Jeff Duke

My favorite train of all time, a little 0-6-0 switcher, the very last one of that model, (L-5 made by Rogers in 1899), which is displayed in Snoqualmie’s beautiful railroad exhibit, (The Northwest Railway Museum).
Per the excellent Washington State Steam Railroads and Locomotives website, here is an image and some backstory:

http://wasteam.railfan.net/nwrm.html
In 1899 #924 was built as […]

For all of you out there struggling through poor traffic conditions daily, and even more difficult drivers who share the road, or don’t:
http://roadragers.com/
More Later-
Jeff

… wonderful may have occurred but no confirmation yet.  Oh how I hate waiting.
More Later-
Jeff

Spent this morning doing some work on a few scripts and reports and in between, some small modifications to cleanup the Krimson News main page.  I’ll have to propagate those changes over to the blogs section soon as well.  Some may be easier than others.
Computer is still not being too friendly at home, but it […]

just pee’d the carpet, to borrow from a cartoon.
This morning I noticed the laptop had rebooted during the night.  Upon login it took a long long time to stand up, eventually I aborted the attempt, (held the power button), and it started to come up quicker this time, but it still seemed rough and I […]

Keeping Ian in my thoughts today as he undergoes a pretty major surgery.  For those not in the know, see this posting:
Ian’s Blog @ CJ3 Site
I was overwhelmingly excited to get to talk to Ian, who sounded great, all things considered, during our podcast with Jakko.  Big thanks go out to him and Margie for […]

Kind of cool! Now you can see the last few games I or Laurie played on XBox360. I think I’ll have some actual time to play over the break this year. Woohoo! Yes, I know, I’m just a kid at heart. So what if I still act like I’m 15.  One of these days I’m […]

Waffle House is now making butterscotch waffles… what!?
In other news, the podcast recording today was pretty amazing.  I can’t wait to get it out for everyone…
More Later-
Jeff

We saw 18 degrees (F) this morning on our way out to work.  I decided to wear a long sleeved insulated shirt today to help fend off the cold, with much success.
No shuttle launch last night, which was unfortunate since it was totally clear and we should have had an excellent view of the launch, albiet, […]

***UPDATE***  - Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as James Kim’s body was found around noon today.  I truly feel sad for his wife and two young daughters, but I’m certain they understand he is a hero who did the best he could.  RIP James, you will be missed. ***
Prayers and good […]