ChaosEngine

A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing….

Time for a Rocket Ride

My life is slowly getting back to normal.  I got the cast off my foot a week ago, and while I still need a walking boot and crutches or a cane to get around, I’m at least a bit more mobile than I was.  It is still tiring, especially in the heat, and now that [...]

Road Warrior

I recently bought a motorcycle.  It’s an old Honda Magna, one of the hot rod bikes I remember from my younger days, not exactly what I was looking for, but a respectable cruiser nonetheless.  Getting a motorcycle may have something of a midlife-crisis feel to it, and perhaps it is.  I am not, however, getting [...]

D.C.

My D.C. trip quite an experience. It started even before I got there, while waiting for my flight in KC. The mix of passengers was different than what I’m use to. More people with bad haircuts and cheap suits, lots of them. Most of them seemed to know each other, lots of animated discussions, plastic [...]

Mr. Dozier Goes to Washington

Tuesday I get to fly out to Washington D.C. for a couple of days for my job. We have a Government Relations Branch which essentially is a lobbying organization.  My involvement is purely technical, and I’m going out to check on some problems with their phone system. I’ve never been to D.C. and I think [...]

DragonCon Preliminary Report

It is 11:00 pm on Monday night. My first DragonCon is now behind me and there is nothing left to do but catch a little sleep then rise early to make it to the airport tomorrow and head back to Kansas. To people outside of the scifi/fantasy/fandom/gamer world, there really is no way to explain [...]

Mile High Techie

Hanging out in a hotel in Denver. Sent here by my job for training on Avaya phone systems, which has been pretty interesting as far as these corporate training sessions go. Got to visit my aunt, cousins, and their families while I was here, which was nice. I haven’t seen most of them for about [...]

Going back to Cali

This is going to be a long one, been traveling all day with lots of time to think. I had to fly to San Jose, California today for a Unix training class at HP. It has been about six years since I’ve been on a plane, it was before 9/11 when I last flew. Its [...]