07.19.07

First solo flight in something like 18 years

Posted in Wine, Local Issues, Geek at 5:37 am by Randy

I’ll be doing my friend’s radio show this next Monday, all by myself. Turns out he has a football mini-camp he’s leading (seeing as he’s a coach and all), and he wrote to me in a panic at the beginning of the week. The last time I stepped into a radio booth all alone was 1988 or ‘89. That’s quite a dry spell.

At any rate, my major concern is that I don’t totally suck or do something completely embarrasing with nobody else around to keep me in check. The biggest issue is that I’m not a winemaker or even in the wine industry (except that I’m married to a grape grower, and I’ve just finished my first class over at Napa Valley College having to do with wine).

This will definitely be interesting.

07.13.07

Somewhere in a hidden memory, images float before my eyes…

Posted in Broadband, Local Issues, Rural at 1:28 pm by Randy

Time passes.

The Boss gets chickens.

My sister moves in.

The dogs “play” with the chickens (or at least all but one of them).

The fiber optic shows up.

The enclosure for the media converter shows up.

Things are starting to move again on the Quest for Broadband.

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