Kestrachern

I’ve had three trips to Seattle so far. First was for a conference at Microsoft and a Baseball game., second was a conference for a book publisher, and third was with Shelley to visit family and play the part of the tourist for once. I like the feel of Seattle, at least the downtown city portion.   [...]

The past weekend I went to the 2009 Florida PreHeat regional Burning Man event.    About 500 people were in attendance (or so I heard) at a ranch in Lakeland, Florida having come from places as far away as Miami or Atlanta.   From my experience it was closer to one of the weekend campouts [...]

At the 2009 Florida PreHeat I was gifted the game of Go Stop. It was a bit of a confusing game to learn in the afternoon after little sleep and with the instructions in Korean. After getting home I poked about the Internet and learned some about the gameplay. Players capture cards from a central [...]

The week began with at trip to Orlando Florida and a meeting with the Florida Virtual Schools.  On the way back traffic was light until I came upon the I4 & I275 merge.  Yuck City all the way back to St. Petersburg.  It was a combination of usual rush hour and the Tampa Bay Rays [...]

A hope of 2009 is to end the year aboard my sailboat. I’ve just started looking about to see what is available. The ideal sailboat will comprise of as many of these specs as possible: Two masts Ketch preferred over schooner Cruiser more than racer Catamaran hull design 20m (though it may be more practical [...]