The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey October 29, 2017

29 October 2017

Boo! Ha Ha Ha! There. That's the extent of my seasonal participation in the upcoming Day of the Dead celebration. * * * This last week, we went to see POE... And All The Others, put on by the Annapolis Shakespeare Company. As with last year's production, Poe was played with power and sensitivity by Brian Keith MacDonald. This year's Muse (and all the others) was played by Olivia Ercolano. Olivia's performance seemed to be informed, nay, infused, with the imperious strength of her Red Queen role from Alice, earlier this year. What a joy! There are still two chances…

Brian Bilbrey October 22, 2017

22 October 2017

Work. Chores. A bit of Barrett-Jackson from Las Vegas. And there goes the week and the weekend. Seriously. The cars are clean, the lawn is mowed, the coffee is roasted, the roaster is clean, now, too, and most of the work has gone well. But with patching, there was a lot of that to go around. There are only four more chances for you to see Much Ado About Nothing at the Annapolis Shakespeare Company, though, so get your ass over there and show them some love. * * * DoD reported no new casualties in the last week. Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey October 15, 2017

15 October 2017

On the face of it, three day work weeks are pretty nice. But I stay busy, and cramming a week's worth of productivity into three days is less fun than it sounds like. That said, I got done what needed doing, and the coming week is prepped and ready. * * * Last night, we went back for a second round of Annapolis Shakespeare's production of Much Ado About Nothing. With 17 actors and a two story set, there's always more going on than one can take in at one sitting. Since opening night, the actors have really settled into…

Brian Bilbrey October 9, 2017

9 October 2017

Good morning. It's a holiday for $FIRM, in the midst of a five day weekend (for me), so I've only been doing email and tickets for an hour or so, and work is done for the day. A busy weekend. First up, Capclave. Capclave is a small-ish literary SFF convention put on by the Washington Science Fiction Association. It's been held at the Hilton Gaithersburg for at least the last several years, and I've attended several now. It's simply lovely. Loads of writers, editors, publishers. I've been attending intermittently since 2012. It's good to catch up with some prior acquaintances…

Brian Bilbrey October 1, 2017

1 October 2017

"Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?" * * * I'll just leave that there, okay? In other news, I just called my oldest best friend (I've known him since I was four) to wish him a happy birthday, which was pleasant and fun. I also left a voice mail for pater and mater, they're probably out painting the town red. Some of our weekend was normal routine - shopping, roasting coffee, washing the car, going to the office to get some hardware maintenance done during off-hours, doing other chores, but... Speaking of painting the town red, we had…