AndyBarber.com
Thoughts on technology, genealogy, movies, television, and life.
For many years, this page was just a straight blog. This new version brings the blog back with a clean, self-hosted setup fully controlled by me.
Clean, readable publishing without WordPress.com lock-in.
It's been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I'd post the continuing story of my motorcycle. There may be a few posts today, since it is, in fact, my 16th wedding anniversary. :) Picking up where I left of…
Back when I was in college, I had a good, old fashioned crotch rocket... a 1993 Suzuki Katana 600. Last month, I got a new toy... a 2006 Kawasaki Vulcan 750. I got a great price, which I found to be a very appropriate p…
Today is strange and a bit sad for me. Today is the anniversary of an event that I cannot commemorate in a public way. It is related to some other posts I have made, which are a bit cryptic, in nature. The reason they a…
I just got word, from my sister, that a childhood friend of mine passed away. I'm sure we all have those friends that we still consider close, even though we may not have had contact in a while. Mark Hilke was one of th…
Today, December 6, 2020, I was installed as Worshipful Master of Harrison Lodge No. 114 F&AM of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. I am proud, honored and terrified to have been elected, by my friends and brothers, to this o…
A Mason is a man who professes a faith in God. As a man of faith, he uses the tools of moral and ethical truths to serve mankind. A Mason binds himself to like-minded men in a Brotherhood that transcends all religiou…