The Blog of Helios

This isn't a "normal" posting for Blog of helios. Sometimes, there are important things to share with you, and in this case, I think this side trip is merited. I would feel negligent for not pos...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/08/just-get-up.html

Some of you know that I've not felt well in the past few months. No energy, no motivation...just didn't want to do anything. I sleep for 15 hours straight and my appetite is all but gone. That b...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/06/just-so-you-know.html

Great news in the mail box last week. The city of Taylor has decided that they can no longer pay the utilities for the Reglue shop, so effective this month, we have an additional $260.00 to tac...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/02/and-hits-just-keep-on-comin.html

I heard it from somewhere deep. That place where Sleep begins to demand just who in the Hell is important enough to interrupt it at this hour. As the fog cleared, I recognized the imminent danger...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/02/its-1am-bub-were-three-in-tub.html

The good news, and there's been a shortage of that lately around Reglue; is that a good friend of ours has pledged to match the next $1000.00 donated to us via our annual Indiegogo fund raiser . ...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-clock-tickseven-silence-has-echo.html

It's been a tough ride for us the past 18 months. All of which has been mentioned here previously, so I won't take up your time repeating it. Suffice it to say I've decided to pull-start the ma...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/01/when-you-see-chance.html

It was a small box. You know, one of those USPS send anywhere for X amount of money...? The kind that you could fit a sandwich in it if you were so inclined? Yeah, that's the kind of box that...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/01/maybe-its-time-for-some-change.html

After over a dozen email exchanges with those that work with or for Indiegogo.com and the people at Firstgiving.com, we've finally managed to get our annual Reglue fund raiser out of the blocks....

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2017/01/well-its-one-for-money-two-for-show.html

Well, here we are again. Gee. it seems like it was only a  year ago. Oh wait...it was (about) a year ago. While we are posting our fund raiser a bit late this year, we think that This might be...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/12/our-annual-reglue-fundraiser-some.html

This is something I wrote over a year ago and I am going to re-publish a segment of it. Being the holiday season, it's a good time for self-reflection and remembering what is really important t...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/11/what-time-do-you-have.html

As we begin to enter the different stages of our annual fund raiser, at this point, we don't want your money. Not now at least. The past 19 months have been brutal for us, equipment-wise. Bet...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/11/this-holiday-season-dont-recyclereglue.html

For over 2 decades, Diane has made holiday wreaths for friends and family. There are never two made the same. She works with what the wreath tells her. Yeah, I know...I thought it was a bit odd...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/11/being-holidays-and-all.html

I've told the story before and I'll tell it again, I'll just leave out the dialog between us. It goes much quicker. Trust me. A guy who works as the technical support company for a communic...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-victim-of-our-own-success.html

Despite what I've written in the past couple of months, all is not doom, gloom and stink pickles. Fact is, something happened to Diane and me 2 months ago that can be described as no less tha...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/10/of-life-linux-and-karma-angels.html

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, and all who reside within the Linuxsphere..... We gather here this Autumn to kick off our Annual Reglue Fund Raiser, or more commonly referred to as, The ...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/10/its-that-time-of-year.html

It's the most unsettling memory of my childhood. Watching my father physically drag my mom out of bed, her body thumping onto the floor, and him throwing clothes at her while screaming. Every...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-blackness-within.html

There's not a lot that gets to me these days. I let most stuff just roll over me and I go about my business. That's not always easy to do. I lost my Astro boy a week or so ago. I mean, I know h...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/06/misogyny-didnt-disappear-it-evolved.html

It was a month ago, give or take a sol or two, since the Taylor Housing Authority contacted us at Reglue to ask for our help. Seems that there are a lot of school-age kids living in that governm...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/03/be-careful-of-what-you-wish-forno.html

Free.  From an early age we all know what it means. It means that you can obtain something at no cost to you. Mostly anyway. In the past few years, some businesses and people have tried to ...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2016/01/free.html

Yep, this just went from zero-to-holy-frickin'-cow-stupid in a hurry. Why? Perks. Perks offered in our fund raiser to get a decent delivery vehicle for Reglue and our Reglue kids. Y'ever see...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2015/11/boy-howdy-this-got-stupid-in-hurry.html

Well, darn. Sometimes we plan to do things based upon forecasts such as the weather. Being a stats guy, I banged all the numbers together and came out with a favorable time to begin our vehic...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2015/11/were-past-halfway-point-we-could-use.html

Have you ever wondered about the organization you donate to? Do they even know who you are? What you do? At Reglue, we not only know who you are, unless you post your donation as anonymous, we ...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2015/10/who-are-you.html

EDIT - CARPAL TUNNEL HAS RENDERED MY RIGHT ARM AND HAND USELESS. IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE I CAN AGAIN TYPE SO BEAR WITH ME WHILE I HEAL. GOING IN TOMORROW FOR FURTHER TESTS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2015/10/it-all-comes-down-to-this.html

Summer is a quiet time for Reglue. Usually. Kids are out of school and they have other things to think about. Things other than what they might be needing for the next year's school year. L...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2015/08/it-will-not-always-be-summer-build.html

Well, hey there. I was emailed the other day, and asked if I still wrote the Blog of helios. Well, obviously I do. Just not as often these days. See...the actions and accomplishments of my non ...

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2015/07/and-so-it-goes.html