I think the next sign will be leaves blowing all over the place.

Yep, that's right; it's Fall.  I wonder what kind of winter we will
have.  Might be mild, then again it might be crazy.  Well Pesto
is about 6 or so now.  She's a real trooper.

Damn Damn Damn.  I lost the whole message.  I was fooling
around with something and clicked and then boom it was gone.

Anyway, I made some comment about Pesto getting older and
that since she's not skinny anymore; i could have some
houseplants.  I've had luck with Geraniums, Spider Plants and
Aloe Vera.

Also, might pick up a couple of Parakeets to keep my Cockatiel
happy.  He's great, sings to me and stuff, but i just can't help
but wonder how it would be with a few more birds.  Parakeets
are soooo, beautiful.

Oh yeah, the lady in 508 is going to let me take her little terrier
out for a walk, we'll see how that works out, she seems like a
nice lady.  She wears big thick spectacles and seems a little
befuddled.

anyway that's the 2nd edit, bye for now.

Computer studies at Corrine Camp

I started this tutorial on Friday.  I'm 1/3rd of the way thru.

I'll redo the first segment again on Monday, because I 

didn't understand one segment of the process.  I went 

back and filled in some cells with hand built formulae, 

when the tutorial intended me to use a 'sum' 'function'.

Anyway, the fact that i was able to tweak it manually is 

actually very empowering.  It means that it's not so rigid 

that a little thought will break it.

If you're wondering about the 'What' Excell is the 

Microsoft version of a Spreadsheet and the 'Where" 

is the Corrine Camp Wellness and Advocacy Center.

They have a small network of up to date computers.

Their printer is a little 'blotchy' but oh well, nobody is 

going to look at my work anyway.

I'm also going to start working my way thru a self help

workshop in print.  A lot of writing about me and my 

head, nobody will grade it or correct it.  It's just for me.

We sold Vicki's bike, it's okay we can get a new one.

Danny across the hall is getting a little behind in his 

payments, but Vicki is real easy going.  I'll probably 

have to remind him next month before he buys a 

carton of smokes or whatever he does with his money.

I did quit chewing something like 4 months ago, don't 

expect much, i've fallen off that bandwagon more 

times than i want to think about.  But feel really good.

It's time to look at my diet, include fiber and antioxidants.

I'll probably take 6,000 IU of Fish Oil as soon as I 

finish this note.

Well, i've been drinking Iced Tea for a while and it's a 

better hydrator than some of the other stuff i drink namely 

diet soda pop. I did buy a big jug of Lime Juice to add to 

ice water for a little extra umph.

Added oil and coolant to the Buick the other day, checked 

them again they are good.  Washed the windshield with 

Windex.  Need to stock the windshield washer reservoir 

with Windex one of these days.

Anyway, that's it, planning a campout soon, but not sure 

when.

Gloria's Birthday the 25th of August.

Try to remember Gloria's birthday, Marcus.  It's the 25th of this month.

Well, I helped the GF type out some resumes today.  I should make a
resume.  Surely, I must have some marketable skills.

I want to learn how to operate a forklift. Either that or be a Bank Teller.

Goodnight Internet.

Wow, Doyle Park again

Well, dear diary

Vicki and I picked up Danny and we all went to Doyle Park together.
We stopped at Rite Aid first to pick up briquettes and ice.  Let's see
what all did we bring, well first off we forgot cups.  We did bring lighter
fluid, meat (hot links and hamburgers), ketchup, mustard, and Mayo.
No Condiments like tomato and lettuce cause i just didn't have any and
it was the last thing i was thinking about when i was packing up.  So,
anyway, I brought along 4 hamburger buns, and 4 hot dog buns, little
did i know that I didn't bring enough hot dog buns.  :( I also brought
along a nice big knife, a meat fork, and a spatula. Also, Vicki brought
paper plates, paper towels and other stuff i can't remember right now.
The biggest problem was no glasses.  Danny tried to cut the spout off
a small soda pop bottle of which many were floating around in my car.
I'm always thinking i'm going to take water with me on a hike.  That is
why I've been hoarding plastic bottles.  So we 'sawed' the spouts off 3
bottles and filled em up with ice and had pepsi, until the2 liter bottle
was gone.

Well, that's my little story about BBQ in Doyle Park.  What next?
I'm looking forward to camping and getting some use out of the new
tent.  i would like to get that in this season.  Gosh, i would like to go
fishing and to shoot some arrows too.  Things are starting to pile up
on me. I need to mop the kitchen and bathroom, kitchen again, doh.

Anyway, back to the BBQ, the Hot Links i found were at Grocery
Outlet, and they were just delicious, not too spicy nice sausage taste
and the skin is kinda tough, but that's okay.  If you go to Grocery
Outlet look for James brand Hot Links, very good sausage.

I sure would like to get out and ride my bike.  Maybe i'll start with baby
steps and ride down to Doyle Park which is big and flat. There i could
work on some stamina

-marcus

bamarcus77@gmail.com

Sebastopol in the summer

I just got back from NBLUG at O'Reilly in Sebastaopol.  The topic was
virtual remote servers.  i slipped in a few questions that were pertinent to me.
Frank gave the talk, Kyle told us about a giveaway at O'Reilly.  Saw Walter
(Gandalf) it was good to see him again.  He rode in on a motorcycle.

Kicked the Buick up to 55 for a mile or two along Hwy 12.

I ran the 10:00 PM Chicken Net tonight, only one chicken, Flan.  He's always
friendly and optomistic.

Well, short post tonight.  I'll try and check in tomorrow.

Goodnight Internet

The Radiator Blues

Vicki and I went out to the stores today.  We went to CVS, right next to
Safeway on 4th St., then to Rite Aid on Farmers Lane, then to Lucky's in
Montgomery Village.  I was a little dissapointed that Rite Aid didn't have ice
cream cones. It would seem that the old Rite Aid stores that took over Thrifty
Drug Stores have the ice cream counters and the ones that were built new as
Rite Aid do not.

While Vicki was getting safety pins at Rite Aid (more later), I was picking
up auto parts at the Auto Parts store there.  I picked up 2 gallons of generic
coolant, a thermostat and a gasket.  The generic coolant was less than 1/2
the price of the branded coolant.  I figured this was a good place to try and
save a few bucks.  Now, about the safety pins.  The headliner is drooping in
the Buick.  So i called around and the only people who do that kind of work
are the automobile appolstery shop, yes, I checked Auto Detail shops and
just asked the guys at the gas station.  I miss spelled 'appolstery' after
checking Merriam Webster online but i couldn't find the word.  So, anyway
the auto appolstery shop told me that it would cost $ 250 to do the work.

I'm going to get some elmers glue and just see if i can stick it up there with
that...  Anyway, now about the safety pins, the head liner was drooping so
low that i was having trouble peering out my rear view mirror.  So, i took
a safety pin and rolled up some of the loose headliner into a tight roll, and
safety pinned it up.  Now I can see out my rear view mirror.

Hopefully, this thermostat will save me some money on gas.  Seems like a
10 minute warmup is probably burning up a lot of gas.  I can only begin to
tell you how much cutting that warm-up time in half would mean to me.
While Dave is under the hood, i'll have him check the freeze plugs.
He's going to do a cooling system back flush and install the new thermostat.

I've just been thinking about getting a playmate for Pesto.  Another cat
wouldn't be that bad.  They don't eat much. Heh, hey, the cutest thing
happened here earlier today.  Pesto managed to sneak into the bathroom
and go all postal on a roll of toilet paper, i had to toss it in the trash cause
it was shredded.  I guess it's worth it, just as long as she was having fun.

Also thought about getting a rat.  Rats are sweet little mamals, i had one that
would actually purr if i scratched it long enough.  I have 2 spare cages, so if
anybody wants a starter cage for either a bird a cockatiel (like i have) or a
pretty little parakeet, or just a rat, let me know.

Well, Vicki is waiting on a new pair of orthopedic shoes and if they fit well,
we'll resume walking.  I need to check around the building and see if there
are any people with dogs that i could take with me on walks. Back when
we were walking regularly we had a little Jack Russel that would come
along with us.  He was a great little guy, but he and his people moved out.

I checked with the maintenance man the other day and asked him if we could
get a community cork board set back up.  It's nice to be able to communicate
with the other people via a cork board.  I am going to push for that.  I think it's
essential.  For instance, i could put up an ad on the cork board, 'I walk daily,
can i take your dog with me?'  I like the MP3 player that Aunt Bonnie sent me
a few years ago, i think it really makes me look forward to our walks.

Okay, ta ta for now (ttfn)  God Bless Everyone

Couple of sunny days

String together a couple of sunny days and what happens?


Last time i posted i was talking about a fair spring day, well it's less
than a month later and i think it's summer.  I don't expect much more
in the way of rain.  This rainy season is almost over.  I did notice that
there was a hurricane off the Baja peninsula.

Went to St. Vincent De Paul for a food giveaway on Wednesday,
you sign up and they let you get food once every 90 days, i got some
corn bread, some brie, a crab salad, a frozen chicken, and some cereal.

Then Friday the building food giveaway which is once a month.  I got
a roast there.  I cooked the roast today.  I cooked it in the crock pot
on low for about 8 hours unfortunately, it was dry.  I don't know what
i did wrong.  Kinda disappointing.

The Buick is doing something strange.  It seems to be using water
somehow.  I don't think it's a leak, and i don't smell steam.  It has
me worried.  Going to buy coolant on Sunday.

It is currently 5:00 on Saturday morning.

I'll have to check the calendar because, NBLUG will be happening
here pretty soon.  That would be the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
I really like NBLUG. I met a guy there called Eric Chu, and he
was very nice.  I still need RAM for my Laptop.  I need a 256
MB chip to stick in the backside of the laptop.  I also want to
find my KVM switch so that I can run at least one BSD machine.
There are some things that Gimp does that other things can't.
I can do good art with Gimp. The only problem is, i haven't the
foggiest where the KVM is located.  KVM stands for (K)eyboard
(V)ideo (M)ouse and it lets you share 2 computers while using
the same keyboard, mouse, and monitor.  This way you can have
2 computers running, but you don't have to deal with 2 keyboards,
mice or monitors.  Handy little device really.

Oh and there is Field Day again this year.  Amateur Radio Field Day,
the point is to get out to places that are off the grid and operate radios
as if, there were some kind of emergency.  It's practice.  We'll be
running off of Car Batteries for 12 Volts DC and topping the batteries
off with a generator (jenny)!  The get together this time around like
the last 2 years in a row, will be held at Lake Pillsbury which is kinda
remote, it's east of Ukiah, in the hills.  Lots of friends will be there,
Alan (N6VUD), Cody (K6MEU), Paul (KG6ABC), Ed (AG7D)!
Alan and Cody will be bringing their families with them.

I found my mummy bag and had Vicki sew up a rip in it.  I have
the tent but I still need to practice setting it up.  I think the problem
i was having was not extending the poles completely before trying
to feed them through the loops.

Anyhoo, i'll proofread this and post it.  We'll see if anything else
comes to mind.  Oh yeah, if you're reading this, you might as well
say 'hello' in the comments section at the bottom.  I need the
feedback.  Who knows, maybe I could help you set up your own
blog someday!

Goodnight Internet