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Here’s another one of those diseased statues. This one’s piloting a helicopter. Probably on his way to the skin clinic. Part of my famous statue and machinery series.

Extreme Short Shrift yet again. Fortunately, my Loyal Readers prefer it that way.

Stayed home sick today. I had a very bad night last night but was feeling better around mid-day. I’m doing pretty well by tonight – thanks for asking.

Loyal Readers Numbers Two and Four and I went to CSU Stanislaus this evening to see a chamber music concert. LRN2’s piano teacher was playing, along with a violin, a viola, and a cello. He’s a music professor at the school and was previously the dean of Fine Arts department. We only use the best music professors around the Secret Undisclosed Location here in Lardville.

Oops, I appear to have disclosed the location. Keep it under your hat.

Anyway, the concert was beautifully done. They featured French composers, including two unknowns. The music was technically difficult, well played, and interesting. I’m glad we went.

To top it off, LRN2’s teacher got us in for free. The general public paid ten bucks. Even students had to pay eight dollars.

Speaking of students, there were lots in attendance. I understood why when it was announced that programs wouldn’t be stamped until after the end of the concert. It turns out they were there because they had to get credit for it. Well, maybe even involuntary exposure to culture does some good.

Nothing else to report, and it’s time to watch McHale’s Navy. See you tomorrow.

Here’s a statue with a definite skin problem. It could be eczema. Or maybe the heartbreak of psoriasis. Either way, it makes you glad they had this guy behind a rope. I used to think ropes in museums were there to keep people out of the exhibits. Now I know it’s to protect the patrons from things like this. Picture taken on Christmas Eve at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Part of both my famous Statue and Machinery collections.

Bad news. The Morrowlife blog had its first obnoxious anonymous comment today. Don’t bother looking for it; I deleted it immediately. I know it didn’t come from good old Anon – it was obviously an impostor who didn’t care for my taste in statues. If he does it again, I’ll delete the comment again immediately, of course, and -gulp- turn off anonymous commenting.

Don’t worry, though, Loyal Readers. You’ll always be able to comment. What fun would it be, otherwise? I’d sure miss good old Anon, though. Hopefully, the pruneface who wants to spoil our fun won’t bother coming back.

I guess one nasty comment between November 2005 and now isn’t too bad, though.

Let’s see, what’s new today? Hmmm . . . not much. Got up, commuted, worked, ate lunch, worked, commuted, ate dinner, blogged.

Oh, there is one new thing – I received my last Christmas present! I had ordered myself the beanbag dashtop GPS mount back in mid-December. It was advertised at the time as not available until sometime in February, so I guess you could say it got here early. It turns out to be quite large and quite heavy. I think it’ll work, though. I plan to try it out in an actual car Real Soon Now.

– Later –

I just had to run over to a friend’s house, so I decided to use the new GPS mount. It works great! Just sits up there on the dash and doesn’t move. Loyal Reader Number Four isn’t so sure it’s overly safe in the event of a crash, but we won’t worry about that, will we? Besides, I think I would look good with a GPS-sized impression in my forehead.

Finally, there’s some good news on the toilet beat. Given our upcoming cruise plans, this is great news for LRN4 and me.

It’s late and time for bed. No new jobs for Loyal Reader Number One. No controversy either. Sigh. Get on the ball, Dave Barry!

See you tomorrow.

Here are Loyal Readers Numbers Two and Four walking down the road at Anthony Chabot Regional Park. Photo courtesy of the famous Treo-cam. Part of my famous Camping series.

Short Shrift. It’s not Massive Meeting Tuesday, but I do have an interview. So I’m out of the house for much of the evening.

Good day today. It was our last sunny, warm day for a little while, and it was truly beautiful. Rain and temperatures only in the upper 50s for the rest of the week. Including Off Friday. Too bad. We need the moisture, though.

Speaking of which, a friend – I can’t remember who – said we’ve had no snow in the mountains this winter. It’s absolutely dry up there, he or she said. That may be true, but I remember news reports from December that said the extremely heavy snows had reached all the way down to almost the thousand foot level. What happened to all that snow?

Anyway. Loyal Reader Number Two took the final for his Biology class today. He reports that it appears to have gone very well. Good work, LRN2!

Quick Juggernaut update: $11.72. I’ve made 52 cents this month alone, so far! Riches are just around the corner.

Loyal Reader Number One has been updating his blog pretty frequently. He made a very cool trip to a mine this past weekend and has posted the pictures. Highly recommended reading/viewing. If you’re not on the photo album invitation list, comment on his blog and request an invite.

Nothing else new today. See you tomorrow.

Here’s Loyal Reader Number Two on one of his many visits to space. I’m judging that spacesuit to be sufficiently complex that it’s part of my famous Machinery series.

No post on Friday. We went to the opera – left the moment I got home and got back at eleven-ish. Sorry, Loyal Readers and thanks to Anon for noticing.

Enjoyed the opera very much. We saw The Barber of Seville. The acting was done broadly but appropriately for a comedy, the music was very nicely done, the singing was quite good, and even the chorus did a good job. On the downside, there were a few topical asides to the audience, but they were easy to overlook. We’d go back there. In fact, we just might.

Nice weekend. Loyal Readers Numbers Five, Six, and Twelve were with us. They went home today, since LRN5 had the day off (I didn’t, alas). LRN6 got interested in LRN2’s balsa wood bridge building project and spent quite a bit of time designing and building prototypes. It looked like he was having a nice time and he certainly helped LRN2 quite a bit. Thanks, LRN6!

Let’s see, what else happened? Not much work on Saturday out of me, that’s for sure. I spoke in church on Sunday. I think it went okay. I used about a third of the material I had prepared. Of course. I had a full twenty minutes, so the fault was entirely mine. I don’t think I spent enough quiet time preparing. More realistic job next time. There will be plenty of opportunities, fortunately.

Loyal Reader Number Four and I are officially going on an Alaska cruise in July! We signed up today. We’re going with our friends Doug and Connie. The trip is ten days long, so I’m really hoping we love it. I think we will.

The new BlackBerry (link warning: phone demo with plenty of cheesy music) arrived today. I now have two cell phones to carry around. Alpha geek! The new bluetooth headset works perfectly with both. So there’s something.

Finished Patrick McManus’s newish book called Kerplunk! on the train this evening. Highly recommended. Everything McManus has ever published is gently funny. I can’t get enough of his stuff. I’ve started another one from 1996 titled Never Cry “Arp!”. It turns out to be a collection of previously-published stories for young readers. I’m going to read it anyway.

Let’s see – what else? Ummm … nothing. See you tomorrow.

Here’s the famous Allison Twin-Pack turboprop aircraft engine. It’s a unique combination of one engine in the front with two in the back. Behold the back view:

Part of my famous Machinery series. And an extremely rare double-great-art day.

More sunshine and warmth. I would say it’s getting monotonous, but it’s not. Bring it on.

I read about today’s plane crash in New York. Thank Heaven everybody got out safely. That’s a testament to excellent piloting and stout aircraft design.They said that after the evacuation was over, the plane was tied up to a pier somewhere. Amazing.

But we have to do something about those confounded Canada geese. They’re everywhere in the east and have become a major problem. Obviously. I think we can (or should) all agree that they’re no longer endangered. Time to open hunting season back up.

There’s big news from Mars today. I have only one comment: they must be guys.

Along similar lines, we have today’s toilet news: it’s getting dangerous out there.

Time to do something else. See you tomorrow.