Archive for September, 2008

POW: Organize Under Desk

Monday, September 29th, 2008

In case you didn’t catch it, last week’s project is complete.
Now that I can access underneath the desk, this week’s project is to organize the multiple boxes and various objects I have down there (various computer stuff). I also need to organize/sort through the boxes that were moved out of the corner [...]

Saturday Projects

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

7:40 Get up
8:20 AC is removed from window, vacuumed, wiped down, and drying with help from the dehumidifier. (It rained last night.)
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Shower
9:30 - 11:15 Fix garage door opener (install new sensors in a new location, move static door opener).
My projects for the week are finished! Now I get [...]

Lothar Story - Finale

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

First Installment
Second piece.
Third piece.
The dwarf, still soaked in beastman blood, charged in swinging. The startled creature just stared incoherently until F’lore’s axe hit it in the arm. Then the monster roared, though impossible to tell whether from pain or having its dinner interrupted. The troll stood while F’lore brought the axe around [...]

POW: Back Room Corner

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Project of the Week: Clean out the corner of the back room, the computer room, in preparation of moving my filing cabinet out from under my second desk. I will thereby by able to get under the second desk to use it for storage. Essentially it’s just moving things around and getting [...]

My Day in Belfast

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

(My wife’s having a clinical rotation in the hospital in Belfast. She asks me to go because she knows she’ll be tired on the drive back. Also she’s never driven there…she’s ridden there, but not driven…and it would be nice to have me to verify the route the first time while she drives. [...]

General Update

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

It’s been a tiring week.
I’ve had trouble getting to sleep every night so far. That makes for weary work days that I try to slide through, finding something to keep me busy. I haven’t been let down so far.
My Lothar story is almost complete. I just have to [...]

Fleece Vests

Friday, September 12th, 2008

I don’t understand fleece vests. I don’t understand the concept of only covering the core of your body when you’re cold.
When I get cold, it starts from the head, the hands, and the feet. A vest only covers my torso, which isn’t what’s cold. I’d bet the torso isn’t what [...]

A Little More Lothar

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

First Installment
Second piece.
Lothar walked out of Hobbly with a sword, a leather jacket, and something to prove, at least to himself. He walked down a dirt road beside a dwarf and two elves, but somehow the experience seemed to be all about him. Most people in the Empire wouldn’t think a Troll Slayer, [...]

Continuing the Book List

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

I’ve read two books from the mysterious Book List, Sense & Sensibility and The Three Musketeers. Unfortunately, the next, oh…seven, books in my pile are not on the list (I have a little Crichton library). So, Chris will continue his romp over my paltry achievements.
Way to go, Chris!

Lothar, cont.

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

(For the first installment, see Lothar - Beginnings.)
Something happens when you put a sword into a man’s hands. A man who’s looking to break the tedium of his life isn’t just going to say, “That could come in handy some day,” and lean it by the front door. A man is going to [...]

What’s This, Breathing Down My Neck?

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Have you ever been scared to fall asleep? Did you ever think that maybe, for one reason or another, you might not wake up again? Were you OK with the thought, or did it frighten you?
Sometimes when I get sick, I’m kind of…reluctant…to fall asleep. It seems that I’m breathing [...]