Tomas Vera's Thoughts

When it rains, it pours. Hard.

Posted on August 16, 2020 by tomas

Life under COVID started out somewhat confusing and slightly ambiguous. In the five months since I started working from home, things have gotten tougher, not easier the longer things stay the same.

Destruction of USPS – Why would they do that?

Posted on August 9, 2020 by tomas

"Mail call!" The 1MC* aboard the USS Marvin Shields sent out the call and a dozen division mail clerks scurried to pick up the mail for the sailors in their Division.

A Troubling 4th of July

Posted on July 4, 2020 by tomas

On most years, Americans, celebrate the 4th of July with family gatherings, food, fun, games and fireworks (location permitting). But this year, things are different.

Money is ingrained in our politics. It takes money to run campaigns. The principal fundraising platform (the house party) is unavailable under COVID. So we must find alternative ways to raise the funds needed to communicate with voters.

To play or not to play

Posted on June 21, 2020 by tomas

“He’ll never get an opportunity like that again, and it was taken away for what?” Uhler said. Umm... how about "Public Safety"?

False claims from Placer BOS

Posted on May 29, 2020 by tomas

“We started with no infections, and we’re headed for herd immunity, or some semblance of it,” - District 2 Supervisor Robert Weygandt No. We. Are. Not.

Easy-Peasy, Ubuntu

Posted on May 29, 2020 by tomas

Like many IT professionals, I dabble a bit on the weekend. During the week, I'm mostly working in Microsoft Windows environments (I work for a local government agency, hence windows). But at night and on the weekends, I pitch in…

“I get no respect” – Rodney Dangerfield

Posted on May 12, 2020 by tomas

If you don't know who Rodney Dangerfield is, you're missing out. Now, my life is nowhere near a bad as the life of Dangerfield's characters. But, man, it feels like it some days.

Failure on a MASSIVE scale

Posted on April 19, 2020 by tomas

Windows is very "expensive" compared to Linux for running a simple web server.... Lesson learned.

Doug’s big day

Posted on September 20, 2019 by tomas

What a day!! (Thursday 9/19/19) Our congressional representative Doug LaMalfa managed to disparage the benefits of clean water AND clean air in a pair of tweets reminiscent of the president he idolizes.