Week in review, 10 June 2007
Posted at 7:09 pm | Filed Under Weekly reviews
Alrighty… it’s been a while. Been busy. Let’s see…
Congratulations: Mike and Amanda. The very best wishes for both of you. May your new life together be ever blessed.
Unnecessary lust item: 3/4-ton Suburban, black, with the diesel. Of course we don’t need it, but it would be pretty cool for a [...]
Week(s) in review, 24 May 2007
Posted at 8:57 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized, Weekly reviews
Vacation: a wonderful thing.
Beach-sitting on Grand Cayman, zip-line fun on Isla Roatan, cave tubing in Belize, and touring the ruins in Costa Maya.
Having time to sit on deck, sip a drink, enjoy the sun, work on my tan, and finish a novel I’d started a while back.
Time with Mrs…. All to [...]
Catching up
Posted at 8:24 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized, Weekly reviews
Whew. A week’s vacation is a wonderful thing, even considering all the work that has to be done before and after. I’ve spent the better part of this week with the catch-up work, and I’m not even close to what I’d call a satisfactory level of being caught up. But there’s work rolling in, and [...]
Week in review, 11 May 2007
Posted at 12:31 am | Filed Under Weekly reviews
The recap:
Listening: Digital Underground, Playwhutchalike. Old-school, but kinda fun.
New toy: my pal Mikey’s new Scion tC. Neat stuff!
Still fun: last weekend’s shotgunning. Not sore anymore; still have a gun to clean.
Goofy: new Dodge Avenger commercial — lab rat plays “Smoke on the Water” with transmissions.
A little freaked out: going on a cruise. [...]
The 33rd stone
Posted at 5:11 am | Filed Under Rants, Uncategorized, Weekly reviews
Under April 22’s posting, we mentioned that there Virginia Tech had added a 33rd stone to the memorial in front of Burruss. Yesterday’s Roanoke Times offers that it was not VT who had put out that stone, but Ms Katelynn Johnson, a student at VT. Here’s the article.
Good for Ms Johnson, for standing [...]
Week in review, 22 April 2007
Posted at 8:13 am | Filed Under Rants, Uncategorized, Weekly reviews
What a week. Tragedy. Loss. Grief. Anger. Finger-pointing. Road to recovery. Hokie strength.
Pain: Thirty-two innocent lives lost.
Dignity: VT added a 33rd stone to the memorial in front of Burruss.
Awesome: community strength. The Hokie Nation certainly pulls together in times of crisis. This week, we’ve had the [...]
Week in review, 7 April 2007
Posted at 9:38 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized, Weekly reviews
The recap:
Thankful: Easter
Thankful: Successful transplant
Listening: Timbaland — “Shock Value“
W00t: Givi bars installed, trouble-free.
Holy cow did he really say that? Imus: “nappy headed hos.” Yup, he really said it.
A nice break: a reduction in personal property tax for vehicles with over 80 kilomiles. Why is that good? Because both four-wheelers in the Black Cat [...]
The week in review, 31 March 2007
Posted at 7:15 am | Filed Under Uncategorized, Weekly reviews
Listening: All the Roadrunning, by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
Toys: Givi engine guards (Link)
Projects: Learning Microsoft Access; updating client web sites; teaching the puppy to lie down.
Overheard: “Yeah, we took away all their BS time! Now they ain’t got time to sit and chat all day.” Spoken by the biggest BS-er [...]
