into and balance on top of a stainless gallon bowl. Sure looks pretty, right? It's delicious, too. I put tomatoes and green beans in with my pasta and chicken for supper. Absolutely superior. Soon ... Salsa. Another week, perhaps. And out front, the tiger lilies are once again spectacular. The day's gone fairly well, too. The temps are down 10 degrees from the peak a couple of days ago, and the humidity is down, too. I was able to walk Lexi after supper…