Month: July 2008
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Of Kings, Liches, and a bit of Wrath…
Well, I got into the Wrath of the Lich King beta, which is the next expansion for “World of Warcraft”. What this means for the world in general is that…
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Another week begins…
Its the start of a new week up here in the thin air, and as I sit here watching the sun come up over Legault Mountain with my cup of…
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It is quiet… Too quiet…
Due to a pole fire on the 115kv line that feeds the 285 corridor, the local power company has the power turned off from Buena Vista to Morrison this morning.…
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Batman…
Saw the new Batman tonight. It was a company outing and as such it was a free show, so that right there saved me $9.75, which is nice. Of course…
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Update…
Things are starting to settle in here in the thin air. As one would expect, there are certain ‘learning experiences’ with new roommates in that one has to learn to…
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Of warning signs…
Are people really so dense that they need to be told what is dangerous? Don’t answer that… These new servers I got here at work (Dell PowerEdge 1950 III), of…
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Of movies and laundromats…
Went to the theater over in Evergreen last night and saw Hellboy 2. It was a fun movie, but kind of disjointed – almost like the movie wasn’t sure if…
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Marshal 2, Mice 0…
Marshal caught another one of these little gray field mice… I think that accounts for the two we saw when we moved in. Interestingly, Marshal does not deliver them as…
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Update…
Well, it promises to be a busy weekend. The last two items were hauled out of my apartment in Aurora yesterday; a 19″ TV and some plastic sheets for one…
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I has internet…
Yesterday the WisperTel guys were out and installed a brand new 5.8 Ghz microwave transceiver under the south east eve of the house, which is pointed at the top of…
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Wildlife…
I know the stories and pictures of and about ravenwood would lead one to think I’m about 20 miles west of nowhere, but that’s not really the case. One of…
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Back to work…
Well, here we are at Monday again. The weekend was awesome in a ‘work your ass off and end every day too tired to sleep’ sort of way. I’m completely…
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chilly…
It rained quite a bit yesterday, which is good. The problem with rain is that it requires clouds, and clouds block the sun. This makes it pretty chilly up here…
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Update…
Some of those promised photos… The fist night here at Ravenwood was very, very nice. Yesterday was a lot of moving. I’m pretty much moved, zeze is 3/4 moved, kalira…
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A little place called Ravenwood…
I did some research today and the farm is actually called “Ravenwood” and was an Arabian horse ranch up until 1972. I like the name, so I think it’ll stay.…
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Escape Velocity…
Last night I signed a lease for a farm up in the mountains. It is a very nice place, on 10 acres of southern exposure up in a valley near…