From ten years plus a few months ago in time...  here are some of our chronicled exploits:

March 2011 - Linda is retiring very soon from her teaching career ( Read more... )

From my journal 10 years ago +.

- Aunt Betty died in a Las Vegas area hospital. She had been unwell and was scheduled for surgery but succumbed to an infection.

- busy with school assignments. Went to Hunterston B nuclear power station in Ayrshire with class. Also to a Wind Power consultancy place and a wind farm.

- Meggie gets a new blacksmith.

- a ( Read more... )

I was snooping around the internet and found a sort of interesting video... Last week I was due to interview for a wind farm energy company (SSE) but I decided to cancel before the interview. Lots of reasons, including the location wasn't any better than where I am now and the job would've involved more travelling, which Linda is not keen on me ( Read more... )

Well...  after some amount of effort and preparation for an upcoming interview I have, I've decided to cancel.  Linda and I had a talk about it last night and we've decided that (even if I were to be offered the job) I'm better off staying where I am ( Read more... )

I feel very busy lately.  At work.  And also because of a wind energy job prospect on the horizon in which I need to prepare a presentation and have an interview.  On the one hand, I'm a bit relaxed about it, because chances are I'll just keep the job I have, which I don't hate.  On the other hand, I don't want to waste the opportunity and should ( Read more... )

Happy New Year ( Read more... )

Ugh! This coffee place is very crowded, but I wanted to take some time to update a few things. I had a dentist appointment this morning (Saturday) so I'm downtown and having some iced coffee after buying a couple CD's at the local HMV to try to get the economy moving.

Linda just had the all clear from a blood test she got. She was worried about ( Read more... )

Ugh! Very busy lately. Assignment due dates piling up. I'm at my Friday video-linked lecture right now, so there's a bit of a break.

I wanted to mention... we've had a recent problem with the heating at home. The gas guy came the other day to investigate and it appears we have a bit of a problem with our flue vent pipes up thru the roof. Turns ( Read more... )

Via Energy-Broker.co.uk:

Expected UK offshore wind deployment by 2020 may be far below levels the country needs to meet European Union renewable energy goals, a director at the government-funded Carbon Trust said on Tuesday.
Industry expectations are for 19-24 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade, said Benj Sykes, director of ( Read more... )

A Telegraph story I saw posted by Energy-Broker.co.uk:

Off shore wind farms cost twice as much to produce electricity as gas and coal powered stations and will need subsidies for at least 20 years, a major report warns.

Britain's so-called "dash for wind" means that it is now the biggest off shore generator - producing as much as the rest of the ( Read more... )