The day was full of wind and clouds. A light rain had come with the morning and by afternoon the promise of spring was palatable in the air. Still the clouds and the wind played with one another chasing after each. The sun gentle and warm pressed golden fingers of warmth against the clouds trying … Read More “Wind and Ashes” »
Year: 2006
It was bright. It was the hard shine of heat and cactus. Sun sharp with corners and angles. I don’t like bright. It exhibits. It brightens dark things. It makes me edgy. I was doing a job. A job in the day. I hate it that way. To much potential. Potential for being heard. Potential … Read More “Vodka, Neat” »
Ya Ya passed away in our arms today resting peacefully. He will be sorely missed by family and friends. He was only nine years old when he passed. We all love you Ya Ya and miss you. Rest in peace.
It was late. I had that tired feeling. The kind that leaves grit on your teeth and a rock in your gut. I was low. Low on cash, low on luck and low on mood. There were few patrons left in this dark, smelly hole of a bar I had dragged into. I was looking … Read More “Daniel, Jack” »
Just when you get all comfortable for a nice relaxing bath in the sun some Jack Ass comes up to bother you. This is a photo from a friend at work. She has a small ranch somewhere in California. She is in one of the fuzzy areas on Google maps. However she has graciously offered … Read More “The Jackass Principle” »
I was surfing an old network log today and I noticed some suspicous traffic. It seems a week ago some war driver attached to my network. I had an unsecured wirless netowrk running. I don’t anymore. I read up on the dangers of having an open network. One of them is people attaching to your … Read More “War Driving” »
Words can not describe my pride, joy and love for this little boy; my son.
My good friends Lance and Tina were kind enough to invite me over for dinner two nights in a row. Not only is this atypical behavior for rational people it represents near criminal negligence in providing comedic material for any guffaw that may ensure at their adobe. And true to the promise Lance unleashed a … Read More “My Name is Lance” »
FireFox Rules! Originally uploaded by Richard Chennault. One of the things that annoyed me about site that are built specifically to MSIE is that they did not load properly in Firefox which forced me to open up MSIE. Well problem solved. With the FireFox plugin MSIE Tabbing I can now open sites like MSDN and … Read More “FireFox Rules!” »
YahooOut Originally uploaded by Richard Chennault. I can understand the occasional hick-up and the rare outage. But to have a major portion of the music service out for three days is simply unbelievable. What the hell happened over there? How in the world did the Yahoo execs think it was an acceptable thing to have … Read More “YahooOut” »