Are we there yet?

Well summer is in full sing here in Orange, Va.  For me it is not much of a change except that I no longer get stuck the blasted school bus each morning.  At the first opportunity we had,  we skipped town to go to Virginia Beach.  Yea I know there are better beaches but the alternative is a treacherous car ride with the kids constantly saying are we there yet?  I was surprised at the excellent accommodations and the friendly staff at the KOA in VA BEACH.  The Manager Kevin was so nice and the staff always greeted us with smiles.  We crammed 6 people in a 8 person cabin, with lines and towels provided.  We took the local bus to the beach each day and saw the fishes at the Virginia Aquarium.Stop on by and Tell Kevin and the staff that we recommended them.  They would be tickled, but watch out for the air plane bomber!

I give them  

Stephanie

Getting back to our perverted roots!

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I am melting....... NOT

The past week the Central Virginia has been under a heat advisory.  Normal people would complain, but not me.  I am one of the lucky few that gets to put out countless $$$ into the maintenance and upkeep of my backyard pool.  I guess that means on days like this I have to float around the pool, watching my kids jump in and enjoy the H2O.  I guess it could be worse.  Last year around this time (meaning the last heat wave with advisories) my central air conditioning died.  I borrowed a window unit from Grandma so the poor kiddos with Asthma could sleep while I  melted in bed, buck naked with fans blowing on me. I guess that my suffering has been redeemed.  If you wanna come over for a dip just give me a call....

To NIS or not to NIS that is the ???

I do not usually blog technical crap but today I will make the exception.  I recently had to deploy a NIS domain on dual IP-ed network.  I buried the NIS servers on the non-public domain (Yeah I was thinking 'bout security).  Since we do not have a DNS replication server locally, the NIS servers are NOT visible on the in the DNS domain.  Ironically, all functions that touched NIS authentication where slow as molasses.  I have to send props out to Jason Armistead for finding my needle in the hay stack.  His contribution: DNS lookups and /etc/nsswitch.conf save my ass and fixed my problem.  Basically - since the NIS process was running with the -d option it forced the DNS lookups.  Since the servers could not see DNS they would wait for the time out (@45 seconds per transaction).  Basically- remove the /etc/resolv.conf and and restart NIS.  That works great!!!

Take your cup of tea and shove it!

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I have been a government employee for almost 11 years now.  I am too young to have been affected by the '96 shutdown.  I will be at work on Monday reguardless of the status since I am excepted.  Just for the record, people need to step back and take a look where you live.  America is the best place as far a quality of life.  I wonder why?  Government legislation maybe?  There is a point there enought is enough and there should be a line drawn.  The problem is that every asshole in the world has an opinion on where that line should be (Including Me!).  <Two cents>  Flat Tax for all.  Make it a graduated fair rate.  Give the states subsidies and let them spend them.  Get rid of the tax code thus eliminating the need for loopholes.  Spend what you take in or less.  Save some for a war or any other Oh Shit moment.  Everyone else can take your Tea and shove it!< End Two Cents> Have a nice day :-)

I palmed a cute chick!

I was sitting at my desk yesterday when this cute chick came by.  Out here in farm country there are a few times a year when the local "Feed Store" sells livestock to the General Public.  Parents - do not buy your kids chicks or bunnys over Easter.  Stastically there ar more abandoned bunnies at the SPCA during the month of May each year.  Just stop by there next month and adopt one for free.  I have three bunny cages I can donate to the cause.  Just email me....LOL

Feet in Your Face!

Ode to be a kid in the summer time swinging barefooted with the breeze in your hair.  The picture reminds me of the past when I was care free without the worries of Mortgages, Government Furloughs and all of the other drama that keeps me up at night. I will say without a doubt that one of the great pleasures of my day is spending the few hours of daylight watching my kids giggle and play in the yard.  I am blessed with chalk drawings covered with XOXO-s and lap monkeys.  Jealous? You should be!