Should Be True Facts (3)

Brian Bilbrey

23 September 2018

More rain. Seriously. And we live close enough to DC that the rain-hole that exists there shadows us a bit - we got just a bit over half of the 22 inches that BWI got in the same time span, and that's less than 30 minutes drive. We're at 15 inches in the last two months. That's four month's worth of annualized rainfall. And I'm tired of it. Oh, yeah... the app on the phone says each one of the next 24 hours has rain due, better than 50% chance. I count Fall as officially started on the first night…

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Brian Bilbrey

21 May 2017

A good week. I made progress on a couple of projects at work, patched a bunch of systems, and this weekend, patched another bunch of systems. Best of all, they're all still running and doing their assigned tasks. The lawns are mowed, the coffee is roasted, Marcia's new office fan/light is installed, and my energy: it is gone. But the wheel keeps turning. Three day weekend coming up next, that's a good thing. Oh, yeah, about that new office fan/light? I had tucked the receipt into the box when I bought it ... five years ago. Sigh. New means newly…

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Brian Bilbrey

Should Be True

A great start to ten days before I go back to the office: I was up at 0500, and driving Marcia to the airport. She's off to Michigan for a baby shower. I declined to attend, however. I'm going to attempt NOT to rise at that hour again for a week or so! Now, here's a reminder that Marcia is job hunting, and would appreciate legit leads for a new gig. * * * New Feature: Should-Be-True Facts. As I was dropping off to sleep last night, I had one of my weird little non sequitur thoughts, and I managed…

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