The Pits – Long meeting at work, but ended on a positive note. The Peaks – My old buddy, Tim, was in town this weekend for his bachelor’s party. He and some of his friends were getting groomed at the
A Family Jaunt
The Pits – Rainy day but it helped cool it off a bit. The Peaks – Nice weather for an evening WITSWAD. Made some more progress on RetroPie. Finished listening to The Mist, which is the first short story in
RetroPie
The Pits – None. The Peaks – I finally got RetroPie working, which is basically an operating system that allows you to play old video games. It runs on a Raspberry Pi board, a small $35 computer (the little board
Frisky
The Pits – Had some meetings and activities at work that took up more time than they should’ve. The Peaks – I finished reading The Fireman by Joe Hill. It wasn’t as good as some of his other work that
Run in the Sun
The Pits – None. The Peaks – I received a thoughtful birthday gift from my parents in the mail. An overall productive day: I made more progress on the Piccal move, installed a new wireless router at work and got
Scooters and Trekkers
The Pits – The church service was oddly depressing this morning. The first half of the service they gave testimonies of church members or friends who had battled hardships and experienced great suffering. I understand that suffering was the topic
Rock DeLoreans and Waterslides at Thirty Seven
The Pits – The heat. And 37. The Peaks – At breakfast, Turner presented me with a rock that he’d painted at VBS earlier in the week. During the rock painting session, the VBS leaders had let the kids paint
Walk In The Sun With A Dog
The Pits – Back to the Post Office this morning to meet with Vicelia and finish sending my passport. I had a couple of blank checks in hand and ready to go. This was going to be a quick and
The Trek
The Pits – I went to the Post Office today to send in my information for my passport. I had all my forms filled out and was ready to get this over with. However, the US Department of State can
For to Pass Ports
The Pits – I realized too late that the Post Office requires appointments in order to submit your passport information. I had to schedule an appointment for tomorrow morning. The Peaks – I’ve been working on trying to get my