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July 6, 2009

2054 - It was a day. Nothing remarkable at all. Ciao!

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July 7, 2009

2126 - Another busy day, mostly given over to editing and revising the work of others. Speaking of which, I need to get Jerry's column formatted. Ciao!

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July 8, 2009

2132 - No rain. Going to have to start watering soon, at least out front. Today, document editing at work. Final for my short-course: LIBS 150. 40 questions, 18 minutes, 92.5 percent. Another 'A' in the bag. Wrote up my backup routine(s) for Jerry. If he doesn't use it in the column or mailbag, I'll post here, with appropriate annoations. Tired now. Oh, yeah. I've got a firewall ruleset push tonight, followed by post-mod testing. Go, me! Ciao!

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July 9, 2009

2215 - Watching Kevin Pollack vs. Dana Carvey. Yay.

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July 10, 2009

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July 11, 2009

1431 - It's a day... wait, it's a convenience store. Hell, who knows? I did quite a bit of reading last night about the unusually early and strong east coast incidence of late blight on tomato crops across seven eastern states. Today, I went to Home Depot and bought some Ortho Max Disease Control, primary ingredient: chlorothalonil. Generally I try to withstand the temptation to spray stuff, and hold myself to light, organic-ish oil/soap based treatments to discourage bugs/disease. But I could lose the whole crop (and I bought half my plants from Home Depot, one of the places known to distribute plants from the grower with the problem, this year). So I'll treat.

After that, I spent the next several hours cleaning up crap that accumulated on the concrete pad outside the side shed. Six trash bags worth, mostly stuff that had to be cut up or sawn small enough to be bagged. Tired now, but I have some more stuff to get done. Ciao!

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July 12, 2009

1620 - Good day today, for everyone except Molly. She was our 0700 alarm call, throwing up on the bed. Um, not so yay, and for about the third time in three weeks. She's got an appointment on next Saturday, so I'll ask about it then. V.weird, since it's not food, just water and stomach acid. No observed problems with appetite or elimination. That cleaned up, I went shopping while Marcia went to church. Then I did a few light chores around here. I have a bit more schoolwork to get to, in a moment. But first...

Aaargh! A very bad week to have been in Afghanistan, for 18 US service members. It's mostly an unfortunate cost of Operation Dagger, which seeks to push the Taliban out of the Helmand Province. It disconcerts me to see such a long list, after months of progress combined with lowering casualty rates. Our condolences to the families and unit mates of the fallen.

• Pfc. Justin A. Casillas, 19, of Dunnigan, California, died July 4 at Combat Outpost Zerok, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked the outpost using small arms and indirect fire.
• Pfc. Aaron E. Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen, Washington, died July 4 at Combat Outpost Zerok, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked the outpost using small arms and indirect fire.
• Lance Cpl. Charles S. Sharp, 20, of Adairsville, Georgia died July 2 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Oklahoma died July 6 in an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy in northern Afghanistan.
• Spc. Christopher M. Talbert, 24, of Galesburg, Illinois died July 7 in Shindad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
• Pfc. Nicolas H. J. Gideon, 20, of Murrieta, California died July 6 at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered earlier that day in Paktya, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.
• Capt. Mark A. Garner, 30, of Elkin, North Carolina died July 6 in Argandab District, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
• 2nd Lt. Derwin I. Williams, 41, of Glenwood, Illinois died July 6 in Konduz, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
• Sgt. Brock H. Chavers, 25, of Bulloch, Georgia died July 6 in Konduz, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
• Spc. Chester W. Hosford, 35, of Hastings, Minnesota died July 6 in Konduz, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
• Spc. Issac L. Johnson, 24, of Columbus, Georgia, died July 6 in Konduz, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
• Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren Ethan Tate, 21, of Canyon, Texas, died of non-hostile causes July 8 at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
• Sgt. Michael C. Roy, 25, of North Fort Myers, Florida, died July 8 while supporting combat operations in Nimroz province, Afghanistan.
• Pvt. Lucas M. Bregg, 19, of Wright City, Missouri, died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident.
• Spc. Gregory J. Missman, 36, of Batavia, Ohio, died July 9 at Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered elsewhere in Afghanistan on July 8, when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire.
• Lance Cpl. Roger G. Hager, 20, of Gibsonville, North Carolina, died July 8 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Master Sgt. John E. Hayes, 36, of Middleburg, Florida, died July 8 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Spc. Joshua R. Farris, 22, of La Grange, Texas, died July 9 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

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