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Quite possibly one of the most under-celebrated special days in the history of mankind. Have a wonderful holiday!

Sunny California is where I be. Lots of nothing and a little something has been happening since I last clickitty-clacked this soon to be migrated blogournal. Apparently “they” are moving the OS supporting the server this is hosted on to a newer, better, faster, leaner, meaner, shinier, sparklier version tomorrow. I’m not a server savvy chap, so I don’t know what will break and what won’t. The hosting company (1&1 thanks to a tip from Lisa) claims it will be seamless. I have no other option but to trust them as I’m certainly not in a position to fiddle with anything. I tried something as simple as backing up the database and get nothing but errors from the web server (500). The front line support at 1&1 are snacking on lead paint chips and it takes a monumental effort to get to anyone above them on the technical food chain, so I’ve given up. If this page is indeed blank tomorrow, you’ll know why. In other news, I’ve been working a lot. I flew for the first time in 10 years a week or so ago and realized just how very much I need to shake the rust off. I’m going to attempt a BFR next week when I get back to Texas, but I’m not sporting a lot of confidence at this juncture. I’ve been in Cali all week working at my companies headquarters in Santa Clara. Georgia is flying out tomorrow and we are going to spend the weekend in San Francisco and Napa Valley before heading back Sunday. It’s the closest thing to time off I’ve had in a while. Mom is pet-sitting while I’m away and looking over the house and such. Not much else new here… Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is coming, so I was able to attend my very first WWBBQ cook-off this year… my best friend’s step-dad was kidnapped and subsequently recovered through a huge joint effort force of multiple agencies including the FBI and Texas Rangers (and that is just too freaky to talk about)… there is the flying thing I mentioned, but there will be more of that later as I struggle to get back in the saddle and work toward my Instrument and Commercial ratings… I started to get really sick and tried one of those oddball neti pots which are just crazy weird, but work… etc and so on. I have an inkling of motivation to upgrade EECore to the new version and start writing here again if the server upgrade doesn’t make the history of this site go bye-bye tomorrow. I’m still tired all the time and need a vacation that includes actual sleep and sloth-like movement during waking hours… preferably nestled in a couch, sofa, chaise, beanbag, futon, or similar sedentary device.