Cold

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

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.

Happy Boxing Day!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Some say he's a lost Russian prince

We know him as The Stig.

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.

Putting in some OT

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

Just plain cold

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

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.

Need a nap

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

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.

In & out

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

And, the F1 World Champion is...

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

More household project work today

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

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.

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.

Out of the office

In the field this week.  Posting to be light.

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.

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.

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.

Christmas is coming!

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

Our national nightmare is over

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

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.

Rainy Monday

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

It's not raining

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

I'd do anything

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

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...

Free-floating animus

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

Off to the dentist

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

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.

Hiho Hiho

It's off to work I go.

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.

Absolutly beautiful day

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

Our sojourn ends today

Back to the daily grind...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pledge week

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

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.

Off work today

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

Dan Savage rules!

That is all.