Middle of the 2nd week at the new job. Trying to settle in to this new routine. The commute is about an hour each way, which seems like an insane amount of time to spend travelling. Especially after all of these years working from home.
But it’s a job and will help pay the bills, so [...]
Down in Modesto today. Probably the last time in a while, since I got another day job. I’ll be working for an energy consulting firm in Roseville. Hopefully I’ll quickly get to where I’m in the office 2 days a week and working from home the other three. If I work it right, maybe I [...]
I read this in Proverbs this morning…
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their fathers.
- Proverbs 17:6
It surprised me. You read a lot about kids being a blessing to their parents, but the idea that we as parents are the glory of our kids. Wow. And it’s [...]
I love living in the country…
The deer are pretty fond of the Guinea fowl food. It’s great having them around, but that stuff ain’t cheap!
Also, notice the kitty in the lower right. He’s thinking “I could take that thing down!”
A bunch of them out by our garden.
I saw this article on Slashdot (a geek news site) today and thought it was very interesting.
I’ll try to sum it up.
One of the fundamental assumptions of all cosmology is that Earth’s place in the universe is not special. Based on that, it is assumed that the amount of “stuff” we can [...]