‘Twas an Adventure

Today I made a foolhardy attempt to fix a leak in the roof. I have a two story house, and the upstairs attic is cramped and dusty. Loose insulation comes to a depth of eight inches minimum, buring the 2x4s and covering the drywall floor. That’s right, the drywall is… Continue reading

Rain? In the Desert?

The same series of storms that passed through California is in process of making its way through Arizona. We’ve collected considerable amount of water in the back yard over the past several days. It always accumulates in the low areas because the ground is so hard. It takes a long… Continue reading

Gearing Up

I went into last week with three classes to teach at the local community college. By thursday, two had been canceled due to low enrollment, and one had been take by a full timer who lost a class due to low enrollment. Friday I picked up two new classes at… Continue reading

Driving Lesson: Freeway On Ramps

I hate when I have to take matters into my own hands, but please people, pay attention. (Drivers of very massive vehicles are exempt from this rant–it’s a detail of classical physics.) Freeway on-ramps are constructed for the express purpose of entering freeways. This means you must use the ramp… Continue reading

Still Staggering

I’m still on the mend from the cold I inherited. Nose is crunchy from all the runny nose activity but it’s healing. I’m using the holidays to catch up on all the things that get lost in the shuffle during busy periods, things like balancing the checkbook. As the one… Continue reading

Staggering Back to Life

Over the past several days, I have been “enjoying” the cold my daughters brought home from school and gave me for Christmas. It’s been a nasty headcold that I am now on the recovery end of. I feel pretty fortunate that it hasn’t developed into a sinus infection (yet). On… Continue reading

Coming Back to Life

Due to the fact that I have lost 16 days I could have used to complete a video project, I spent the entire day today trying to get the job done. I am pretty much finished with the linear part. All that remains is to add the menu and associated… Continue reading

Entropy Central Held Hostage: Day 16

Still no word on the status of the computer. I did not hear from Data Doctors at all yesterday. There are some impending deadlines that will be missed if I don’t have the machine back today or tomorrow. Even with it back today, the video deadline will be very tough… Continue reading

Entropy Central Held Hostage: Day 15

Day 15 of the computer crisis. Still running on the old laptop. I stopped by the place yesterday because I was driving past, and they were struggling with the operating system. Needed the key, they said, and the sticker isn’t on the computer side panel. Well, of course not. I… Continue reading

Still Limping

Entropy Central Held Hostage: Day 11. Desktop PC still at the shop. found traces of viruses on the bootable drive, but I do scan regularly and with the situation of how I experienced the crash, I think a virus is not likely the cause. More likely the boot sector was… Continue reading