I met up with you but forgot your name … sorry. Anyway you sent me an email but for some reason I did not receive it (If you use the gmail option in my contact form, it may not be working) so I dont have your phone or contact information. Please call me at work…

Ah, the twists and turns of life at M.A.R.S. Stout Inc! It’s like a jolt of caffeine that woke up an old project I’d shelved, one that’s all about collaborative wizardry in software development. And voilà, here comes DevTrack! Picture this: a shiny, new web-based tech tool, a kind of Swiss Army knife for tracking…

Weekend Whirlwind: From Eviction to Elevation Friday rolled around, and it was business as usual with chores on the docket – laundry, groceries, and the like. But no ordinary Friday is complete without a detour to Kettlehouse Brewery, where Larry, Alden, and I tackled the world’s woes over some cold ones. Post-beer, we migrated to…

Yesterday was Thursday Night Ride night and when I arrived home I quickly got busy lubing up my bike in prepairations for the nights adventures. As I was about to leave I found a note near my door and quickly threw it inside (quickly glanced at it and seen something about moving out before Friday)…

I woke up and wondered if I was late for work. The damn clock didn’t buzz me. Then after about 5 minutes of wonder I realized that I had come home and fell asleep wondering if I should go for a bike ride or not. I was a little happy to realize that I did…

As an employer if one decides to pay someone $8 something an hour what do they expect? I am sorry but I do not feel that I can be responsible for ramifications of their unreasonable expectations. Here is what I believe and keep in mind that it will probably get me banished from the good-ol-boy…

I feel bad that I am even thinking about my situation, not having a bathroom and bedroom. The images of the Gulf States are very heartbreaking and amazing at the same time. On the news this one man was being interviewed and they asked him who all was in the house with him when he…

It is obvious to me that my landlady and her children want me out. They are dragging their feet and making the conditions in the (what is left) apartment unbearable. Besides cranking little furnaces to make the temps in my apartment unbearable and installing fans that are so loud a person cannot hear the radio…

This morning feels like Monday all over again. I am groggy and cranky. This morning I had to pass through Grocery Land Security. Albertsons has hired thugs to guard the entrance to their parking lots so that rouge college students don't use it for parking while they are at classes. Give Me A Break! I…

Life is still stuck in my living room where my 4-room apartment has become a one-room studio. My landlady has given me next months rent to relocate until she can rebuild the apartment. If I do that, why would I come back when she has it done? Anyway, I haven't taken a bath or went…

Yesterday I know just about as much as I know today. I was able to get my aunt's new blog up and go out on the Thursday Night Ride. We had a great diversity of riders show up, around 9 or 10 of us. We had a single speeder, couple cyclo crossers, a trickle down…

Well, I’m back where it all began. Last night, I found myself at the home near Grant Creek once again. When I first moved to Missoula, my apartment deal fell through, forcing me to stay at Motel 6 for a week. So, in essence, it was my first home when I came here. Last night,…

My mind feels like a rogue kayak this morning, bobbing down memory rapids. It landed me right back at that epic campsite by the Glacier Park river, you know, the one with the Alaskan vibes thanks to the towering dirt cliffs and silt-caked rocks? Yeah, that place. This morning, though, I finally broke free of…

I just got back from the first annual Glacier Park Weekend put on by the Rockey Mountaineers. It was a great weekend with great weather. We camped at the Blankenship Bridge (free) and did two hikes in the park. Saturday’s adventure was Going to the Sun Mountain and Sundays swarray was a hike up to…

Talked to Forest Dean last night and learned that we are planning to possably do two mountains in Glacier Park this weekend. Going to the Sun Mountain will be Saturday’s attempt and Gould Mountain should be Sunday’s adventure. I am not sure how I will fair but at the minimum I will hang back and…

I just posted two new links for you IT freeks. I use then to diagnose network problems with williammartin.com. The links are in my Links section under the Development catagory. The two links are Trace Route Site and Site Uptime.