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Here are (a much younger) LRN1 and LRN16 having a great day at the Detroit Zoo, a few years ago. Looks like fun. We need to get together more often.

Pretty good day, not to mention a busy one. Got the pool and pond filters cleaned – badly needed. Also went to Costco with LRN4 to buy a couple of chairs, which we put in the loft where the computer desk had been, which we put in the loft where the bookcase had been, which we put in the game/sewing/exercise/server room. Spent quite a long time getting the massive clump of wires under the computer desk arranged. It looks much neater now. The room looks good too, and there are now more comfortable places to sit.

Didn’t write any talks yet. I need to get that done tomorrow – at least the first one, anyway. It’s still not clear whether I’ll have time to work on the future talks at YW camp. I’m starting to believe in the affirmative. I just need to take my scriptures, a few talks, and something to write on and with. And my hammock. Of course.

We also spent about four hours helping with the Eagle project. Made good progress. They were hoping to be done today, but they’ll need to finish up tomorrow. We can’t make it again, but we do wish them well.

Situation otherwise normal. Looking forward to a good night’s sleep and a great weekend.

There’s some shocking toilet news today. Remember: guns and toilets don’t mix. Reminds me of my former coworker in Virginia. She told me one day that she had dropped three cell phones in toilets. I can see that happening once – accidents will happen, after all. Maybe even twice, after you’re lulled into a false sense of security believing it couldn’t happen again. But three times? That’s just excessive.

See you a week from Monday. Wish me luck at camp! Leave some messages on my Very Special Camp Thread!

Here’s the radiator cap from a Model T depot hack. Great Art taken at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. It was a beautiful truck, and beautifully restored.

More Extreme Short Shrift. No excuse tonight, except that LRN1 and I replaced the battery on LRN4’s trusty old iPod Mini tonight. It came in the mail and seemed like the thing to do. The replacement went relatively smoothly and seems to work perfectly. Huzzah!

Anyway. The work week is over and the YW Camp vacation has begun. I feel better already. All I have left to do is to write a Spanish-language talk for Sunday, write another talk for Wednesday morning, write another talk for the following Sunday, help at an Eagle project tomorrow, get the trailer, fix the trailer hitch, pack up, and go to camp. Should be easy.

Oh, and I really ought to clean the pool and pond filters. Plus, there’s plenty of MARV work to be done. That Navigation system won’t write itself. Plus, the Guidance and Autopilot systems need to be designed.

Let’s end with yet more food violence news: Sauce and pickle attack!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a candid shot from LRN1’s Eagle Scout project a few years back. With all the Eagle stuff we’ve been doing, it seems appropriate to look back. That thing looks pretty nice there, no? Although perhaps just a little difficult to see. Featuring an appearance by a much younger LRN2.

More Short Shrift today. I had to go to Tracy to issue a Young Women camp calling. That may have been the last one for this year.

Not much else to discuss. Good day at work. I only have one more to go before YW camp, so I ought to be busy tomorrow.

No posts next week. There’s not even an cell phone signal up there. I’ll try to remember to leave a Loyal Reader link for you to leave scintillating comments.

I’m hoping to post at least a few times during the cruise that starts the following week. There ought to actually be some decent Great Art too.

Today’s food violence news: There’s nothing lower than a bologna thief. This guy’s picture looks just like your typical lunchmeat felon, doesn’t it?

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN1 picking cherries. Great Art taken last year, but reminiscent of our experience this year.

No post Friday. Sadly, none of the Loyal Readers seemed to notice. I was busy enjoying the holiday.

Which we did. Didn’t do much. Worked on the sprinklers some, swam for a few hours in the nice, warm water, did a little programming, watched some TV, napped, and generally relaxed.

Lardville did their fireworks show on Friday night, as predicted. Apparently, they were avoiding some overtime payments. Good idea. The show was quite nice. We walked five minutes down the street and watched from our neighborhood park, which was convenient. No crowds.

I heard that some cash-starved cities around here canceled their fireworks shows this year, so we’re grateful for what we have.

Made some Limited MARV progress. I got a rudimentary, non-functional navigation system written and started testing it. There’s WAY too much noise. I’m currently working on ways to filter data. It looks like I’ll have to come up with a motion threshold too – the Arduino is interpreting the noise as motion, and it seems to be non-Gaussian in nature. I’m also toting with the idea of constant recalibration of the zero point in order to combat accelerometer drift. Need to keep it simple while I’m at it.

Anyway. LRN1 is delighted to report that he got SD card writing working this afternoon. That’s our last hardware obstacle, so we’re excited about it. Now we have to solve thorny software problems. And then there will be packaging. Need to start figuring that out soon.

The weather has cooled down a bit but remains sunny and warm. No complaints. Other than that it needs to be a little warmer to keep the pool water swimmable. It’s always something, isn’t it?

Sadly, LRN5 canceled her weekend visit. I hope you had a nice time anyway, LRN5!

We’re also missing LRN2. Hope you’re having a great time at LRN21’s house, LRN2! Leave a comment!

Here’s today’s food violence news: Mugged by a bear. What’s up with all this sandwich violence lately?

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN1 on a day when he was not feeling all too well. Great Art courtesy of his computer’s built-in camera, I believe, as enhanced with Photo Booth. He kind of looks like he comes from Easter Island, don’t you think?

Life’s back to normal – I spent the entire day in meetings. Found out on the way to work that I had an all-day commitment for the entire three days I’m working this week. The upside: three free lunches. The bigger upside: it looks like we’ll probably finish on two days. The even bigger upside: I only have to attend tomorrow for a short time in the morning.

You have to take your good news where you can get it.

The Loyal Readers have been working on installing a new ceiling fan in our bedroom. I’m excited to see it and even more excited to use it. One thing about the Las Vegas-based family’s house is that they’re much more comfortable when it’s hot because they have ceiling fans in essentially every room. Ought to be a good thing for us too.

There’s a bit of progress on the MARV today. LRN1’s been working on getting it to write to the SD card. It has looked like a fairly difficult task until he found an internet link to three different systems to do exactly what we need. Hopefully, he’ll get something working Real Soon Now.

We have some highly disturbing Food Violence news today, involving pretty serious Cheeto abuse. Let’s be a little more circumspect out there, snack food-wise.

See you tomorrow.