Home Graffiti FavTools ShortList About Sitemap Visual DevWork Email Brian GPG Key

GRAFFITI -- July 12, 2010 thru July 18, 2010 >> Link to the Current Week << Last Week << Mon   Tues   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun >> Next Week Search this site : Welcome to Orb Graffiti, a place for me to write daily about life and computers. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not interchangeable.     About eMail - I publish email sometimes. If you send me an email and you want privacy or anonymity, please say so clearly at the beginning of your message.

MONDAY    Tues    Wed    Thu    Fri    Sat    Sun   
July 12, 2010

Wait for it ....

Top  /  Email Brian

Mon    TUESDAY    Wed    Thu    Fri    Sat    Sun   
July 13, 2010

2103 - Work and chores and work. The ride doesn't end until the darkness at the end. That's life. But in the meantime, there's lightning, and thunder, and perhaps three inches of rain in the last four days, after weeks of nothing. I'm sure the lawns are dumbfounded. Now, to work on a new site page for a different project... Ciao!

Top  /  Email Brian

Mon    Tues    WEDNESDAY    Thu    Fri    Sat    Sun   
July 14, 2010

2157 - Whew! A busy day, followed by a busy evening. The latter: a column to review, then format from Pournelle. That's online now. Then I did the deep tech review on the Extreme System chapter from Bob, followed by quick refresh passes on the second version of three other chapters. Ciao!

Top  /  Email Brian

Mon    Tues    Wed    THURSDAY    Fri    Sat    Sun   
July 15, 2010

2200 - Tonight's been all about the dogs. That's how it goes, sometimes. Ciao!

Top  /  Email Brian

Mon    Tues    Wed    Thu    FRIDAY    Sat    Sun   
July 16, 2010

2152 - More work for Jerry this evening - a supplement to the July column is now up. Next, I went through a second pass on two more chapters for Bob. Then I signed up for classes for Fall: WRTG 394 - Advanced Business Writing; and CMIT 425 - Advanced Network Security. The latter is really just a CISSP prep course, which isn't a bad thing at all. In a few minutes, I've got a bit of remote work to do at the office. Then I can have supper. It's a great life, as long as the music doesn't stop when there isn't a chair behind my ass. Ciao!

Top  /  Email Brian

Mon    Tues    Wed    Thu    Fri    SATURDAY    Sun   
July 17, 2010

No Post.......

Top  /  Email Brian

Mon    Tues    Wed    Thu    Fri    Sat    SUNDAY  
July 18, 2010

2109 - Well, I'm four for four on my on-call week this month. Only last night wasn't a page from a confused computer. Instead, it was an olfactory alert from Molly's middle-of-the-night poo incident. The clean-up was trivial. The going-back-to-sleep ... that took some time. Today, shopping, followed by mowing, followed by cooling down, and supper out with Marcia and Linda. I did get both dogs walked just now, and we should be good for a poo-free night tonight. That news has to be good enough. Does it mean I get a page tonight? Probably. Such is life.

And then there were twenty more, gone from this place. Our casualty counts continue to remain relatively high, an interesting development considering that we're planning on departing and putting security in Afghan hands in about a year. The upside is, at least they won't be shooting at our folks after that time, at least in the short term. They'll be too busy assassinating all the people who cooperated with us. Did you really think it would end any other way? Sad, though. Our condolences to the families and units of these fallen warriors:

• Pfc. Anthony W. Simmons, 25, of Tallahassee, Florida, died July 8 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire.
• Sgt. Robert W. Crow, 42, of Kansas City, Missouri, died July 10 in Paktika, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
• Spc. Joseph W. Dimock II, 21, of Wildwood, Illinois, died July 10 in Salerno, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident when an explosion occurred in an ammunition holding facility during an inventory.
• Sgt. Donald R. Edgerton, 33, of Murphy, North Carolina, died July 10 near Char Dara, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Jesse W. Ainsworth, 24, of Dayton, Texas, died July 10 near Walakan, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Antonik, 29, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, died July 11 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Lance Cpl. Daniel G. Raney, 21, of Pleasant View, Tennessee, died July 9 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Lance Cpl. Tyler A. Roads, 20, of Burney, California, died July 10 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Spc. Carlos J. Negron, 40, of Fort Meyers, Florida, died July 10 at Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered at Konar, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit with rifle and small arms fire.
• Spc. Nathaniel D. Garvin, 20, of Radcliff, Kentucky, died July 12 at Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Afghanistan (Kandahar, Afghanistan), of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.
• Staff Sgt. Shaun M. Mittler, 32, of Austin, Texas, died July 10 in Konar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fires.
• Spc. Christopher J. Moon, 20, of Tucson, Arizona, died July 13 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device on July 6 in Arghandab, Afghanistan.
• Pvt. Brandon M. King, 23, of Tallahassee, Florida, died July 14 at Combat Outpost Nolen, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
• 1st Lt. Christopher S. Goeke, 23,of Minnesota, died July 13 in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with rifle, rocket propelled grenade, and small arms fire.
• Staff Sgt. Christopher T. Stout, 34, of Worthville, Kentucky, died July 13 in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with rifle, rocket propelled grenade, and small arms fire.
• Staff Sgt. Sheldon L. Tate, 27, of Hinesville, Georgia, died July 13 in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with rifle, rocket propelled grenade, and small arms fire.
• Spc. Chase Stanley, 21, of Napa, California, died July 14 at Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
• Spc. Jesse D. Reed, 26, of Orefield, Pennsylvania, died July 14 at Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
• Spc. Matthew J. Johnson, 21, of Maplewood, Minnesota, died July 14 at Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device./li>
• Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher, 24, of Ballwin, Missouri, died July 14 at Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Top  /  Email Brian

Last Week << Mon   Tues   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun >> Next Week

Visit the rest of the DAYNOTES GANG, a collection of bright minds and sharp wits. Really, I don't know why they tolerate me <grin>. My personal inspiration for these pages is Dr. Jerry Pournelle. I am also indebted to Bob Thompson and Tom Syroid for their patience, guidance and feedback. Of course, I am sustained by and beholden to my lovely wife, Marcia. You can find her online too, at http://www.dutchgirl.net/. Thanks for dropping by.

All Content Copyright © 1999-2011 Brian P. Bilbrey.


Except where otherwise noted, this site is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.