The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey November 18, 2018

18 November 2018

Last week, Veteran's Day. This week: Thanksgiving. So, food coma pending. Just sayin' ... not that I can really do that, I'm on call this upcoming week. Still, we bought an actual full turkey for this week. In recent years past, we've only roasted a turkey breast. All in, it was a good week just past. I spent most of it puttering around in a BMW X2 M Sport. My car was in for servicing the headlights. They ended up replacing at least one of the assemblies, possibly both. Downside of computers and motors (in the headlights!!!). Had the car…

Brian Bilbrey November 11, 2018

11 November 2018

Thank you for your service. All of you! What with the northern half of the planet angling further away from the closest star, the light is weaker, and the cold is stronger. Tonight will be our second consecutive night in the mid-20's. Even so, the dog finds a way to lay in the sun... That said, she's battling fairly severe arthritis, primarily in her left rear hip and knee. Poor pupper. We're at about 50% over normal rainfall for the year, with more still to come. I've simply got to get out and do some remedial grading along the side…

Brian Bilbrey November 4, 2018

4 November 2018

I'm getting caught up around here, but there's only one important message this week. Vote on Tuesday, 11/06/2018. Please. Help a neighbor vote, give them a ride to the polling place. Remind a friend to vote. Email. Tweet. Call. Post. Whatever. Vote and get out the vote. If you don't vote, you've made an affirmative choice for more of the same. Please vote.

Brian Bilbrey November 1, 2018

1 November 2018

Nope, this time I didn't forget. I just planned on waiting until I got back from Nashville. This was a 4 day trip to attend LISA 18, the USENIX Large Infrastructure Systems Administration conference. I think, though, that they dropped the long form a couple of years back. I hadn't attended since it was last local, in 2015. This trip was great. The event itself is shorter, just three days of blended talks and short trainings, as opposed to the prior 6 day run. Looking back, I actually miss the dedicated training days, and the much more extensive training available…

Brian Bilbrey October 22, 2018

22 Octogre 2018

It was Thursdays that Arthur Dent could never get the hang of. For me? Mondays. We slept in Sunday morning, a bit, and it pushed the whole day. Oh, well. Got lots done over the weekend. The last of the parts arrived Friday, and I repaired my snow blower, thus staving of the return of Snowmageddon this winter. While I roasted some SO coffee beans from Burundi, I cleaned up the workshop and gave myself a haircut. I also made a delicious batch of chili with hot italian sausage, ground turkey, fire roasted tomatoes, kidney and black beans, and the…