Year: 2004
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More notes from the outback of humanity…
I’ve discovered that children have two modes: “asleep” and “loud as hell”. The bunch here are, like the last group, incapable of communication in anything less than full scream. The…
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Ack…
Well, I got exactly 45 minutes of peace and quiet after Larry and Vivian left… A short while ago two gas guzzling SUV loads of relatives showed up to spend…
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Cold and wet…
Well, so far it’s been a very cold and wet week here. Not that I mind, mind you; we need the water and I like it cool. Right now it’s…
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Another overdue update…
Not much to update really, just been working my tail off… Which is rather impressive considering the length of my tail. Let’s see here. Larry and Vivian will be gone…
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History…
Well, ol Burt Rutan (and his parrot) pulled it off! As of this morning the world has seen its first civilian astronaut and the US has the world’s first public…
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Weekend Update
Just a quick update. Aryntha and Rai were up here for the weekend and of course we had to go out, drive around, and take pictures of things… This photo…
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Better…
Well, a good night’s sleep and a couple cups of coffee and I’m right as rain again. How long this lasts in light of what I have to do today…
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Sigh…
It’s been a few days between updates here. With wrestling with Larry’s PC laptop (pure fucking 6-hour-a-day hell) and being completely submerged in SQL and PHP coding I’ve barely had…
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Bears in the woods, part two…
Ok latching down the cans didn’t work. It’s time to use a little evolution here on my part and put the cans in the garage. Most folks around here would…
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Theres bears and sherrifs up there…
I’m sure you’ve seen me mention the wildlife up here in the mountains and how it’s a continual effort to keep the outdoors, outdoors… First some background: I sleep with…
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Back at it…
Well, it was a very slow weekend. Saturday I spent most of the day futzing around on the computer which resulted in my fixing the line in the screen… Loose…
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Harry Potter…
I up and decided to go see the latest “Harry Potter” movie this afternoon. It was good, but not as good as the first two in my opinion. My observations…
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Slow weekend
Well, it promises to be a slow and relaxed weekend. Aryntha and Rai will be out of town, Lyon will be doing his clinicals Saturday and attending a scene function…
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Mid week update…
Well, Chateau D’Isaster is officially up for sale. The day before yesterday the appraiser was here, and yesterday the realtor was here to get everything signed. Larry and Vivian have…
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Back to work…
Well, let’s see… Saturday I took Lyon and Wolf over to Sonic for breakfast. Aryntha and Rai got stuck in traffic on I-225 and had to brave the wilds of…
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Denver, Part one
I got down to Denver at about 3:30 and stopped in at Dane’s place to discuss store things briefly and to hear his latest compositions, which are pretty good. I…
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Weekend…
I’ll be on my way down to Denver here in a few hours. I’ve got some things to finish work-wise as well as my laundry, which means I should get…
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DSL
Having just spent another hour with a senior lineman here at the Chateau I finally have working DSL. It turns out, after some troubleshooting I did with an oscilloscope and…
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A key, a broken lock, and a door we cannot find…
The next morning I awake to the sounds of hooves as the centaurs arrive in our camp. The centaurs themselves are large beings having the lower bodies of horses wed…
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The weekend report…
Let’s see, what did I do this weekend? Well, as Lyon is having to do his clinicals on Saturdays now, our game days have become game nights… Lyon has to…