January 11, 2011: No Water, Pipes Frozen

One of those things that homeowners absolutely dread, waking up in the morning to discover that there is no water flowing in your house… and that it is very cold outside.  Our pipes are frozen.  Contrary to popular belief, pipes can actually freeze in Texas.  Apparently, we have no discovered much to our chagrin, they …

January 10, 2011: A Portenous Day

This morning Dominica got up before me and said that the water was not working.  It is below freezing outside tonight but it’s nowhere near the temperature where you talk about pipes freezing so it doesn’t seem like that could be the issue.  Definitely worrisome that there is no water.  So, after just a few …

January 7, 2011: Battlestar Galactica, Remake

It’s Friday.  I love short weeks.  Only three days of actually being in the office this week.  Very nice.  I drove down to the office this morning.  Doing lunch at the club today. I picked up Souder at a quarter till noon and we run over to La Cima where we were meeting Tim, the …