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Here’s a very strange Buddha. I don’t exactly remember where it came from – probably a restaurant, based on its surroundings. Part of my famous Statue series. Courtesy of my junky famous RAZR cam.

Well, we’re back from The Island. Had a great time. The boys had fun in the canoes, in spite of the weather, which had a part in the group declaring victory a little prematurely. Loyal Reader Number Four and I had a good time doing the logistics and everyone went home tired and happy.

Back to work today – it was busy, busy, busy. Which is good.

Our friends the Smiths have invited LRN4 and I to go on a cruise with them later this year. They’re going to the Mexican Riviera – Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, and a couple of points in between. The cruise leaves from San Diego and takes nine days. I’m tempted. We need to decide in a day or two, as they’ll be buying their tickets this week. The price certainly seems favorable right now. Maybe it’s another casualty of the gas-crunched travel industry. And every other industry, come to think of it.

No controversy today. That beer commercial one really took it out of me. I’ll try again tomorrow.

No time for any more. See you tomorrow.

Here’s the tinsmith’s workbench at Greenfield Village. This may have been the subject of a blog picture before, but at least it’s a new picture. Great Art can get to be repetitive. Great Art can get to be repetitive. Part of my famous Workbench series.

Sad news – the person hit by the train yesterday did not survive. They’re saying it was an emotionally or possibly mentally disturbed person. Very sad.

We’re off on the canoeing trip tomorrow. Wish us luck! Or at least safety. Or something. Fortunately, we don’t leave until mid-day, so we can spend the morning getting ready. Since we don’t appear to have made any efforts to get ready up to this point.

Today’s controversy: should this guy have done the beer commercial? I say probably not. Bad for the image as an LDS actor. On the other hand, I wonder if his image was permanently damaged by The Singles Second Ward anyway. No additional harm done, no?

No post tomorrow or Friday. We’ll be on the island. Sorry about the shock to the collective system, but I’ll make up for it with plenty of interesting discussion on Monday.

See you then.

Here’s the followup to that bear statue picture the other day. Loyal Reader Number Two looks to be in pretty bad straits. Don’t worry, Loyal Readers – we eventually got him out of there. Part of my statue series.

Tough night on the train. The train ahead of us hit somebody and had to stop for the police and ambulance response, of course. Then there was all the paperwork. We’re running over an hour late so far. The good news is that we’re moving again. Sigh.

Otherwise a good day. The heat appears to have broken, at least in the South Bay. Loyal Reader Number Four told me it was still pretty warm at home, which is how I like it.

No news from the Honda dealer. I’m as nervous as a cat. I’m supposed to get it back tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed, Loyal Readers.

Speaking of which, how nervous are cats? They’ve always seemed like quite sensible animals to me.

Yesterday’s controversy appears to have generated some vigorous debate. About as vigorous as it gets around here, anyway. Some think we should get the tank back. Not to mention washing it for us. The reason being that they were the ones to get it all dirty by burying it. Others think we ought to leave it there, what with the environmental cleanup involved.

I’m still searching for some middle ground. Maybe we should demand it back and then refuse to accept it when it gets here. We don’t want to get too obnoxious, though. They might ask for their statue back.

Today’s controversy: Political news. And more political news. Controversial question: which is more pathetic?

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a big barrel full of the stuff we use a lot of here in Lardville. Photographed in the WWII “homefront” exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum. I have no idea why they needed to collect lard, but apparently the uses were practically endless. Lardville must have been quite the popular town back then.

Great weekend, it being the Second Happiest Day of the Year and all. Several Loyal Readers were here, and I spoke to various others on the phone. What a great day.

Saturday was fine too. We swam again – the pool was a couple degrees warmer than Friday. Just a little chill when you first jumped in and then perfectly comfortable. Did just a little bit of work on things around the house and then spent a whole lot of time working on my digital mousebot. Not much joy there. I can’t seem to get a reliable signal out of the IR emitters/sensors. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, but the output doesn’t appear to be a function of how much light is hitting the sensors, which kind of negates the whole purpose of the thing. The odd thing is that they worked okay in analog mode. Maybe I need to experiment with the voltages. Yeah, that’s the ticket. In the meantime, the project is in its box back in the garage.

Speaking of the garage, the Honda finally went to the dealer this morning for its new transmission. Cross your fingers, Loyal Readers. I feel like a member of the family is in for a heart transplant. Except the heart would be more like the engine. Maybe it’s in for a liver transplant. Or maybe its lungs. Opinions?

In any case, it’s supposed to be ready on Wednesday afternoon, and I’m anxious.

Another question: is it appropriate to pray for your car’s well-being? I’m saying yes, based on Alma 34:24-25.

Controversy of the day: Should we ask for it back? I say yes.

Lame controversy, I know. Maybe a better one tomorrow. See you then.

Here are a few giraffes grabbing a quick snack at the Detroit Zoo. The general public can feed them there, which may be fun. I don’t know, though.

Off Friday today. We got a few things done, including fixing the leaf blower, cleaning off the workbench, buying stuff at Office Max (incorrectly reported yesterday as Office Depot), checking out Loyal Reader Number One’s video-camera-on-a-board, and swimming. Also lots of relaxation. Oh, and I worked for a couple of hours too.

Tomorrow’s list is equally long. I want to wash the Miata, design and breadboard the digital mousebot, and . . . umm . . . a few other things. Swim, certainly. It’s been hot and the pool feels good right now.

Anyway. No controversy again today. Look for something really big on Monday. See you then.