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Here are LRN1 and LRN2 doing a little Model T trucking. I really want a Model T. Really. I want one. Really. Please buy me one. Great Art taken at the Sacramento automotive museum on Christmas Eve and part of my famous Machinery series.

No post yesterday. Many thanks to good old Anon for noticing. I love you, man. Or woman. Or boy. Or girl. Or other.

Nice day today – it rained some and cleared up a bit for a while too. Got a few things done from my exceptionally long list. Lots more to get done tomorrow, which will be a bit difficult because I have a Young Women activity to attend all afternoon and LRN5’s scheduled to come for her birthday in the evening. We’ll have a nice time, at any rate, and I think I’ll manage to get the most urgent things done, including a few church callings. Plus some puttering.

Things are otherwise fairly normal. I’m trying to figure out the best way to get a remote control working with my old Mac Mini G4. It’s LRN4’s machine right now, but she’s inheriting LRN1’s laptop when he leaves on his mission and she doesn’t think she’ll want two computers. Why, I can’t imagine, but there you have it. I’m scheduled to re-inherit the old Mini, and I’m thinking of having it take the place of one of my media center machines – possibly Ted, the downstairs machine. I have a nice old Dell tower working there, but the Mini would be a bit slicker, I believe, if I can get it working right. A remote is a must. I’ve discovered this solution, which I like very much, not to mention that the price is right, but I would also like something that works with a standard Apple remote. They used to make this, but it doesn’t seem to be available anymore. The remote I bought for the PC doesn’t seem to be compatible, which is a true shame. Gotta get something figured out.

And it’s time for bed. I’ll leave you with today’s food violence news: taco tossing. Frankly, I think he acted prudently and reasonably, given the outrageous provocation, but you just can’t toss a taco in Alaska and expect to get away with it.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s yet another automotive-related piece of Great Art – the Model T snowmobile. It’s kind of hard to see it here, but there are skis on the front wheels. Totally cool car. I want one. Picture taken on Christmas Eve at the Sacramento auto museum and part of my famous machinery series.

No post yesterday – came home from work, ate, exercised, and went to bed. Nothing else. But it was a fine day. As was today. It’s just that nothing happened.

Well, I did do some work on the Young Women camp calling list. I have my first five people to call, so the process has begun. It’ll only get busier from here.

We’re having people over for dinner the next three nights in a row. The missionaries are tomorrow, our friends the McClures and Hadleys are on Friday night, and LRN5 and LRN12 are coming over for LRN5’s birthday on Saturday. All evenings should be enjoyable. Although I probably won’t even see the missionaries, since I just heard they’re coming over at 5:00 and there’s little to no chance I’ll be home before 6:30. And more likely at 7:30. Fortunately, LRN1 will be here, so they can come anyway.

Raining cats and dogs again today (fortunately, no poodles on the sidewalk). Did the same yesterday. Will probably do the same tomorrow and Friday. We really need the moisture. I got soaked to the skin during the 5-minute walk from the train platform in Santa Clara to my beloved pickup in the parking lot, both yesterday and today. Fortunately, I eventually dried both days.

Situation otherwise normal. I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with today’s food-related tragedy – the guy behind the SpaghettiO is no more. We’ll miss you, big guy.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a follow-up to last Monday’s picture of LRN2 at the (simulated) wheel. The real thing. Part of my famous Machinery series.

No posts since last Monday – busy week most nights and I just didn’t get to it. Fortunately, no word from Anon. Maybe that’s actually unfortunate, huh? Where are you, Anon? You never call, you never write. I miss you!

Anyway. We finally had a truly rainy day today. It’s been cold, gray, and drizzly for days now, and we’ve been observing that if we had to have lousy weather, we might as well get some substantial rain. Well, we got it today. And it looks like we’ll be getting it for the next week or so. So much the better. Long as it don’t flood. And it probably won’t.

Lots going on church-wise. I’ll talk more about it when there’s time, but it’s looking to get very busy.

Speaking of busy, LRN4 and I have decided to take a cruise to Mexico in February, once again with our friends the Smiths. We’re hoping for much warmer weather than we had in Alaska, although it’s doubtful we’ll get much better scenery. Still, the Mexican Riviera (if there is such a thing) ought to be beautiful in its own right. We’ll be out the last week of February.

I’ll end with tonight’s food-related tragedy – a collapsing floor. Maybe that’s more irony than tragedy.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN2 dreaming of speed. Picture taken on Christmas Eve in the Sacramento Automotive Museum and part of my famous Machinery series (sort of). Yes, I know it’s not a real car. But it looks like a car (sort of). Besides, there is a real car in the background. So it counts (sort of).

Blogging has been sporadic lately. I’ve been going through a very difficult spell for the last while and haven’t been up to the task. I apologize to all my deprived Loyal Readers.

Tough weekend, sprinkled with high points. We had stake conference and it was quite enjoyable – more so than I really expected, I think. I don’t remember getting much else done, other than exercising and attending a few work meetings on Friday, exercising and attending conference sessions on Saturday, and attending conference and a Young Women camp meeting on Sunday. There must have been other things, but it was so long ago.

And there’s really not anything more today, except for today’s shocking food violence news: McNugget attack! There have to be better things to go to jail over. There just have to.

Hopefully, things are stabilizing for me and blogging will become much more regular. See you tomorrow.

Here’s a nice old Dodge truck I noticed in Moke Hill. Looks restorable to me. At least that badge is in pretty good shape. The rest has admittedly sort of blended in with the landscape. Part of my famous Machinery series and courtesy of the exclusive iPhone-cam.

No posts yesterday or Monday. It’s been pretty stressful for me lately and I haven’t been making time to keep up with normal things. I’m hoping things are getting back to normal. Pretty much.

Got to the gym yesterday. Tomorrow is the next planned date, so my muscles are recovering today. I could barely lift my arms when I got home last night, but I’m pleased to report that I’m not feeling sore today at all. Must not have tried hard enough. It sure felt like I was, though.

My new bluetooth headset was finally shipped yesterday. I expect it to arrive sometime tomorrow. It’s about time – I ordered it on December 22. I am thoroughly disgusted with AT&T over how they’ve handled that order. Worse than pathetic. Kind of takes all the fun out of getting the new gadget. Mostly.

Got four hours of sleep last night. Fortunately, I was able to nap on the train for half an hour or so on the way there and 45 minutes or so on the way home. Still, I’m a bit sleepy. Need to get to bed earlier tonight.

So this will have to be short. In fact, let’s end here with today’s food violence news: hamburger rage. Shocking.

See you tomorrow.