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Here’s a polar bear at the Detroit Zoo. As mentioned a couple days ago, these guys absolutely love it in Detroit. Can’t imagine why.

Went swimming this evening. Well, to be absolutely technically correct, the Loyal Readers went swimming and I went wading. Then we all went jacuzzifying. Swimming tomorrow for me, when it’s over a hundred degrees. Saturday too, for the same reasons.

We ended up not going camping this weekend. We just felt too pressured to spend the weekend away. Plus, it’s going to be outrageously hot. So we’re staying home and swimming.

We also have to go to Office Depot. It’s a brand-new store and we got some coupons for free stuff. Gotta use ’em. And Father’s Day is as good a time as any, no?

No new controversy today. I’m still hoping to hear from additional Loyal Readers on appropriate uses for the Brown Ray. Thanks to Loyal Reader Number Four for her humane suggestion.

Off Friday tomorrow. See you then.

Here’s the reason the South lost the Civil War. They marched too close to each other. Who can fight when you can’t even get your arms up? Picture taken at Greenfield Village during the annual Civil War reenactment.

Well. I finally got yesterday’s post up. Today. Lousy Blogger. Sorry to all my enraged Loyal Readers. Your evening was ruined, I know.

The family went to the annual ward summer picnic in the park tonight. Loyal Reader Number Four made a delicious pasta salad with chicken and mandarin oranges. Quite tasty. It was nice to visit with friends, as always.

I’m just about finished with my cost account management class. Tomorrow is the final exam, for which there are four hours budgeted. Yikes. I think I need to spend a little time studying tonight.

Today’s Morrowlife controversy: should we be developing this extreme weapon? My vote: definitely. I’d like to see it used against those kids who can’t keep their pants up. Wait a minute – maybe I wouldn’t like to see that after all. Let’s pick a different group. Any suggestions?

Here’s a bear head. Taken at the Detroit Zoo, which has quite a nice polar bear exhibit. Which is appropriate, given that polar bears are quite at home there for much of the year. Part of my famous Statue series. (Note: picture publishing is not working. Again. Doggone Blogger. Come back Real Soon Now and look at the cool picture as soon as they fix their doggone system.)

Beautiful, sunny day today. It was warm too. Quite warm, in fact. It’s supposed to be in the 90’s for the next week or so, except for Friday, when it will be in the hundreds. The pool’s nice and warm.

Went to the first day of a three-day class on cost account management. Valuable stuff for my current job, and possibly useful for the future software business too. Although I hope to never get big enough to require cost account management. Or badges. If we make badges it will be strictly for grins. Not that there’s too much fun in making badges, but you never know.

Anyway, this is two weeks of training in a row. Too much.

Speaking of the business, we’re not really getting anywhere right now. I’ve been concentrating on my little electronics projects, which haven’t had a place in the Business Plan. Not that there’s one of those. I hope we never need that either. Anyway, maybe those projects will turn out to be useful too. I hope so. In the meantime, Loyal Reader Number Three reports that he’s starting to work on something to run on the PC/Xbox platform. Good luck, LRN3!

Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two did a little bit of canoeing tonight at Young Men. They’re preparing for the High Adventure trip next week. They went to Dos Reis, which is where we’ve decided to camp this Thursday through Saturday. Which we’re looking forward to. Need to find some horseshoes, since that’s about all they have to do there, other than hang out in the trailer and walk around the loop.

Anyway. Today’s controversy: Should the Prince have paid the interest? I say no. He’s technically not the one to run up the debt, so he doesn’t technically owe it. But it was a nice gesture anyway.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a truly rare car, for two reasons. First, it’s a 1942 Ford, of which there weren’t all that many made, since war production started shortly after the 1942 model year began. Second, this happens to be another one of Henry Ford’s personal cars. In fact, I believe it was his last personal car. Still can’t accuse him of extravagance. I guess he still liked any color, as long as it was black. Like his Model T, this one has various non-production features, including a holder in the back seat for a large bottle of water. Picture taken in the garage at Fairlane.

Short Shrift tonight. Home Evening is over and it’s already time for bed.

Spent part of the weekend thinking about new Arduino/electronics projects. Here’s what’s currently on the drawing board (or at least in the thinking cap):

• Finish my Arduino-controlled light-seeking mouse
• Get my unused USB print server to work as an Ethernet interface to the Arduino
• Get my new LCD display to work with the Arduino (Morrowlife comment counter and/or displayer?)
• Make a nice box for my new LCD display
• Get Loyal Reader Number One’s tiny video-camera-on-a-board working

Lots to do.

Great weekend, by the way. It was nonstop Happiest Day of the Year celebration. It was for me, anyway. I received several lovely gifts, including the above-mentioned LCD screen, a couple of beautiful ties, a great Hawaiian shirt, a new camp chair, and a cool case for my iPod. Also a little money, all of which will probably be spent at Sparkfun. Which is where the LCD came from.

The other side effect of the Happiest Day was that I got to talk to my mom and both of my brothers on the phone. They’re all doing fine – thanks for asking. Although one of the brothers was on his way to get a towed-away rental car back and the other one was waiting for one side of a downed power wire to be removed from his car and the other side to stop burning up his lawn.

Otherwise, everyone is fine.

No time for controversy today, except to say that Loyal Reader Number Three has very aptly answered Loyal Reader Number Four’s concerns on the unequivocal results of my informal survey. Thanks very much, LRN3.

Time for bed. See you tomorrow.

Here’s Loyal Reader Number Two performing some sort of strange ritualistic dance on a frog. Very scary. Taken at the Detroit Zoo. Part of my statue series.

What a beautiful Friday! It was a work day, and there was plenty of it for me to do, but things are going great.

There was a moderate amount of interest in yesterday’s controversy. Inputs appear to be unanimous in favor of the correct (Over) toilet paper orientation, which impels me to ask the obvious question: who is putting all those toilet paper rolls in the Under position?

I did notice that Loyal Reader Number Sixteen’s toilet paper was Under during our recent visit there. We had such a nice time that I was reluctant to point out this obvious problem, but I did notice it.

Who else is suffering under this odious burden?

This is the last post before the Happiest Day of the Year! That’s right, my birthday is on Sunday. Extravagant gifts are still being accepted. Not to worry, though. If I don’t get any extravagant gifts, I’ll just buy some of my own.

The trouble is that I’m having a hard time thinking of things to put on my wish list. I always just buy everything I want, so it’s pretty tough to come up with a gift. Suggestions are welcome.

Oh, and don’t worry about it if you miss the Happiest Day of the Year. The Second Happiest Day of the Year is the following Sunday – Father’s Day! What a great month.

Today’s controversy: Super-convenient foods. Dumb? Or just stupid? Would you buy a pre-dunked Oreo?

Speaking of which, is this is as lazy as it gets? Or is there something even lazier?

See you Monday.