Author: rihahn
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The number you have reached…
I spent Monday afternoon / evening in Denver hanging out with Aryntha and Rai. There were some important papers that needed to be taken to the accountant downtown and I…
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Absolute Zero Is Cool…
So, here it is, Monday *again*… I never seem to be able to escape this day. It promises to be another dull day at work; fortunately I have the last…
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Sometimes it’s good to be evil…
I usually play a character who was conceived almost 15 years ago named Raeshlavik. Ravik is really quite an interesting character with reams of back-story created over the years. He’s…
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Colorado: The New Hotel California…
Looks like I’m getting some new neighbors today. There’s a big moving truck sitting out in front of the empty duplex across the street; more Californians judging by the plates…
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Rant: Big Box Stores
…Checking in from the shop… Today’s Topic: It’s amazing what “big business” can do to a little mountain town… My shop is in a little Podunk mountain town called Avon.…
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It’s always an adventure…
Well here we are, another wonderful day in the Valley. Ever notice how bad things travel in packs? Well Jeff from the store was over here at Château D’Isaster working on…
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On the code again, just can’t wait to get on the code again…
This morning I’ve decided to work a little on the ecommerce code for the store’s web site and once again the ability of the average user to break things astounds…
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It’s the end of the world as we know it…
Today was pretty cool. Did a little geocaching down near Eagle with Aryntha and Rai (and no, we didn’t see anything dealing with Kobe Bryant) which resulted in the finding…
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An evening in the Cannibal Special…
Aryntha and Rai are up here at Château D’Isaster for a few days to get away from all that is Denver and to reaffirm their faith that the world doesn’t…
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In the beginning
In the beginning all was dark and without order. No words graced the formless void of the Journal, no witty prose skittered about the web page in vain attempt to…
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2002 – (Colorado)
We pulled into Aurora Sunday evening, the 23rd, and I immediately stopped at El Chubby’s to get a to-go burrito before we check into the hotel… There was simply no…
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2001-2002 (Connecticut)
Starting in July RSO and I built a new wireless network to connect the various dormitories and resident student houses on the grounds of the school. We also built a…
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2000 – 2001 (Baltimore)
By June of 2000 RSO, RSO’s ex, Pegasus, and myself were all living on the StarChaser in Baltimore’s “Inner Harbor”, and the horses were boarded about an hour away at…
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Update
For the morbidly curious I’ll clue you in on why the site hasn’t been updated in over a month and other things that are new in the so called life…
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1997-2000 (Virginia)
In June I landed at BWI where RSO picked me up and, after a week of helping his family move, I arrived at my new home in the back woods…
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1990 – 1997 (Colorado)
In life, success tends to be equal parts effort, timing, and luck – I generally have none of the second two and therefore try to make up for it with…
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1986 – 1990 (The Navy Years)
Interestingly, my enlisted time coincided with a period of intense change for the Navy. Also, the military is truly the land of overused acronyms, so I’ll try to put meaning…
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1985 – 1986 (11th Grade)
My grandmother had passed away in 1985, and she had left her house in Golden to my dad and my aunt. My dad had bought out my aunt’s half of…
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1984 – 1985 (10th Grade)
In 1984 – 1985 I was still in Longmont and still living in the house at east 4th and Lashley. I started High School in 1984, 10th grade, a sophomore…
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1981 – 1982 (7th Grade)
I lived with my parents in the backwater town of Longmont Colorado, in a tiny little house on East 4th Ave. and Lashley St. My next-door neighbor, Philip, and I…