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To whoever actually visits this site. Wishing you all the best and hoping you are all staying healthy and safe considering all that is happening in the world today. It has been a serious struggle for some of you and I strive to be ever more forgiving and patient through it all. I hope it […]

The University of Alabama is pretty. Lots of colonial-style buildings, open spaces, and air conditioning. It is warm here but not as warm as a few weeks ago. Lately, it has been at most 30 celsius at most. It is humid. Rains every now and then. Lots of crickets and cicadas making noises in the

I’m in Alabama at the moment. Wife flew down a few weeks before me. I had similar/same problems as she did when she flew through Dallas Fort Worth. It’s COVID, I get it, but you would think the Airline would ‘fix’ their schedule or something to avoid a hot mess at their hub. Apparently not.

I decided to make a decision. Someone had stock of a Gigabyte AERO 17 HD machine. A bit on the pricy side but they had a $500 off the sticker which helped the decision. I am still not a huge fan of the looks but the machine works well. I should not call this a

Since Denise is heading down to Alabama, it will mean she will be taking and using the Microsoft Surface Pro. Which will leave me without a laptop that is worth anything. I have an old VAIO ultra-portable (at the time) but that is a 32-bit machine and slow as molasses now. I still like the

Best laid plans… Will be shot to hell. Our initial plan was to drive over the border today but that did not happen. Why? ESTA. I need an ESTA record to travel and due to various possible reasons, ESTA has refused authorization. We are speculating it is partly because of some existing proclamations against the

Probably not a real curse, I remember this sort of joke way back when I was a kid. But the interesting times thing is that my life is, or more accurately my wife’s life and mine by association, is going to be a bit challenging the next 5-6 years. Late last year Denise decided that

Well I got the first shot. Quite impressed with the setup they had. A lot of personnel but very well organized. I felt they could have had less people and still perform the same task but however they felt was necessary the process was smooth. Mind you I scheduled at the beginning of the day.

Finally got a notice from the government that I can book my appointment for the first jab. Took a while. I was expecting it earlier since my brother had been notified almost 3 weeks ago and he’s not that much older than me. However, I am glad the web site worked. For a second there

It was interesting developing my own Blog software but I have come to realize, my time is better spent elsewhere. Hopefully this time my WP install will not get corrupted or hacked. That was the main reason for abandoning it last time. It was hacked I think, or at least my web host said it