morrowlife

Here’s a rock with a hole in it. Talk about your great art! I’m sure my astute Loyal Readers can identify exactly where this rock is currently located.

Average day at work. It took two hours to get there and two hours to get back. I worked like a dog – lots of things piled up during my two days off. My big project is moving forward smartly. The good thing is that it means continued employment for a few of my people. The bad thing is that it means tons of work for me, and a lot of responsibility for things I can’t control.

The Loyal Mother and Loyal Reader Number Four are out at book group this evening. Let’s hope they bring home some dessert.

I’m working on plans to change the operating systems on my two Linux boxes. Moe would get FreeNAS and Larry would get Ubuntu Server. I’m hoping Moe would speed up drastically and Larry would have much less overhead as it serves its websites. I’ll have to start slow and build up to it, but it won’t be overly hard.

Not much of interest today, huh? Oh, here’s something: I bought a copy of The 20-Minute Gardener for 25 cents at a library book sale on Saturday. Started reading it on vacation. Opinion so far: it’s worth way more than 25 cents. It tells its story in an entertaining, amusing way. My only complaint so far (I’m 62 pages into it) is that, while they start out very early with their basic principles, they’re taking their time developing them. Still, it’s fun and I’m hopeful. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

I also spent a quarter on a book on the history of the California state parks. Haven’t even cracked it open yet. That probably shouldn’t keep me from writing a review, but I’ll put it off anyway.

And that’s it for tonight. See you tomorrow.

Here’s yet another entry in my famous statue series. I found these guys in Tokyo. Frightening, no? Special lo-qual photo taken with my original lousy digital camera.

No post on Monday. Fortunately, Anon didn’t notice. No, wait. That’s unfortunate. Where are you, Anon?

Anyway. We’re back from the funeral and family visit. It was a wonderful service that was attended by many people, including about 75 family members. Morrell was a kind man who will be sorely missed.

It was great visiting with family members we haven’t seen in a long time. My brother Loyal Reader Number Twenty-Three and all his kids were there, as was Loyal Reader Number Seventeen. And a whole lot of other people.

Things were fine at home in our absence. As expected. Our hotel room was very nice, we had some good meals, and the drives in both directions were comfortable and event-free. Oh, and it was sunny and warm the whole time.

But I’m really going to miss Uncle Morrell.

I need to get ready for my Tuesday night meeting. See you tomorrow.

Here’s Loyal Reader Number Four riding the merry-go-round in Los Gatos a couple of summers ago. Doesn’t she look like she’s having a good time?

Wonders of Blogger. I was home all day, but busy with work pretty much the whole time. Loyal Reader Number Four sometimes wonders out loud whether there’s any point at all to my staying home on my off Fridays. I think there is. I did manage to get to the Honda dealer three times, but otherwise worked.

As always, thanks to Anon for missing me.

The Honda has new gear oil in its transmission now and I’m driving it for a week or two to see if it still doesn’t want to shift into third. If not, it’s transmission rebuild time in Lardville. Let’s hope that doesn’t become necessary.

My mom got here safe and sound and pretty much on schedule late in the evening (further delaying bloggage). Well, the plane was about half an hour late, but that’s not so bad.

Anyway. She’s here and we’re having a very pleasant visit. Loyal Readers Numbers Five and Twelve came over this afternoon for another pleasant visit. We even had Loyal Reader Number Twenty-Four over for dinner, so the table was full. And the food was good. And we had a nice time together. Tomorrow, we’re off to LA.

Speaking of which, I found out yesterday that my brother Chris and his son Jack are coming too. I’m really looking forward to seeing them again.

Morrowlife Financial Juggernaut update: I’m up to 56 cents! There have even been two clicks on my exclusive ads. And they said it’s hard to make money on the Internet.

In spite of my long nap this afternoon, I’m exhausted. So I’ll see you on Monday.

Here’s yet another in my famous statue series. This is perhaps the most disturbing of them all. And that’s saying a lot. Consider this. And this. And this. And even this. And yes, this too. Scary.

I’m off for the next five days! It’s off Friday tomorrow, and so far I only have two telecons, one meeting agenda, and fifteen or so timecards on the schedule. Oh, and the Honda goes to the shop first thing. Otherwise, I’m free all day. My mom arrives tomorrow night, we have a pleasant Saturday, we go to The Birthplace of Me on Sunday, we attend the funeral and visit with family on Monday, and we travel home on Tuesday. Busy. Don’t worry, though, Loyal Readers – I’ll make the posts.

Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two just got back from battle-axe lessons. They stayed for Fight Night and had a good time. LRN2 especially appears to have done some serious whupping. Cool.

Due to procrastinatory behavior on my part, it’s time for bed. See you tomorrow.

Here’s a nice looking ship about to pass in front of Alcatraz. Photo courtesy of Loyal Reader Number One, like all the other Alcatraz shots. He did some nice photography that day.

No post yesterday. I was late getting away from work. There was barely enough time to get home, eat, go to my Tuesday evening meeting (which ran late), come home, talk to the family for a few minutes, and go to bed. Since I’m on the train right now, I have no idea whether good old Anon noticed, but we’ll see, won’t we?

(Update – I got home and checked. Anon didn’t let me down. Thanks, Anon!)

There wasn’t much need to post yesterday anyway. Nothing new.

There is news today, sad though it may be. My uncle Morrell Snowball died this morning. He’ll be greatly missed. Loyal Reader Number Four and I will be attending his funeral in Los Angeles on Monday or Tuesday. I still don’t know whether Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two will be there. I do know that my non-Loyal-Reader mother will be coming out to go to the funeral with us. The plan is for her to stay with us for about two weeks. While we’re very sorry about the circumstances surrounding her visit, we’re excited for her to come.

My mother really needs to become a Loyal Reader. I guess she’ll need to get a computer first.

The train was reasonably crowded this morning – not bad at all. It’s extremely crowded this evening. Sigh. I hate crowds. If I weren’t saving a bunch of money, I doubt I’d ride this thing. And I’m not so sure it’s worth it anyway.

Anyway. Nothing else to report today. So I’ll see you tomorrow.