Terror In London
Filed in Current Affairs, July 7, 2005, 10:53 amWhen I got out of bed this morning, all appeared to be normal. I was sure wrong to assume that. Part of my morning routine, while drinking my coffee, is to watch the news. I turned on the TV and the first thing I see is the breaking news about a terrorist attack in London. [...]
Back To Quicken
Filed in Venting, July 6, 2005, 12:34 pmAfter a few years of using Microsoft Money to manage my personal finances, I am switching back to Quicken. Why? Microsoft Money has been pissing me off since Money 2005 was released. Money 2005 was a big upgrade because they completely redesigned the interface and made the program more robust. It sure slows down a [...]
Fire Near By
Filed in Current Affairs, July 5, 2005, 10:24 amIt was about 11:00 last night and we heard a lot of emergency sirens going by. I looked out the TV room window and we could see this huge cloud of smoke that appeared to be coming from behind the Denny’s restaurant. So, us being the interested folk we are, hoped in the truck and [...]
Happy 4th of July
Filed in Family, July 4, 2005, 8:31 pmThe 4th is upon us and the weather couldn’t have been better. Name_Removed and I have been hanging out at the castle with the dogs and Squeaks. We ran a couple of errands and watched a lot of ‘Cold Case Files’ on A&E. It’s about 8:30 and we are just sitting in the back yard [...]
Our IT Department’s Finest
Filed in Work, July 3, 2005, 2:17 pmSometime it is amazing to see or hear the people in an IT Department. Those who refer to themselves as "experts" and then refer issues to the end user is pretty entertaining. That exact thing has happened twice today.
We are deploying a new instance of Oracle this weekend at work. This new release will [...]
Good Things At The Castle
Filed in Family, July 2, 2005, 3:23 pmName_Removed and I have been hard at work on the Castle. That’s right mamma, both of us ;-). Anyway, we decided that it would be a good day to work on the inside of the house. The house needed some attention, especially after the hardwood floors in the living room were refinished. I woke up [...]
