Our Dumb Blog

—–BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—–
Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux)
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=+7J2
—–END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—–

We tried to buy this house last summer.  Someone else snapped it up before we could.  (Our process was delayed by being evacuated by the Waldo Canyon Fire and our loan guy being evacuated as well.)

It’s been burned completely to the foundation in the Black Forest Fire. All the houses but one on that road are.

I suffer fits of crazy from time to time.

At the moment, I’m considering refusing to communicate via email unless it’s encrypted. I’m thinking of canceling my telephone service: after all, who do I have to talk to? Do I really need to be able to access wikipedia at the local pizza parlor?

Not because I’m afraid, but because what does it do for me, and what does it do for the system?

Wanted: public key email encryption simple enough that my mother can use it. Does it exist? Enigmail is convenient for me, but is it for her? Google could have gone a long way to making this work, but profit gets in the way.

Is it possible to get by without a telephone in today’s world? Am I crazy enough to give it a try?

This time Black Forest is on fire. The fire apparently started about half a mile from my parents’ house. They’ve evacuated along with my uncle and the pets and they’re all staying with us. One of those times that having a spare bedroom is nice!

Here’s a link to the local paper’s up to the minute coverage.

And here’s the evacuation map.  Mom and Dad’s house is in the southwest corner of the map.  So far the fire has been burning mostly west.

Berck left work this afternoon and helped them load up the cars.  He also grabbed the photo albums!

There’s another fire at Royal Gorge, so you can see two plumes of smoke from our house depending if you’re looking to the south or to the east.

Tomorrow it’s supposed to be less hot (it almost got to 100 today in Colorado Springs) and a lot less windy.

One of Berck’s coworkers took us dirt biking today.  Here’s roughly the route we took out:

And here’s the route we took back:

Since this was my first time driving a motorcycle since (A) our motorcycle course (B) driving around the block after we got our bike, I thought I did really well.  I drove on both difficult trails and the highway for approximately 50 miles!    We got almost all the way to a road we were trying to get to in order to go home when we had to turn back because the road was closed ahead by the authorities because of a fire.  I can see why people love dirt biking.  It’s like hiking through beautiful terrain but a lot quicker.  At one point we were going through an especially difficult stretch with Randy leading.  When we got to where the picture is above, Randy told us excitedly, “You guys did fantastic!”