What a way to start the day. The Artemis-1 launch was spectacular. The launch team must have learned a lot from their previous attempts beca...

I'm back at Kennedy Space Center for another Artemis launch attempt. The launch is technically tomorrow morning, but it's going to s...

I managed to fix the furnace by myself and didn't need the HVAC guys after all. I did need an electrician though. I bought a new securit...

Talk about irony. The last sentence of last night's blog post read "Life is full of surprises." Two minutes after I added that...

The house was cold this morning when I woke up. The thermostat said the heat was on, but no air was blowing through the vents. Yep. On proba...

When I got up at 5 AM this morning I thought about waking Dot up and taking her outside to pee. Everybody was sleeping so peacefully that ...

Today didn't go well. It was cold when I woke up this morning and I quickly discovered that the furnace had gone out. Perfect timing, ...

Yay. I fixed the furnace all by myself this morning. Don't even ask why we needed the furnace running on the first of June. Texas weat...

The furnace is working again. Marty, my favorite technician, came over to the house to work on the furnace. The problem actually did turn...

We woke up this morning to a cold house. Yup, the furnace has gone out again. I know exactly what is wrong. The flame sensor has gotten di...

This is the only time of the year when we don't need either the furnace or the air conditioner. For a few weeks, a rare condition exis...

It was not an auspicious day. The furnace went out during the night and I woke up cold. Yes, it was the brand new furnace. When I fixed my...

Today was another writing day. I got quite a bit accomplished, considering how little I knew about my subject matter yesterday. My writing...

It's been almost a year since I started taking a camera with me when I walk the dogs. During my first three or four months as a dog wa...

I spent most of the day carrying a small ceramic heater from room to room in a somewhat vain attempt to keep warm. Eventually, I decided t...

Brrr. It was cold this morning. Since there is still no heat, the inside and outside temperatures at the house have gradually equalized. I...

It's jacket weather again. For the first time since last Spring, I needed to put on a coat when I went to run my weekend errands. I li...