Goodbye Vancouver

On the boat and sailing away. Will see what kind of excitement we can find on the boat. Stay tuned...

Vancouver BC Cruise Prequel

It was surprisingly quiet for a Friday in Vegas—tourism is definitely down. Lines were short, and getting through security at both Vegas and Vancouver airports was a breeze. After arriving at our hotel, we found we were able to check in early. We then took a taxi to the

Another Floating Buffet Coming Right Up...

Five sea days coming and going. I have done five sea days before, but I've never had ten of them on the same cruise. I'm going to try to keep my exercise level up to at least slow down the inevitable weight gain. I'm

A Week on my Own

The boys are going stir crazy. Five minutes outside and even my heat seeking bulldog was fading fast. I am trying to adapt to their schedule. They insist...

Got Some Drool on the Car

Spending the week in the Seattle area. We drove out to Port Angeles today, and things have changed quite a bit. It doesn’t look anything like it did forty years ago when I lived there—feels kind of run down now. One highlight was a quick visit to the

Server 2.0 Crash and Burn

Well, I had almost finished setting up a new server when I made the fateful decision to add one more application (Time-shift) to protect a couple of weeks' worth of configuration efforts. Unfortunately, it completely destroyed my file system. I did have backups, but they were a bit

Three Hours and I'm Up and Limping

Well the new keyboard worked. Bad news I was unable to resolve the issues with the touch pad and the wireless adapter. I was able to plug in a usb network adapter and everything is functional for now. I see a new computer in my future...

The Site Mascot Harfed on My Laptop

Blue has been battling pancreatitis for the past month. Last week, he crawled onto my lap and promptly threw up all over my keyboard. I wiped it off as quickly as I could. At first, I thought I had cleaned it up fast enough—everything continued working for a while.

The Road Home

We just made it back. We started out in Venice, Italy, twenty-four hours ago. It took several hours to get to the airport. British Airways had delays in both Venice and Heathrow, but somehow they still managed to get us where we needed to go on time. I think

Sarandë Albania

Yesterday, we visited Albania for the first time. We went on a shore excursion that took us to a fortress overlooking the city. Although it had been converted into a tourist trap/restaurant, it offered a wonderful view of the ocean and the Albanian countryside. Next, we visited an old