My bowling pupil has lots to learn about the sport, not the least of which is the amount of improvement that can occur in the span of 8 months.  Such was the lesson he learned at the county championship where he made the cut at 2nd place and ended up bowling for first.  While the 1st place bowler may have qualified in Eric's division, he had ( Read more... )

I have been coaching a young man for the past 2 months in the ways of bowling.  My protege has been very eager to learn and improve himself.  I think he is a bit too eager.  However,  I cannot deter his willingness to do well under my guidance.  Since I started him down a path of bettering his bowling, he has won a tournament and qualified for ( Read more... )

 The past few weeks have been more interesting than I would normally care for.

Not the least of which happening is probably passing a class on Windows Server 2003 and, as a result, have all the qualifications necessary to take the exams for an MCSA.  From this class, I was eligible for some free software, including WinXP, WinServer2k3, WinServer2k8 ( Read more... )

 In the previous week, I was able to celebrate my birthday with my dad and step-mom.  They had inquired about particular restaurants I would want to patronize; I had mentioned not having ever dined at Elliot's Oyster House on the Seattle waterfront. They thought this sounded like a wonderful idea, especially since they have a coupon for buy two ( Read more... )

 It's been getting more difficult for me to remember to write things down, either in my diary or here.  Part of the problem is the depression that hit in December and didn't leave until Christmas Eve, but I think that was due to my house not being prepared for the holiday until then.  I swear I say every year that I would love to have the ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since a post and most of that has to do with computer problems, some my own and some belong to other people ( Read more... )

I just got a call from my step-sister in California asking for my help with restoring her computer.  I was surprised that anyone would call me for that kind of thing even if they were related to me somehow.  Apparently there are some things going wrong with a system restoration.  Good news for me was that she had no problem losing all her data ( Read more... )

I've been helping my dad and step-mom around their house with cleaning up the back yard, and building a computer tower for them to better process photos for entering into fairs and such.  They had discussed this with me last Christmas, but they did not necessarily have the money.  Last weekend, a check from an insurance company came in the mail ( Read more... )

Too long since last update...usually because I forget to do so ( Read more... )

Because I have been reading XKCD, I have taken to trying to find new and interesting hobbies. The first of which will be asking someone to speculate Euclid's opinion on a subject completely unrelated to geometry.