The weather in Seattle hasn't been the same lately. Today was cold and snowy. Drivers here aren't used to such weather. It's been entertaining to watch the news and see the automobile billiards play out on the side streets. My company closed so I'm sitting at home. The forecast calls for more cold so the snow and ice will likely be here to stay, for a while anyway.

I've been thinking about this for a while. First, a little about me. I don't like to think of my self as a Democrat or Republican. I did however have to declare myself a Republinal when I became the Republican deligate for my district. It made me feel icky (is that a word). I did this because I was a McCain fan.

We have a government funded edicational system. Over half of my property taxes go to fund K-12 schools. Why should I be paying for schools when I have no children? Shouldn't...

The latest round of upgrades seems to be working well. I was a bit nervous. There are some cool new features built into the new version. I'll get them working as I have time.

Enjoy,

Patrick

Well Guys, we have a brand new blogging system. The old system is gone. That company was taking payment for a system that was still a beta product with the promise that the production version would be released soon. That never happened. In fact, the company lost their lead developer and then just vanished.

The new system is from the same company that makes the forum software (vBulletin). They won't be going anywhere.

The bad news is that we get to start out with a clean...