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September 20, 2010

2122 - All the Monday stuff, plus Pournelle's column done. Now to install the "Lab" software that accompanies my Network Security (CISSP) class. The joys of student life... Ciao!

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September 21, 2010

Whoops..

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September 22, 2010

I started a post yesterday...

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September 23, 2010

2317 - This CISSP Network Security class is supported by some multimedia presentation/testing software called LabSim. It has many special features, like the text read to me in a video by a cert-drone who has all the personality of Ben Stein in FBDO. The quizzes ask questions from sections other than the one you're studying. But best of all ...

Worst. Proofreading. Ever.

"The best security is provided by defense and depth." Um, yeah. And then there's this phrase: "highest source of truth". Yeah, again. That's in support of the Integrity leg of the CIA triad. I guess that the highest source of truth must have inhaled. Or maybe it's Lindsey? Hmmm.

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Cube-droids: don't follow this link. It's a flash game, and it will depress you beyond tears. As I commented to the person who passed this into my consciousness, "Needs more chainsaws."

Tonight, Marcia was elsewhere obliged. I fed and walked the dogs, checked in with a neighbor with a computer problem, did some remote work at the office, and roasted coffee. Whew. Ciao!

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September 24, 2010

Busy again.....

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September 25, 2010

2218 - Busy yesterday: after work, I left home again right away to take Molly to an appointment at the vets. She's got a pendular growth under her left front, and it's starting to trouble her. Our options there aren't good, because she's not a good candidate for anesthesia, and it's a bad place to do work on her with just a local. So we're going the antibiotic route, in hopes that it'll calm the thing enough to make it liveable. That, and she's wearing a t-shirt now, to keep from worrying at it with teeth and tongue.

Matt and Sarah dropped by last night on their way to a vacation destination. Out to supper last night with them, then I cooked breakfast for us all this morning. Then they left, having spent all the time at the Bilbrey B&B that they were going to, this time around. The balance of my day has been helping neighbor Tim get his shiny new Dell computer fettled, and working in the woodshop on the coffee table project. Only the stretchers are left to fabricate - I cut, shaped, routed, sanded, and assembled the the main legs today, as well as doing the miter cuts for the top. It's coming together. Tomorrow, though, the legs get a coat of finish, and that's it. Most of the day tomorrow goes to schoolwork.

Now, to shower and to bed. Ciao!

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September 26, 2010

2044 - G'day! Well, fairly good. I got many things done, including rereading the syllabus for my current class, and found that what I thought was due today isn't due until tomorrow. And now it's done, and I'm happy about that, too. So I did a bit more woodworking, along with walking the dogs and other regular Sunday stuff.

Sadly, a long list of sacrifice on the part of our armed forces on our behalf this week, reported by DoD. One thing I keep wondering ... As I transcribe these lives lost from the DoD site, I wonder why the press folks there think it's okay to abbreviate the name of the warrior's home state, while spelling out Afghanistan in full every time. Hell, people, electrons are cheap: honor our folks by making the effort. Our condolences to the families and units of the fallen.

• 1st Lt. Scott J. Fleming, 24, of Marietta, Georgia, died Sept. 17 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• 1st Lt. Eric Yates, 26, of Rineyville, Kentucky, died Sept. 18 in the Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Jaime C. Newman, 27, of Richmond, Virginia, died Sept. 17 in the Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Sgt. 1st Class Ronald A. Grider, 30, Brighton, Illinois, died Sept. 18 at Kunduz province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was struck by machine gun fire.
• Spc. Timothy L. Johnson, 24, of Randolph, New York, died Sept. 16 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device at Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan.
• Pfc. Barbara Vieyra, 22, of Mesa, Arizona, died Sept. 18 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit using an improvised explosive device and rocket propelled grenade fire in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
• Maj. Paul D. Carron, 33, of Missouri, died Sept. 18 at Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.
• Spc. Joshua A. Harton, 23, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, died Sept. 18 in Kaftar Khan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire.
• Pfc. Joshua S. Ose, 19, of Hernando, Mississippi, died Sept. 20 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Senior Airman Michael J. Buras, 23, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Sept. 21 of wounds suffered as the result of an improvised explosive device detonation in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
• Lt. (SEAL) Brendan J. Looney, 29, of Owings, Maryland, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Senior Chief Petty Officer David B. McLendon, 30, of Thomasville, Georgia, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Adam O. Smith, 26, of Hurland, Missouri, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Petty Officer 3rd Class (SEAL) Denis C. Miranda, 24, of Toms River, New Jersey, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Lt. Col. Robert F. Baldwin, 39, of Muscatine, Iowa, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Chief Warrant Officer Matthew G. Wagstaff, 34, of Orem, Utah, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Chief Warrant Officer Jonah D. McClellan, 26, of St. Louis Park, Minnisota, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Staff Sgt. Joshua D. Powell, 25, of Pleasant Plains, Illinois, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun Jr., 23, of Elkhart, Indiana, died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
• Lance Cpl. Anthony J. Rosa, 20, of Swanton, Vermont, died Sept. 23 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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