Author Archives: Pat

Just a couple pics from our back yard. The first is the monsoon clouds building out in Mexico and the second is just a snap of the moon after the storm.

I took the Valkyrie and her friend the ever delightful Ms M. up to the Chiricahua National Monument in the North East part of the County this last weekend to do a little exploring. We spent the morning in the Monument and then trekked over the mountain to the town of Portal on the East … Continue reading »

At the County we work a “Flex-Schedule”. This means that we have every-other Friday off. Its great not only because of the long weekend every other week, but also because the Fridays we are here, the HelpDesk traffic drops to almost nothing. Therefore we have scheduled all day on the work Fridays as “Engineering Day” … Continue reading »

Seems to have been a long few weeks of Mondays. Addressing other department’s problems because of their lack of communication and poor planning. It’s difficult and I often find my patience wearing thin with the whole thing these days. I really think I need a vacation… any one have any great suggestions?

Men live in a fantasy world. I know this because I am one, and I actually receive my mail there. – Scott Adams

Ok, Space Opera to be clear… I just finished Peter F Hamilton’s ” The Reality Dysfunction“. Its the  first volume of  The Nights Dawn Trilogy and I found it an excellent mix of both science and the “paranormal”. Hamilton blends the two together very well. His action sequences and character development really set the tone … Continue reading »

I spent part of the day upgrading the netbook to Ubuntu 9.04 and I must say, it is an amazing distro. The upgrade from 8.10 was painless and it looks and runs great on the Lenovo even without the netbook remix. If you haven’t played with it, I encourage you to give it a try. … Continue reading »

It was a long Friday and Saturday. The girl had 3 friends over on Friday and for a sleep-over and they were up ’till 1am. I got up early on Saturday to make pancakes for the crew while we sent Jess North to Phoenix for a Mom’s Day weekend out. The rest of Saturday was … Continue reading »

Going to be in PHX tomorrow night. Any suggestions of things to do?

Anybody remember “The Stand” ?   Well, I am not sure this is “Captain Trips” but it is a bit scary and I think we will just be keeping a close eye on it. No need to head to the Zone yet. Fox News said that there has been an outbreak in Queens NY and … Continue reading »