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Royals Visit Front Royal
I spent the day navigating security checkpoints, crowded sidewalks, and exhaustion as King Charles III & Queen Camilla visited Front Royal. Between helicopters, sheep, media crews, and improvised celebrations, my quiet Shenandoah Valley town briefly became the center of international attention. Read More
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Front Royal Prepares for Royalty
Front Royal transformed almost overnight for the royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Between security fences, parking restrictions, and excitement, the community turned an international event into a uniquely small-town blend of chaos, AI comedy, and curiosity. Read More
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Death by Metrics
For days, my server showed elevated CPU usage while remaining mostly functional. Then websites, WHM, and cPanel suddenly failed. Through SSH, I traced the problem to a runaway DigitalOcean monitoring agent interacting with CloudLinux CageFS, generating nearly 95 GB of endless filesystem metric errors. Read More
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Artsii Ribbon-Cutting
I attended Business After Hours at Artsii in Front Royal while the town buzzed over the upcoming visit from the King & Queen of England. Between networking, ribbon-cutting, royal jokes, & parking chaos, the evening captured a lively snapshot of community life. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Craigslist Said It Was Healthy
Tasked with caring for his manager’s ficus, the narrator discovers Jarold is already dead. A questionable alley deal leads to a strange replacement, quiet guilt, and an unexpected outcome where the new plant thrives without question of what really happened. Read More
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Are Virtual Fitness Medals Worth It?
My Medal Dash review compares it with The Conqueror, questioning virtual race accountability, false urgency, medal-first rewards, and whether fitness motivation built on the honor system is sustainable long term. Read More
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Conqueror Challenge: First Impressions
Curious about virtual fitness medals, I signed up expecting a simple 5K-style challenge. Instead, I found long distances, aggressive upsells, and a gamified system that rewards purchases as much as progress. It’s motivating—but not without some friction. Read More
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SOA: Authority Misplaced
A stubborn subdomain kept pointing to Bluehost long after migration. It wasn’t propagation or caching—it was a leftover DNS record and inherited authority. Clarity came with rest, and the fix to an SOA record finally revealed itself. Read More
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Breaking Free From Hostinger
Migrating domains, databases, and email from Hostinger to a self-managed cPanel environment revealed hidden challenges in DNS, SQL cleanup, and mail routing. After rebuilding Exim and restructuring directories, the move brought greater control, flexibility, and long-term cost stability. Read More
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My First Open Mic
A quiet afternoon turned into an unexpected creative journey: finishing a felted clown, stepping into an open mic for the first time, and joining a circle of music, story, and shared expression at the Stone Branch Center for the Arts. Read More