Happy holidays

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The good news is that my insurance will pay for the damage inside the house from the sewer water. The bad news is that none of the work to replace the sewer line is covered. Sigh. Related Images:

I have never purchased a house on my own before. This has been an adventure that has consumed the majority of my time for the past two months. I’ve been trying to get my work done, freelancing projects finished, and everything else that goes along with it… and now the various electricians I’ve asked for…

James Doohan died this morning at 5:30 AM from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s. Doohan played the beloved Chief Energineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott of the Star Trek TV series, which aired form 1966-1969, and subsequent 7 movies. When over 50% of engineering students listed Scotty as their inspiration for studying engineering, the Milwaukee School of Engineering awarded…

I got a new digital camera: Fujifilm S9100. It’s a 9 MP, 10.7x optical zoom wanna-be DSLR. My old camera, Sony Cybershot F707, is still a good camera, but it couldn’t take action shots, like pictures of the horses running, without a lot of work. I also ran into trouble when I wanted to zoom…

My stepmom just quit her teaching job to write full time. I am so proud of her for taking an opportunity to fulfill a life-long dream. She’s writing children’s books and also some adult fiction. We had a long conversation about writing, characters, the stories she is working on, and writing in general. Non-writers do…