This is the second book about “a tale of vegas vampires”.? The last one centered on Ethan, the President of the Vampire Nation, who is running for re-election and Alexis the sister of a half vampire. This time it centers on Seamus Fox, Ethan’s campaign manager and Cara Kim, a vegas stripper.? They get entangled [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2006’
Happy New Year
It’s almost the start of the new year.? We are letting the kids stay up a bit late.? They asked really nice so it’s an experiment.? I’m not sure of the benefit since we can’t even watch the east coast feeds of any of the shows that mark the east coast events. They are excited [...]
Events, Funerals, Effects on Us
I’m the sort of guy that is sad to see when a marriage breaks up for any reason.? I know that sometimes there is no way to heal a? marriage (though I imagine it’s because one party or the other isn’t really committed to healing the marriage) but still it’s sad to see something that [...]
Woodworking project
I’m working on a small little project. It is a combination shelf, rack, table for some music electronics, music books, and for taking notes.? I’ve been needing it for my guitar equipment but have been busy with other life happenings. It’s a simple little plywood project.? I haven’t decided whether to paint it or finish [...]
Electrical Work Issues
One thing happened while I was progressing towards my automation system that I wanted to talk about. I had to have 2 of my electrical switches rewired so that they would work with my automation switches.? The switches are supposed to work “as-is” with electrical systems but sometimes electricians wire things differently.? In the case [...]
Guitar Practice
So, I’ve been quietly (ok, not so quietly to my family!) continuing with my guitar lessons and guitar practicing.? I’m enjoying the teacher that I switched to over the summer.? Mick has a strong focus on the direction he is leading me. As I am close to what I am doing, it is often hard [...]
What’s up with DS WiFi?
OK, Xander get’s a DS Lite for his birthday.? It’s a big hit and in fact causes some sibling issues so we decide to get one for Mitchell for Christmas. Now that we have 2, we try to get the DS Wifi thing to work.? As you can tell from the blog, I’m a pretty [...]
Other House Stuff
We were in the process of getting some new windows but the Wind Storm seems to have stopped that in it’s track. I’m using a contractor that I’ve used a few other times but I haven’t heard from him.? I’ll give him a call next week. The windows in the boys bedroom’s are just old [...]
Wind Storm, Power Outage – The Follow Up
After a big discussion, Kathy and I have decided to look into getting a generator.? Our house was without power for 3 1/2 days (as compared to 4 1/2 in the last big storm).? The temp in the house got down to 40 degrees F – yes! that was the inside temp. After some calls [...]
Home Automation – The Conclusion
OK, after a bunch of rescheduling due entirely to the company I was using (and once to the weather), I finally got all the work done that I need to get my reworked automation system up and running. History: I have an HAI OmniPro II Alarm System which acts as the brains of my automation [...]
Let’s Catch Up
Ok, I’m going to try something new.? I’m not sure I’ll get it all done right tonight but I’m going to catch my blog up since I’ve been a bit pre-occupied with normal life stuff. I’ll do it in little small posts as an attempt to keep each post focused on a topic.? Let’s hope [...]
Christmas Day, winding down
The boys have be just too crazy (not really in a good way either) all the way up to Christmas.? It was like a snow ball building up mass and momentum going down the mountain.? Today, they started off well but this afternoon got crazy again. Kathy and I have come up with a parenting [...]
UPB & Automation
Man, this stuff is getting down right frustrating.? It is just dragging on and on.? It’s been rescheduled several times (all due to non-technical issues).? The scheduled time was supposed to be last Friday but we had a storm that nocked out power for 3 1/2 days so that had to be bumped again.? They [...]
Sharpening
So, I’ve gotten into the groove of sharpening. My steps in sharpening are: Get a smooth surface using rough grit (260).? This is the most important step, I’ve found.? If it is not done right, you don’t find out until the last step and you have to come back to this step.? It is important [...]
Life is resuming
Now that power is back on we are getting our house back in order and our life back together. This of course means a lot of clean up (laundry, dishes, shopping, rescheduling of things that didn’t happen).? Also the kids are in a winter camp (Science camp) which they started today and seemed to have [...]