Category: A Day in the Life
This subject covers things (often events) related to every-day life. They are not necessarily profound, but simply things that just happen.
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Home improvement Update #3
The task at hand today was mostly infrastructure work. In the computer industry we often refer to this type of work as the plumbing: putting in place the common or shared components and linking them together. There is no actual copper pipe, lead, etc. in the computer industry however. The results of this work are…
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Home improvement Update
In previous posts I have recorded progress on our [1]. The closet area has been completed. Phase 1 of the implementation is done. Now we are onto phase 2, the bathroom.
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Manners
The lobby of the building hosting my club is configured in such a manner that the elevator doors are within about 5 meters of the front doors. The challenge this presents is that if I do the polite thing and let a woman exit the elevator before me, then I am unable to hold the…
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Risky Business
I was driving through Woodbridge today, a suburb of Toronto with a large Italian contingent. Lots of cars with Italian flags. I didn’t see any American flags. Given the news from Kaiserslautern that is probably best. My grandmother is from Kaiserslautern. I have a cousin and his wife that live there. I have not seen…
