Friday, December 31, 2010

Cold

Ending the year on a cold note.  It's in the mid-teens right now.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Snow

Woke to three inches on the ground and more falling.  I excavated Mrs. Bristol's car and cleared the windows; she has an appointment this morning.  I'm continuing my week of sloth; I don't have to be in the office until Monday.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Happy Boxing Day!

A quiet Christmas yesterday.  A quieter Boxing Day today.  The kattens wore themselves out with a bow, was fun to watch.

Friday, December 24, 2010

A week off

I'm taking a week off work, I don't go back to the office until after the new year.  We don't have anything planned, I may not leave the house except for errands. 

Gonna be a quiet, relaxing week, and I'm going to enjoy the Hell out of it.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Another year almost done

For some reason I'm feeling old and worn out lately.  Yeah, I was sick all last weekend; but this is more existential than physical.  Guess it's time to once again take a step back and look at what I'm doing and why I'm doing it.  Maybe some thing or things need to be changed.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

I told you I was sick

'Nuf said.

I've been ill

Work has been brutal, home not a lot better, and now I'm sick.

Ass deep in alligators and wearing a dead carp jockstrap.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Pineapple express

It's pouring ass rain out there.  There's a warm weather system pouring warm, moist air into the Seattle area.  Flood advisories on all the rivers, flood warnings on a few, landslides have closed US-2 over the Cascades, over 2 inches of rain at the house in the last 24 hours.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Taking the day off

Since Mrs. Bristol is out of town, I am taking today off, we have a new garage door being installed.  It's nice because I'm working this weekend.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Some say he's a lost Russian prince

We know him as The Stig.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

They're getting so big

The kittens are 6 months old and I think one of them is going to be really big. They both are more cat than kitten now, but one is nearly the size if the older cat and he's not a dainty kitty.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Putting in some OT

I'm in the office for a while today getting stuff ready for our audit by the state EPA.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Just plain cold

When I left for work this morning the temp was 18 and the windchill was -2.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

BRRR!

The first file snap is due tonight or tomorrow.  Expected highs next week are in the low 30s.  Maybe even some snow.  I guess I'll install the snow tires today.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Need a nap

U really need a nap right now.  Still another 3 hours of work to go. :(

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Four Loko

If the ban on alcoholic energy drinks sweeps up coffee stout and its like in the bannination, I'm going to be mega-pissed.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

In & out

Not the burger place, the closest one to me is about 4 hours drive.  Just in and out of the office today.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

And, the F1 World Champion is...

Sebastian Vettel!  Youngest F1 champion ever.  Great drive for Petrov too.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

More household project work today

And I need to make timeto watch the Abu Dhabi GP.  Gotta see who the World Champion is.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Back to work

Out in the field again today.  I got a lot accomplished outside yesterday.  I'll pay for it tomorrow with muscle aches; but since I'll be doing more of the same, I'll really pay on Monday.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The War to End All Wars

Didn't.   At 1100, Nov 11, 1918 the Armistice to end WW1 went into effect.  THAT is what today is about; not appliance sales.

If you know a veteran, and you do, thank him or her for his/her service.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Out of the office

In the field this week.  Posting to be light.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Sitting in the waiting room

At the dentist.  Going to get the permanent crown put in.  The temp has been great, I hope the permanent is as comfortable.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

And, the F1 world champion is...

We'll know in a week.  But we do know it's down to 4 with Button out of the running.  Congratulations to RBR for their constructors' championship.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Great qualifying session @ Interlagos

I love watching F1 run in drying conditions.  The decisions in tire choice give the engineers gray hair (sorta like mine...)

It's Mine!

I can now park on my new driveway!  Woot!  Mrs. Bristol's car is there now and I'll put my jalopy there after I pick up a drip pan for its leaky rear main seal.  Yeah, I could get it fixed; but that requires pulling the transmission, and that's a lit of money for a little drip.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Christmas is coming!

Except for Mrs. Bristol and Mom Bristol, my shopping is finished.  Neener, neener.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Our national nightmare is over

Election 2010 is over!  The bad news is the 2012 election campaign started yesterday.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Research

I'm reading stacks of legal agreements and resolutions researching what other places have done.  This isn't pleasure reading, we are renegotiating our 40-year old agreements with our wholesale customers.  There are parts of my job I really don't Luke and this is way up on that list.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Rainy Monday

About a fifth of an inch at my  house this morning.  Plant influent flow >100 MGD.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

It's not raining

So I'm  going to try to get some outside work done.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

I'd do anything

I'm jonesing for an Oliver! fix.  I haven't seen it in a couple of years.

Friday, October 29, 2010

The Hobbit

The movie version of The Hobbit wiil be made in New Zealand.  It took an agreement with the unions and a change in law to keep it there.  And it's a good thing; they'll be able to maintain visual continuity with the LOTR movies.  And won't have to re-recreate Hobbiton.  They'll just have to throw the sheep out of Bag End - probably easier than evicting the Sackville-Bagginses...

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Free-floating animus

I'm just cranky today.  Piss me off and I'll hand you your still-beating heart.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Off to the dentist

I get to have another crown!  Yay!  Prep today and installation in 2 weeks.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Webber crashed out?

I haven't watched it yet, but I heard that Webber crashed out of the Korean GP.  That will make the last two races even more important.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Hiho Hiho

It's off to work I go.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Rainy Friday

First Autumn storm came through last night.  Not much as storms go, but it's the start of a rainy week.  And I get to work outside both days this weekend.  The OT pay will be nice.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Absolutly beautiful day

Yeah, it's only in the 50s, but if it were warmer it wouldn't feel so autumny!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Our sojourn ends today

Back to the daily grind...

Monday, October 18, 2010

Staying in a hotel

With Mrs. Bristol to celebrate our wedding anniversary.  The room isn't much smaller than our entire house, but we have a small house.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

I fixed the toilet!

We had our water service line replaced on Monday.  When the water got turned back on, the toilet fill valve wouldn't shut off.  After I replaced it it would shut off, but was running slow.  When I pulled the connector line to inspect it a little disc of hard plastic fell out.  The only thing I can figure is that there was a piece of scrap was left in the old fill valve and when the toilet got flushed while the water was off it got sucked down to the shutoff valve and lodged there.

Anyway, the toilet tank that was taking almost 20 minutes to fill now fills in less than one.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Sleepy

It's going to be a long afternoon.  I woke at 0400 and couldn't go back to sleep.  So I just got up, watched some TV and read the newspaper until it was time to come to work.  I have some trouble functioning on less than 5 hours sleep.

Fall is here

Frost on the ground this morning.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Meetings today

One of my major accounts is planning significant changes in their treatment systems.  So today I'll be in meetings about that with them, Construction Management, Planning, and the Building Department.  It will be a good thing, their current system is based on 70s technology; they will be able to get better treatment for less cost with a modern setup.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Pledge week

It's pledge week on NPR!  I'm going to get a lot of CD listening done.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Hmmm, guts not happy

They informed me if that fact while walking around Home Depot.

Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize

I don't know that I should be enjoying Beijing's discomfort at the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Liu.   You know the government there has been drooling for a prize for, well, ever.  And that they'd normally be crowing about getting it.  But Liu doesn't hee to the party line, so much that he's been imprisoned.   Odds are that he doesn't even know yet that he won.  I think it's going to be fun watching this play out.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Off work today

Going to the Seattle Home Show with Mrs Bristol.  Watching F1 Suzuka practice right now.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Dan Savage rules!

That is all.