The other day a 3.5 magnitude earthquake..er…rocked suburban Maryland, just outside the city of Rockville. I can imagine that those affected by the tremor were shocked. Earthquakes (strong enough for humans to feel, anyway) don’t happen very often in these parts. I remember my first experience with earthquakes and, looking back, I probably felt the [...]
I’m a DBA. That’s an acronym for Database Administrator. I tried getting them to call me GOD, Guardian Of Data, but the idea has been met with something less than warm enthusiasm. I’m in the middle of my on call week. I and six of my comrades take turns once every seven weeks strapped to [...]
When you are bent at the shovel for twelve hours, you do a lot of thinking. In April of 1815 a volcano called Mount Tambora erupted in what is now Indonesia. The eruption, classified by volcanologists as “super-colossal” was about twenty times more powerful than the Mt St. Helens eruption in 1980 and was heard [...]
Spent last evening, Halloween, in Philadelphia at Patrick and Lindsey’s house. People ask me what my favorite holiday is and are surprised when I say, “Halloween”. Of course, I like the whimsy of the holiday, all the spooky decorations, the kids running around trick or treating. But there is something about Halloween and the season [...]
I saw this video at an all-staff at work recently. Very cool. Share on Facebook
My wife gets visibly excited when I say “We’ve got Minnesota against Pittsburgh at 1:00 and Atlanta at Dallass at 4:15 tomorrow” Share on Facebook
This morning Cupcake had an appointment with her doctor, who practices part of the time in Leesburg. She had to be down there at 9:00 AM, which meant a much earlier start than she is used to. I got up a little early and put coffee on. She came down at 6:15 or so and [...]
We were over at Cheri’s today. Cheri is Cupcake’s sister. Also there were Cheri’s husband Tony and her daughter in law, Farrell. Farrell was explaining a conversation she had with her four year old nephew. Her nephew was playing with toy cars and said, “I like anything with wheels”. He quickly added “and fur” when [...]
I love Sasquatch. Yes, that does mean anything having to do with the hairy eight foot biped roaming remote parts of our country. Maybe more than that, though, I love the word “Sasquatch”. As I’m writing this I’m snickering so hard that tears of mirth are welling in my eyes. Don’t know what it is [...]
Over the weekend, my trusty grill gave up the ghost. There was great sentimental value attached to it, as it was given to me by Cupcake on the Father’s Day we moved out to West Virgnia. Saturday was spent tracking down the grill I wanted at Home Depots in three states. As I was coming [...]
