Last night was the monthly meeting of colgaffneyis Board of Directors, of which I am the Secretary. The Treasurer proposed a very reasonable settlement of an issue that had been hanging over our heads for a long time. However mia_mcdavid and I cringed at one phrase that he used: Continue reading
My experience with colgaffneyis at Mankato was quite different from Big Island. Continue reading
…. while driving through a cold, drizzly and generally miserable day yesterday morning? Continue reading
I made it through my week’s office obligations, so I am again taking a four day weekend. This time I am going to the Mankato history festival with colgaffneyis. I have not done this event before, so I do not really know what it is like.
mia_mcdavid has, but she is not feeling well. So I am going alone for now. Mia will follow later if she is up to it.
I got here about 1 PM, after a routine trip down. This was during show hours, so I could not drive on-site. I had expected this, and packed one bag with what I would need fot the afternoon. So I parked in the off-site lot and took that bag with me on the free shuttle bus. I will go out after closing to bring the car in to unload. Mia and J are coming down later this evening.
I was scheduled for a demo to a school group at 3:30, but nobody showed. So I am posting this from my Blackberry. I may post again tomorrow if the battery holds out.
I took a short walk around site. It is still as magical as on my first visit several years ago.
Friday evening I spent a lot of time configuring two Linux systems here at home. It may be a reaction from having to work with MS Windows at my day job. I am actually very pleased with what I can do with a Linux 2.6 kernel and the XFCE desktop environment, even on a P-III system.
Saturday our big event was seeing Tom. He is doing well. He has lost some weight, or at least it has been redirected from horizontal to vertical. We took him for a walk around Lake Calhoun (SW Minneapolis) and had to work a lot to keep his pants from falling down. He is doing well. We did this in the morning. A good call, because the rain came in after lunch.
Today we went down to Albert Lea. The setup for colgaffneyis big event there next weekend was scheduled for today, but because of stormy weather it was severely cut back. The last 40 miles driving into Albert Lea were quite scary. We got our tent almost completely set up before twolodge arrived with the corporate trailer. After that the big project was to set up the tavern tent, reinforce it with storm stakes and ropes, and then park the trailer in it for further setup later this week. A lot got done, but it was quite tiring.
mia_mcdavid is still in Dublin (she flies to Chicago tomorrow) and James is away on a two-night field trip. I think he packed way too much–a metric shitload of stuff, but he went cheerfully and it is not my problem anyway. He and Mia both get back here late Wednesday afternoon.
Of course, I don’t have much time at home, at least while conscious. Work during the day, Irish class tonight, and colgaffneyis dance group tomorrow night.
After that scramble yesterday at work to prepare for tomorrow’s server move I have nothing to do there. Everything has to wait until tomorrow. So I have today to myself, except for such household chores as need doing.
It was quite a scramble, but Sunday’s server move is back on track. Everything that can be done in advance is complete. I may yet make it to Big Island.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 