Happy St George's Day, and happy birthday Mr Shakespeare!
A very nice day for a walk in the woods... Mostly blue sky with a few puffy clouds, a light wind and 64F :)
It must be the weather, but I have seen at least half a dozen snakes on the trails in the last week- 3 of them today! They've all slithered off quickly at my approach, but I don't remember seeing this many any of the previous years we've been coming here.
Music as I'm between books-
Yellow Submarine
The Beatles
Revolver
Warmer again, 73F, but with a nice breeze and high clouds filtering the sunshine.
Coda 3, third person.
Another nice one- warm, 64F, and sunny and spring-like :)
More of the coda, Nick confronts the characters he's killed off.
Another nice one, a little cooler, 65F, but still very pleasant :)
Into the coda at the end of Redshirts, the writer talking to the internet.
Beautiful day, 76F with a light breeze, I even put shorts on :)
Back to the future- did the switch work?
Another lovely day, 61F and sunny and I almost wish I'd worn shorts :)
The kids did an awesome job with Morning Prayer this morning, and I've nipped or with Holly before I have to go back for the Interfaith Conference.
More doubles and meeting the show's head writer.
Lovely day for a walk: 56F and sunny with s nice breeze and blue skies, balmy describes it very well :)
An away team back to the past to change the narrative.
A very pleasant afternoon- no wind to speak of, a blue sky, sunshine, and 57F :)
Another away team, and another tense moment.
Kinda gray and overcast, 45F, but at least the rain seems to have stopped ;)
Another away team.
A bit later than usual, but it's still quite nice out... 57F, partly cloudy with light winds.
Dahl gets the skinny on the officers and the magic box.
A nice afternoon, made better by the fact that Crisp decided to join us today :)
Sunny, breezy and 43F.
Back in the woods as Holly was starting to look seriously depressed and was showing no sign of the limp. So... short loop today with no tennis ball and we'll see what happens.
Cool and wet, it's not sure whether to rain or sleet, so it alternates between the two, 37F.
Away teams and killer robots.
Lunchtime walk today as I have to get Crisp ready later so we can go to the Scholar's Dinner :)
Cool and breezy, but sunny and mostly clear too, 39F.
The new ensigns get acclimated to the ship.
From a very cold morning (22F) it's turned into a nice day, 38F and sunny.
Finished the Haden's Documentary and so am on to a new book- another John Scalzi also read by Wil Wheaton... "Redshirts", a sci-fi parody on Star Trek and the short life-span of the extra members of an away team.
Pissing down and quite raw, 37F. Posting this from the car at the end of our walk.
25 years of Haden's.
Cool and very windy! 37F and we had horizontal snow first thing this morning :)
Just s quick walk around the short loop before we head to the city and The Crucible... it's had some very interesting reviews so I can't wait!
More Haden's Documentary: the development of the personal transport.
Rain last night and this morning, but we have a respite now, in fact we're getting occasional glimpses of sunshine, 50F.
More Hadens Documentary.
... probably earlier than we should be, but we're just doing the short loop and I didn't bring a tennis ball.
Warn and a bit humid, 74F with sunshine and a nice breeze.
Finished "Lock In" (very good), now listening to the included "Haden's Documentary".
Fun day off with Jake and Crisp... Palisades Mall for lunch (Red Robin), a movie (Deadpool), and a spot of shopping (Lego Store).
Very humid and 50F now, it was raining like crazy all morning.
Nicholas Bell tries to kill his sister.
Crazy busy morning, but everything went very well :) Family for a late lunch in a little while, so Holly and I snuck out for a nice walk in the sunshine... breezy, sunny and 47F.
Meeting Cassandra Bell.
It's a nice afternoon and lots of people and dogs are out and about- sunny and breezy and 48F.
Tony explains how the neural networks have been compromised.
Two services down today, one to go (whose silly idea was it to do an evening service on Good Friday?). The most good thing about today is that Jackie comes home tomorrow morning :)
Warm but overcast, 66F.
The story of Van's short career as an integrator.
Cooler and very windy, 47F.
Busy day getting all the last minute stuff for the services over the next 4 days ready. It all starts this evening at 7:30 :)
Chris trashes 3 'Threeps and saves Van, hell of a day!
66F and sunny with a nice breeze.
All the niggly details of the services at the end of the week are starting to pile up so it's very pleasant to come out and clear my head with my dog and my book!
Jonny Saani speaks from beyond the grave via video message.
A nice day, partly sunny and 49F with a light breeze.
Random stranger on the bridge watching Holly in the stream.
'Threep fight in LA!
3 successful, but slightly under attended, services down :)
Chilly, 35F, and breezy, but no sign of the snow that was predicted earlier in the week.
Jackie leaves for Florida this evening, so it'll just be me and Crisp living the bachelor lifestyle for the week ;)
Chris puts connections together and gets to know a housemate better.
Team into Robyn and David and their kids :)
Cool and a bit overcast, 42F, but it looks like the threatened snow is not going to materialize tomorrow.
Nice sunny, windy day, 51F. Can't believe they are telling us to expect 3-5" of snow on Sunday night!
An explosion at a drug company.
Cool and windy, 58F, and I think the rain is about to begin (yep, it just started).
A tour of the Shane "trophy room".
Snuck out for an early walk as I have to be around for a phone conference/web meeting at the church at our usual time.
Warm and sunny, 61F :)
Chris goes apartment hunting.
Crazy, busy day at work- this is why my time in the woods is so important :)
Cool and cloudy, 55F.
Agents Shane and Van have an interesting case.
Rainy and windy and a bit raw after the last few days, 39F.
Starting a new book: Lock In by John Scalzi, a sci-fi police procedural read (as was Ready Player One) by Wil Wheaton.
Family hike with Crisp & Jackie and Robyn & David & their kids :)
Warm, 60F, and a little overcast.
Perfect as I finished my book yesterday.
After a busy morning changing clocks and things we're her in the sunny, breezy woods :) A bit cooler than the last few days, 54F, but very pleasant.
Parzival wins!
A busy morning (including dropping the Monk off at school!), so it's nice to be out in the sunny woods for a while. 61F and nice with a light breeze :)
Wade enters the final gate.
Warm and sticky, 76F.
Monk goes back to school tomorrow :)
The battle for Anorak's Castle begins.
Warm and sunny, 72F! Very glad I took the time to take the snow tires of the car yesterday evening :)
Arrival at Og's in Oregon.
Warm and sunny with a light breeze, 59F.
Monk has been evaluated and starts his new program tomorrow- fingers crossed it goes well!
The 4 remaining members of the high 5 plan their assault.
The prodigal son has returned :)
Warm and sunny, 59F, I may have to get those snow tires off the car soon!
Bryce escapes and is no more.
A very successful, if slightly poorly attended, Pancake Breakfast this morning :)
We've had one very good visit this afternoon, and hopefully this evening's will be as good! Home tomorrow :)
Cool and brisk, 42F, with some nice late sunshine.
Wade hacks into the IOI intranet.
Back from the Cathedral, just grabbing a quick walk before I have to go back and set up for tomorrow's Pancake Breakfast.
Cool and mostly grey, 40F.
Bryce works tech support.
A much better evening last night, hopefully today will bring more of the same!
Cool with some watery sunshine, 34F.
"Bryce" gets himself arrested.
Cooler, 38F, but sunny and pleasant. A little more information today, but we're still a little freaked out!
Wade clears the 2nd gate.
What with one thing and another (!) We never got here yesterday. But it's a nice day today, 46F and sunny with a refreshing breeze.
Diato's final battle.
