Today was my last formal work day of the year. This week I had two students for a Microsoft Azure class. I was teaching people how to use some of the offerings in a particular company’s cloud offerings, teaching them how to set up virtual machines, install services, and automate the whole shebang. I find …
December 2017 archive
Dec 20
Day 19,817
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone. Lisa is back home tonight, but I know she’s not comfortable. She’s sleeping right now. I’m going to go to bed. I pledged to write two hundred words, and right now I’m on the verge of writing a random three-letter word seventy five times just so I can get …
Dec 19
Day 19,816
I’m a bit of a mess tonight. My wife had surgery this morning. I had to work, so Bonnie and Gracie took her over to the hospital to help her out, be there, get her checked in, and stick around while they were performing what was supposed to be a simple outpatient procedure. Two things. …
Dec 18
Day 19,815
OK, a recap of the day that was Monday, December 18, 2017. Got up at 5:50, five minutes later than normal. I better check my alarm tonight before I go to bed. Did the routine, shave and shower, got dressed, and made a pot of coffee, using medium roast, whole bean Tanzanian peaberry. Good coffee. …
Dec 17
Day 19,814
It’s a Sunday night, December 17, 2017. Tomorrow I’ll take a dive back into the wonderful world of the Microsoft Azure Cloud Service. From what I understand, I’ll have two people in class, so that should pretty much mean I should be done in pretty good time on Friday. I’m not particularly motivated right at the moment. …
Dec 16
Day 19,813
My descendants! How y’all doin’ tonight? I love to compete. I used to love to compete even more when I was more competitive. Seriously. Your youth is all about competition. I think a little bit about qualifying and time trials. Everybody has a place to fit into our society, some towards the center, some towards the fringes. It …
Dec 15
Day 19,812
Where do I start tonight? I’ve had a pretty good day. Got up, made myself a wonderful breakfast with a couple of fried eggs, a couple of pieces of hash browns (frozen, but two runs through the toaster on high got ’em ready), and some precooked, reheated bacon. Throw in a cup of coffee made …
Dec 14
Day 19,811
It’s another day in the world, and the US became a little more hostile today. The FCC ramrodded through, on a 3-2 vote, the eradication of Net Neutrality. I’m a little frustrated. A lot of people in my peer group are frustrated. This is the sort of thing that will affect the elections in 2018. …
Dec 13
Day 19,810
It’s a Wednesday night, I’ve got a belly full of Freddy’s ice cream (they call it a concrete, I call it delicious), and I’m sitting here reflecting on the day. Tomorrow is the vote on Net Neutrality. From my perspective, it’s a way of monetizing (weaponizing?) access to information. I fear that it will create …
Dec 12
Day 19,809
The question tonight is, “How long will it take for Alabama to certify the election of Doug Jones to the Senate?”. It’s been a pretty wild, weird secondary election season, as the state of Alabama has had to elect a new senator to replace Jeff Sessions, the extreme right-wing Attorney General – the much beleaguered Attorney …