Here’s an old bike. I’d like to try riding one of these someday. Preferably on a soft surface. Part of my famous machinery series.
No post today – while it wasn’t Massive Meeting Tuesday, it was Meeting Tuesday and I spent the entire evening at the Stake Center. Drove to work, which went very quickly in the morning and about par with training it in the evening. Fine day.
It’s late. See you tomorrow.
Here are a bunch of airplanes flying around at the Hiller Aviation Museum. They’re a little short on air traffic control there. Part of my famous Machinery series.
Well, well, well. Busy weekend. And lots of (bad) stuff going on with the blog.
Let’s start with the weekend, shall we. No blog on Friday. We were busy. Our friends came over for dinner and games. We had a very nice dinner (Bartholomew Beef!) but no games. We got busy chatting and never stopped. Until they went home. Maybe we’ll play games next time. I hope there is a next time.
So there was no blog. Fortunately, Anon seems to have missed it. Frankly, I think Anon is laying low after last week’s imposter Anon scare. Hopefully, it’s safe to come back out of the woodwork.
Anyway. Saturday was quiet and peaceful. Didn’t get much done, as I recall. I didn’t have much of anything on the list, though. Picked up a few things at the store. That’s about it. I think we jacuzzified in the evening. Or maybe that was yesterday. Sunday was extremely busy on the High Council front. Had a few callings to make, a few meetings to attend, and a setting apart to do in the branch. Also sang in the choir.
Speaking of which, the only real problem with my current calling is that the branch’s sacrament meeting is at the same time as our choir practice. Sadly, I’m being forced to give up choir for the present. Maybe the practice time will change and I can still attend at least some of the time. But they certainly shouldn’t change just for me. Although I am the only bass (link warning: really, really low Russian singing) who shows up sometimes. But definitely not every time. So they probably shouldn’t change it just for me.
Bad news on the blog front, once again. I got some comment spam last week. I’ve had to institute Measures. So far, they’re limited to captchas for all commenters and additional screening for comments on extremely old posts. Nothing too odious for my Loyal Readers, I hope. Really. I want to hear from you. I just don’t want to hear from dishonest idiots. Unless they happen to be Loyal Readers, that is. Present company excepted, of course.
Otherwise, everything is normal. Oh, I do have some very important toilet news. Well, it’s toilet-related news anyway. Valentine’s day note to Loyal Reader Number Four: no thanks. Really.
Time for home evening. See you tomorrow.
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’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.
