another journal entry

diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn
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--- a/bdale/index.mdwn
+++ b/bdale/index.mdwn
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ I'm most comfortable when there are lots of electrons flowing nearby, mostly
 in high-end computer equipment.  There are only a few carbohydrates I've met in
 my life that I didn't like, I have very eclectic tastes in music, enjoy old
 movies, and I have this "German metal habit"...  Porsche flavored.  
 in high-end computer equipment.  There are only a few carbohydrates I've met in
 my life that I didn't like, I have very eclectic tastes in music, enjoy old
 movies, and I have this "German metal habit"...  Porsche flavored.  

-My most recent such toy was a 1987 Porsche 944S, black with beige interior,
-that was unfortunate completely destroyed when our home burned in June of 2013.
+My current such toy is a 1988 Porsche 928S Euro, moss green metallic 
+with beige interior and a dog-leg 5-speed.

 
 Over the years, I've spent a lot of my "spare time" on various facets of 
 [Amateur Radio](rf/).  KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA 
 
 Over the years, I've spent a lot of my "spare time" on various facets of 
 [Amateur Radio](rf/).  KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA 


@@ -67,26 +67,24 @@ I was also one of the developers of the RUDAK
 digital communications processor.  My primary focus on the RUDAK team was
 communication with the other experiment modules that RUDAK talks to over the 
 CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards.  I am
 digital communications processor.  My primary focus on the RUDAK team was
 communication with the other experiment modules that RUDAK talks to over the 
 CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards.  I am

-pleased to now be working on the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA Fox microsat
-program.
+pleased to now be working on the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA 
+[Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program.

 
 If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance 
 right now is to catch us
 
 If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance 
 right now is to catch us

-[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest...
+[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest, or on the
+flight-line at a rocket launch.

 
 While I was "born and raised" in the era of 4.1BSD, shared a Vax 11/750
 
 While I was "born and raised" in the era of 4.1BSD, shared a Vax 11/750

-with Eric Crane at CMU, and have run some flavor of BSD on at least one
-machine ever since (the Symmetric S/375, a uVax2, BSD/OS, and NetBSD on a
-pc532),
-I have become a strong supporter of
-Linux particularly the 
-[Debian GNU/Linux](http://www.debian.org)
+with Eric Crane at CMU, and ran some flavor of BSD on at least one
+machine up until the fire in 2013 (the Symmetric S/375, a uVax2, BSD/OS, 
+and NetBSD on a pc532), I have become a strong supporter of Linux 
+particularly the [Debian GNU/Linux](http://www.debian.org)

 distribution, because of the emphasis on perpetual free availability of 
 all of the source code to the system.  I've contributed a few packages to 
 distribution, because of the emphasis on perpetual free availability of 
 all of the source code to the system.  I've contributed a few packages to 

-the Debian effort, and now maintain a signficant number,
-including some that are essential packages in the base distribution, 
-and some that are "big hairy monsters".  At least it keeps me off the streets
-at night...
+the Debian effort, and now maintain a signficant number, including some that 
+are essential packages in the base distribution, and some that are "big 
+hairy monsters".  At least it keeps me off the streets at night...

 
 Not sure how to pronounce "Linux"?  Why not let Linus himself
 [tell you](ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au)...
 
 Not sure how to pronounce "Linux"?  Why not let Linus himself
 [tell you](ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au)...


@@ -125,8 +123,7 @@ Cool Stuff on the Web
 * [Graves Mountain Lodge](http://www.gravesmountain.com),
        owned and operated by "my extended family" in Virginia.  We used to
        visit often... and still get back once in a while!
 * [Graves Mountain Lodge](http://www.gravesmountain.com),
        owned and operated by "my extended family" in Virginia.  We used to
        visit often... and still get back once in a while!

-* >Visit the <a href="http://www.rf.org/">Radio Farm</a>... a most 
-       unusual place!
+* Visit the [Radio Farm](http://www.rf.org/)... a most unusual place!

 * [Colorado Satellite Services](http://www.coloradosatellite.com)
        Jim and I worked closely together on AO-40 RUDAK, and he's definitely
        "one of the good guys".  The EyasSAT educational satellite system 
 * [Colorado Satellite Services](http://www.coloradosatellite.com)
        Jim and I worked closely together on AO-40 RUDAK, and he's definitely
        "one of the good guys".  The EyasSAT educational satellite system 

diff --git a/blackforestfire.mdwn b/blackforestfire.mdwn
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--- a/blackforestfire.mdwn
+++ b/blackforestfire.mdwn
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ were directly fighting the fire on and around our property:
 
 ### Journal ###
 
 
 ### Journal ###
 

+* 2014.May 8<br>Exterior doors and windows in, roofing begun, 
+       duct work underway.

 * 2014.April 26<br>Concrete slabs for basement and garage floor poured.
 * 2014 April 9<br>Roof trusses installed.
 * 2014 March 25<br>Framing started.
 * 2014.April 26<br>Concrete slabs for basement and garage floor poured.
 * 2014 April 9<br>Roof trusses installed.
 * 2014 March 25<br>Framing started.