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Brian Bilbrey August 14, 2016

14 August 2016

[Muttered, from the stack of bodies on the cart]: I'm not dead, yet! In the week leading up to last Saturday, I had five good days of exercise: pushing pretty hard. Then on the Saturday, I spent most of the day working out in the sun on an August summer day, and I destroyed myself. Lawns, yardwork, and deck/furniture cleaning. All that I did on Sunday last was relax, and crawl up the stairs to bed. I also took it far too easy this last week: just work, no working out to speak of. It's too hot for nearly everything.

Brian Bilbrey July 31, 2016

31 July 2016

Fun weekend! I took the day off on Friday, and we went fishing (no fish, but fishing doesn't require that) nearly first thing in the morning. In the afternoon, we went to see Star Trek Beyond. A good entertainment, that. I like this cast, and my worries about Justin Lin's (ed: not Jason, sigh) direction were just that: worries. Good fun flick. Saturday evening, we went to Annapolis Shakespeare Company's staged reading (and singing) of My Fair Lady. I've seen this show twice, now. Once was with Rex Harrison, back in the 1980's. I'll tell you - for me, this…

Brian Bilbrey July 24, 2016

24 July 2016

Not much to report - a busy week with friends in from out-of-town for several days. Temps steadily in the mid-90's with humidity to match. Yardwork yesterday, and out for supper last night. Exhaustion today. Made more salsa, though, cut my hair and cleaned the coffee roaster. Good times. * * * Our condolences to the family and friends of 1st Lt. Anais A. Tobar, 25, of Miami, Florida, who died on July 18 in Southwest Asia from a non-combat-related injury.

Brian Bilbrey July 17, 2016

17 July 2016

A long week, and not much in the way of exercise, either. I only got one proper day of exercise in, on Tuesday. The rest of the days were too busy, too hot, or both. But there was some good news: Yup, first salsa! Huzzah! Still no jalapeños, so here's the ingredients: That made a mighty fine salsa! * * * Of note, I went to a CALUG meeting on Wednesday, where Berend Tober spoke on his PostgreSQL-based trading game, Fairwinds. Interesting stuff, because I know less about PostgreSQL than several of the other database systems extant. Now I know…

Brian Bilbrey July 10, 2016

10 July 2016

Let's work the week backwards, just for fun. Today was all about the mowing. The weather was not as hot as most of the week, so I had that going for me. But it was still a miserable sweatball of a day. But the lawns have been sheared, and I did some weeding as well. Bell peppers out of the garden today, a few tomatoes, and a couple of cucumbers. Here's how the garden looks as of today: * * * Last night, we went up to Annapolis to see ASC's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, presented outdoors in…