Good evening, my future grandchildren. It’s been a beautiful day here in rural Douglas County, Mother Nature teasing us all a bit with hints of spring. This means that this weekend will be filled with lawn care and some cleanup of the gardening beds, removing the unnecessary biomass left over from the horrific winter we …
March 2019 archive
Mar 20
Day 20,274
It’s a lovely March evening in rural Douglas County, with the smell of spring just around the corner. I welcome it. Today I discovered some new things at work that required my attention, so that gave me a sense of accomplishment. Got some stuff done! I’ve talked with some of the folks on my team, …
Mar 19
Day 20,273
It’s Tuesday night in rural Douglas County, and I’m in pretty good spirits. Helped out my team a little earlier today with some info… sometimes it is good to be the outside guy coming in. I just knew a few different people… in Europe… It’s not a big deal though. I’ve known a lot of …
Mar 18
Day 20,272
It’s a Monday night in rural Douglas County, and I started off the work week participating in an event that my team puts on where people on the Worldwide Learning team spend a few days thinking about other stuff. Some tackle a personal goal, others just try to broaden their horizons. I kept my goal …
Mar 17
Day 20,271
Today I was not diagnosed with narcolepsy, so I’ve got that going for me. OK, back to the serious for a moment. I’ve got a problem with pharmaceutical companies advertising on TV. After all, it comes down to the patient asking the doctor for a particular medication suggested by the people selling the medication. It …
Mar 16
Day 20,270
Saturday night, and the household is tired. We’re just playing out a string of minutes tonight. I’m eyeballing a snack before bedtime myself… and wondering if I’m going to be good or cast my discipline to the four winds and eat whatever the hell I want. I’m big. I’m about 6’1″, maybe 6’1.5″ (there were …
Mar 16
Day 20,269
OK, it’s Saturday morning… I didn’t get my blog entry written yesterday, but there was some stuff going on, which means that I should’ve gotten the writing done earlier in the day. I didn’t. I’ll get over it. I do make an effort. Sometimes life happens. Yesterday was one of those days. I had my …
Mar 14
Day 20,268
The wind is still blowing hard, with gusts approaching forty miles per hour tonight. Colby ran off for awhile tonight, and came back considerably dirtier and funkier than when he left. Dane and I will have to clean him as well as some of the furniture tomorrow before Lisa and the girls get home from …
Mar 13
Day 20,267
It’s a quiet Wednesday night in rural Douglas County. The ladies in my life are all in Washington, D.C., as Lisa has NIH meetings, and Bonnie and Gracie tagged along as a spring break getaway. I got up early to run them to the airport at 4:30. After I got back home, I started a …
Mar 12
Day 20,266
Another uneventful day in rural Douglas County, with the rain coming and going in various degrees of intensity, once again returning the one dirt (no longer gravel) road leading up to our house into a semi-navigable quagmire. I think that last sentence might have some of the biggest words I’ve used this year. Dane and …