Vacation starts…
My vacation started on Friday. Well, technically, the days off work start on Monday, but on Friday I realized I'd already worked 50 hours for the week by about noon,…
The day to day aspects of life: what is happening around the house and in our family
UPDATED: House upgrade 2008: the deck and spa
I turned in my beer bottles and decided to put the windfall towards a new deck. Step #1 is: destroy the old deck.
My grand niece, Grace
My niece, Marnie, her husband Murray, and their six month old baby Grace came out to visit folks on the left coast a few weeks ago. I took a few…
Spring flowers
Okay, it is actually almost summer now, but I took these pictures a month ago or so. Usually there comes a time in spring when the exuberant plant life, the…
Back from Vegas
Irene and I arrived home last night after our Las Vegas vacation. I have spent most of today perched here on a chair going through our photos and posting them…
“Global warming”, my ass
I'm looking out the window into our back yard, where we have several big flower bushes with hundreds of flowers in bloom. It is spring... except for the little fact…
Office re-org 2008
I promised earlier that I would post some pictures and information regarding my home office “refresh”, and this post is my attempt to fulfill that commitment. I’m basically done, and I’m happy with the change- happier than last year.
Wouldn’t you know it…
I just completed a completely unnecessary and unintentionally expensive upgrade to my main gaming computer. Of course, this means it is time for something to unexpectedly break and need replacing.
Server outages due to office re-org
I am in the midst of another office cleanup. Unlike last year, I don't think I'll bore / shock you with too many pictures. But as I shuffle things around,…
Age and decrepitude
The final chapter... the nail in the coffin.... the slow, inexorable decline into oblivion: I'm there. I went to the optometrist today and, horror of horrors, I need bifocals. Naturally,…