Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2008
Also, State of Texas, County of Travis, City of Austin Dear Prospective Juror: You are hereby summoned for jury service as set out below: I’ve never been summoned for jury duty before. Three people have told me they wished they got it. I don’t look forward to it, since it’s right in the middle of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2008
Hoooray I signed up for a new apartment today. Right across 360 from work, about a half mile commute. My move-in date will be the week after Burning Man, so it’ll be interesting.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2008
The weekend before last, I was enjoying swimming in the pool for stupidly too long. I burned myself pretty bad on my face and chest; I hadn’t been burned this bad in like 15 years. Normally I always wear Bullfrog when I’m out for a long time, but for whatever reason this time I didn’t. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2008
Ah, summertime in Texas. I am thoroughly sunburned from being in the pool yesterday and a 24-mile ride today. The compressor in my apartment AC died last night, so today was an exercise in staying comfortable. Apparently if you close the blinds and turn on all the fans, it’s fairly tolerable. Who knew? While googling […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13th, 2008
Still alive. Saturday I rode the AHCC. I wanted to do the full 107 mile route, but after 30-40 miles it was pretty apparent I wouldn’t last that long. I made it to the ‘Dillo Door cutoff in with thirty minutes to spare so I had made good time by then. I headed down the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2008
After a week I’m better, but still coughing. It was a fantastic Texas weekend, clear and sunny, in the 80s. I failed to go do anything Saturday except be a nerd and play with nerd things. Today I couldn’t take staying inside and decided to go out for the first long ride of the year. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2008
The other day we noticed our lights at the office flicker and the facilities people at the datacenter logged a brief voltage sag. It turns out there was a guy in east Austin who broke into an Austin Energy substation to steal copper wiring. Several articles report he got into live conductors, was hit with […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2007
Dinner at Kyoto last night for Mary’s birthday, quite a nice social gathering. Their “Texas Roll” was a new one to me: sauted beef, a slice of jalapeno, seaweed and rice. Either I wasn’t expecting it or it wasn’t jalapeno. I believe the latter, but if it’s the former, I didn’t know fresh uncooked jalapeno […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2006
I got around to putting up my Christmas tree today. Then I went to dinner at William and Katherine’s. I was stuffed off of some yummy turkey and brisket. It was a houseful, standing room only. I’m back home now. It’s incredibly peaceful and quiet here now. No television, no stereo playing, no wind, no […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 11th, 2006
I survived the concealed handgun course. If you ever need to get a Texas CHL or any sort of firearms training, I highly recommend Ross and Dottie Bransford over at CHL-Texas.com (warning: embedded sound). Ross is a very interesting character. To describe him I’d use all these phrases: successful businessman, red-blooded Texan, anti-liberal, Vietnam veteran, […]
