I miss vacation

It’s amazing how different a week on the beach is from, say, five minutes in front of my office PC at work. Beach: warm, sunny. Office: Cold, slightly blue tint from monitors and flourescent lights. Beach: Sounds like… Read More

Quick Renovations, Quicker Builds

I’ve been talking about getting a “fixer-upper” house for a while, mostly just as a project, but somewhat to see if my brother and I have what it takes to do the Real-Estate thing. So far, nothing, but… Read More

Back up, and faster to boot

Sorry the site’s been down. I use a local ISP for my webhosting (on a DSL line to my house): “IgLou”, if you were curious. Normally this is immaterial, but they recently decided to upgrade my service (AND… Read More

Polar Bears and Tax Returns

Tax returns came back which is always a good thing. This year, it was enough to justify a new Dell 2405 FPW. I cannot speak highly enough of a 24″ widescreen monitor; particularly when you can fire up… Read More

C-141 Retirement Party

If you didn’t know, I’ve been working in Dayton, Ohio (USA) for a while. The Wright-Patterson U.S. Air Force Base is here (they’re ultimately the people I work for), and as a result we get to see some… Read More