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Here are LRN3 and LRN15 getting married. A few years old, but still a good picture.

No post yesterday. Holiday. Plus, I was busy goofing around. I trust my Loyal Readers somehow survived. Thanks to Anon for missing me.

And we’re going to have Extreme Short Shrift today – it’s Massive Meeting Tuesday. I’ll be there from 7:00 until at least 10:00. And I’m already sleepy here on the train. So I took a nice, long nap.

Nice weekend. We bought a new antique dresser for me. It was in pretty good shape but needed refinishing, which LRN4 has already started to do. She had just finished her desk chair (which looks great), and she was going to start some upholstery projects, but they’re on hold for a while. My old dresser is pretty rickety, although it still looks pretty good. I think it’s going into the guest room when my new one is ready.

Spent a lot of time getting a bunch of new TV shows for Larry and Joe the AppleTV. I selected a bunch of podcasts and started them downloading. Had to pause them with about a hundred left to go when Larry’s hard disk filled up. I’m relocating Larry’s iTunes library to the terabyte disk and will let it resume the download when that’s done (i.e. when I have a few minutes free). When it’s all done, Larry will have a thousand podcast episodes for our viewing convenience. Should last a little while.

Any toilet news today? Why, yes: stay out of my pool.

And for any Loyal Readers still looking for that special summer work opportunity: Go to Maine.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a nice family portrait of LRNs 5, 6, and 12. Taken several months ago when LRN12 had substantially less hair. And wasn’t quite as cute as she is now.

Slight correction from yesterday: the Great Art should have been credited to LRN1’s roommate. Or somebody. Nice photo.

Three days of Morrowlife goodness and no comments. Sigh. Speaking of which, the financial juggernaut is up to $14.77. But no clicks yet this month. Double sigh. Riches are so close, yet just out of my reach.

Busy day. I had my quarterly PPI with my leader. Had to leave for the church a few minutes after my (early) arrival home. Fortunately, the visit was short. And pleasant. Also had a very nice dinner in those ten minutes at home.

Day otherwise normal. Much cooler weather than the weekend, but absolutely pleasant. No complaints.

Took the late train this morning. Got up a bit early for it, so I had a little time. I fixed the bug in the Arduino simulator and implemented another instruction. Daily small progress is probably the best I can hope for. Fast and steady wins the race, but slow and steady gets there too. I really want to get this program working and published. Need to spend some train time documenting requirements and conceptual design.

Speaking of which, I need to expand the MARV documentation a little too. We’re making some changes for economic and experiential reasons. Also learning more and making decisons that need to be written down.

Also spent a few minutes looking at web writing style guides with an eye towards making it easier for LRN2 and LRN1 to create some new content for Gardenville and the HRVA. Found a good one at A List Apart, which I think we’ll use as the basis.

Also made a financial proposal to my writers. I’m hoping to get something settled soon and get some content up.

Let’s check for today’s food violence news: No violence has actually broken out yet, but there’s certainly potential.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN1 standing on a rock. A big rock.

No Friday post. I got busy.

Nice weekend. We celebrated LRN4’s birthday in a low-key-but-dignified way. Happy Birthday, LRN4!

Had the family get-together on Saturday because of our busy Sunday (her actual birthday) plans. The Loyal Readers came over and we had a nice day.

LRN1 and I have been working on our MARV project and making some progress. We have the accelerometer and the SD card holder. LRN1’s working on reading and writing files on the card – can’t do anything with the accel yet because we need another little board to convert 5-volt electricity to 3.3 volts. That should be here Any Day Now.

Meanwhile, I’m working on my Arduino simulator. It will run under Linux. So far, I have the basic framework set up and can process two of the unique Arduino library functions and can nearly do a third. From here, it’s pretty much a matter of cranking through the library routines.

Still don’t know how I’m going to allow the user to plug in virtual devices to the sim. I’ll try to provide virtual LEDs and other common devices, but the users need to be able to define their own too. I have some ideas but need to let them percolate a little.

Hot, hot weekend. It was well over 100 Sunday and just about as hot on Saturday. Strangely, we never got in the pool. It was still quite warm this morning and during the day, but I was surprised to discover that it had cooled way off when I left the office, and some clouds had rolled in. We even had a few large raindrops at the platform just before the train arrived.

My father reported they had frost on the ground in Michigan this weekend. I expect they’ll get our heat wave within a few days.

Let’s see . . . what else is going on? My talk in church on Sunday went pretty well. Two members of the Stake Presidency were there, so they had an opportunity to judge my abilities, for better or worse. Fortunately, I’m more interested in doing my best as long as I’m needed than in keeping my “job.”

Also spent plenty of time working on Young Women camp and other YW topics.

We have some important food violence news today: if the bank robbery doesn’t work out, you can always eat the evidence while you wait for the cops to come.

Plus, this just in: if ever there was a vegetable not to fight over, it’s this.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s one more look at that nauseating spinning swing ride at Great America. I tried to get one with a Loyal Reader or two in it, but don’t think I succeeded.

Beautiful, sunny day, and beautiful, moonlit night. Couldn’t be prettier. I took the Miata to work and enjoyed it, in spite of an exceptionally long evening commute.

Went to the Stake dinner and talent show this evening. I enjoyed it every bit as much as I expected. Maybe even more. It was nice to be out, anyway.

And it’s too late for much else. See you tomorrow.

Here’s the first ever Boxee-based TV show played by Joe, my beloved AppleTV. Jeannie, of course. Featuring cameo appearances by Loyal Readers Numbers One, Three, Five, and Fifteen.

Happy Seis de Mayo! I plan to celebrate the same way as I did yesterday. Not much. Not anything, in fact.

Decent day. The rain has stopped again, possibly for good this summer. Did I mention I drove the convertible to my short stay at work yesterday? Got drizzled on for a while. The windshield wipers ran but I stayed dry. It was actually pretty nice – kept it from being too warm and was kind of pleasant.

Anyway. I was informed last night that LRN3 has scored a part-time music gig, working on recording, mixing, and playing the guitar in the recording studio. From the sound of things, they do some kind of religious music, which isn’t a bad thing at all. Good luck, LRN3! When the part-time jobs clouds start raining, they sometimes pour.

LRN3 was planning to start the music gig last night. How did it work out, LRN3? Was it what you expected?

Anyway. I had an interesting experience on the train this morning. There’s a woman who frequently rides her power chair onto my favorite car. She was there this morning. I overheard her telling the fare inspector she had forgotten her snack this morning and she needed to eat right away (turns out she’s diabetic). The inspector had no food, so I dug my delicious peanut butter granola bar out and offered it to her. She accepted it.

The inspector offered to pay me for the bar, which I declined. She offered to buy me a sandwich at the Fremont station, which I also declined. I was just happy to help somebody in need. A little later, the inspector brought me a free pass for this afternoon’s ride. I accepted it with thanks. What a pleasant way to start the day!

Going to the branch’s Elders Quorum presidency meeting this evening. I haven’t been in a while, and they seem to have changed the time to accommodate my schedule, so I’d better go. I’m responsible for helping them, so I want to be there anyway.

Today’s part-time job opportunity: Hold the world’s best Odd Day celebration. There’s easy money.

LRN1 has suggested a novel way to get my long-sought-after glowing snake: have LPN2 eat a glowing puppy. Might be a little expensive, but it’s an idea. LRN4 fears it might just end up as glowing snake poop, though. That would be cool too, of course.

See you tomorrow.