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Catching Up A Little

OK, I am taking the luxury of sleeping in this morning and getting to the food bank later than usual. The office is not normally staffed on weekends, but it is this weekend. Here is a bit of background on the Texas trip. Basically, I was deeply effected by Katrina and felt rather powerless toContinueContinue reading “Catching Up A Little”

Some Pics

Well, the flow of evacuees is coming on strong now. Traffic is snarled throughout the city and gas stations are running dry. The Food Bank officially went into “disaster mode” today and the sense of urgency has increased a bit. We have received calls from folks that are from Louisiana and Mississippi that have hadContinueContinue reading “Some Pics”

In Texas

Well, I haven’t really had a chance to get online to write much about what I am doing right now and this will be short. I am in San Antonio volunteering with the San Antonio Food Bank (a Second Harvest food bank) to help them help Katrina evacuees. The people here are exhausted and weContinueContinue reading “In Texas”

What kind of geek am I?

I have come to the realization that there are different kinds of computer geeks. I came to this stunning (to me) realization after a marathon week of computer geekiness and a staff meeting at work. Last week I found myself sitting in the midst of (count them) 6 desktops and 4 laptops – at home!ContinueContinue reading “What kind of geek am I?”

Virginia Wine Country

My mom and I did a short weekend tour of Northern Virginia wine country this past weekend as our belated Mother’s Day get-away. I just want to make a few notes now so I don’t forget everything from it. We stopped at a total of 8 wineries, 4 on the way out to Front RoyalContinueContinue reading “Virginia Wine Country”

Return of the brew

I have been on a three-year hiatus with brewing but I am just about ready to get back into the swing of things. It is summer which makes it a little more difficult, but I have a PLAN. I have gone through the shed and inventoried and am gathering the replacements and new items IContinueContinue reading “Return of the brew”