Year: 2021
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Changing of the guard…
For some time now I’ve been plotting a method of extricating the thousand or so entries I have here on Livejournal, images and all, and hosting it all State-side. Now,…
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Sensational!
I don’t do “news”, so it can often appear that I either live under a rock or that I’m emotionally detached — because I’m not in a panic over whatever…
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Of Roomates
People online are often shocked to discover that I have a roommate… I’m not sure why, other than I’m in my 50’s and roommates are a thing you do when…
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Eating out whilst staying in…
My roommate eats out a lot; lunch at work is always out and about and on weekends he’ll go get breakfast somewhere. This morning he was down in Parker at…
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Old-school World of Warcraft
In my scant free time I’ve been messing around with “classic” World of Warcraft a bit. It’s mostly just to have a change of pace from Final Fantasy 14. FF14…
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ARGGGG! (tension breaker)
As is par for the course; today I rolled out Office 365 to my users with instructions on how to set up 2FA and everything… And an hour ago Microsoft…
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Blizzard ’21
It’s slightly snowy outside, and they’re saying it’ll be like this through Wednesday. Which suits me just fine; I have plenty of food and no real desire to go anywhere,…
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Been a while…
I’m currently deeply embroiled in transitioning the company to “The Cloud”, so free time has been at a premium these last two weeks. The difficulty has mostly come from two…
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Animated Dragons
So, went and saw “Raya and the Last Dragon” last evening, in iMax, because why not… I was pleasantly surprised at how good the movie was — because, honestly, my…
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Ouch…
I find it funny how the theaters are all “COVID killed us!” — maybe, but $75 for two people to see a flick with popcorn and soda might have something…
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Busy…
On the home-front, between finishing the move and unpacking, being down with the flu for a week, cleaning up the old townhouse, and offloading a gun safe and cast iron…
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Update…
One of my favorite parts of moving is finding all of the really cool hole in the wall places near where you moved. Yesterday I found a Shipley’s Donuts just…
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Annnnd — scene.
As of yesterday afternoon I’m officially moved. After dinner at “Cheddar’s” down the road, I spent the evening getting my bedroom and office set up, and after an exceptionally restful…
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Moving day
The movers are showing up today, so — in theory — tonight will be the first night at the new place. I’ll have a couple more trips from the old…
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Bad Battery
As most folks know, rechargeable batteries can swell up when they fail. And I see that pretty often here at work given just now much hardware is floating around for…
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Reality is a harsh mistress
The movers don’t get here until the 17th, so being as my bed, desk, and other large furniture is still here in the townhouse — so am I. With the…
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It’s the little things…
The new washer and dryer for the new house were delivered and installed… So one more item checked off of the list for this move. Yay.
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One more time — with feeling
At precisely 06:07 this morning I managed to arrive at 52 years of age. I celebrated by going over to the new house and reverse-engineering Centurylink’s fiber access methodology that…