Yep.

Well, I've been working my butt off lately, getting r&r when I can. On a trip to Richmond I found beer lover's Mecca, Capital Ale House. 75 different types of beers on tap, and over 300 in bottles. They specialize in microbrews and hard to find imports. After asking for the beer list, and perusing it for an hour, I got to talking with the ( Read more... )

My Nana, Rita Lupe, passed away last week. At least she went quickly, without pain, in her sleep, surrounded by loved ones. Miss you, Nana.

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The biggest peach ever I seen.


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I just got back from Florida. I went to visit my Nana, who is probably going to pass on any day now. She was very glad to see me, and I her. She's comfortable and well loved, and she feels it. Dad and Mom have been down there a few weeks, taking Nana to appointments with the radiologist, pulmonologist, lots of 'ologists and etc. The last day I ( Read more... )

I'm now in Roanoke, Virginia. The move went much better than expected, thanks in no small part to my father, Andrew, Andy, Darien, Gus and Kyle Beta. I owe many things to many monkeys, and they have my eternal gratitude. I have more boxes of stuff than seems practical. Most of it is books. I can't bear to part with books once I read them. I ( Read more... )

This is mainly to cleanse the palate between Sparkfrost's copious postings ( Read more... )

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Going to Roanoke today. Sadly, I'm going to miss the LunnderDome party Saturday, but at least I get to see my Bradley. To make matters better, I might even get to hang out with Drew before he comes back up here for the Dome party. Funny how every time I go down there he comes up here. I was beginning to think he was avoiding me or something ;-)