Worldcon 75 – a trip to Helsinki, part 2

Remember that advertisement about Worldcon?  Our expectations had been for a convention of 3500-4000.  In the last week, though, memberships surged.  The crowds on Wednesday were so bad that many members couldn’t get in to see the panels… Read More

Worldcon 75 — a trip to Helsinki, part 1

While we were in Kansas City last year, for MidAmeriCon II (Worldcon 74), I was asked if I could help run the Masquerade.  I said sure, and figured it would be a good opportunity to visit Scandinavia.  Stephen… Read More

Mounting grab bars

Mom decided that she wanted a grab bar on the two-step transition from the front hall to the back hall/laundry room, and another one at the bottom of the main staircase. (Wow!  she’s letting me change her house!)… Read More

Swapping out Sargent Locks

Continuing the saga of house improvements for my mother… After her fall, we knew that she needed someone in the house with her full time.  But she had spread her papers (financial and otherwise) all over the house…. Read More

Setting up an iPhone for your nonagenerian mother

Mom’s iPhone 5C started acting wonky — the touch screen was difficult to get to respond, even after a hard reset.  Then my cousin called me to tell me that mom’s phone kept giving an error about “wait… Read More

Nest Thermostat troubleshooting

We got Nest thermostats for our house over a year ago.  Easy installation (about 15 minutes) and setup.  So I figured I would get one for my mother, so she didn’t have to keep walking up and down… Read More

Oscars 2017

This year, we decided on our costumes fairly early:  Dr. Strange for Stephen and Jyn Erso for me. I started making Stephen’s costume before Halloween and the first of November partners meeting, which was themed “SuperHeroes” (I wore… Read More

Nest Cam – exterior mounting tricks

We had been intending to add security cameras when we rebuilt the house.  But the options available at the time, even with our professional company, were more limited than we wanted.  We add a pair of DropCams before… Read More

Oscars 2016

Although we had different initial plans, after seeing Star Wars:  The Force Awakens, I decided to dress as General Organa (Princess Leia).  It’s one of those easy to wear costumes, with a moderately elaborate hairdo that is always… Read More

Physician Anesthesiologists Week

It seemed silly initially, when I heard that we had a week devoted to us as physician anesthesiologists last year.  And then I thought about it some more.  Many other groups have a day or a week.  The… Read More