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Here are LRN2 and LRN4 and a few of their new friends about to be swung to nausea-inducing levels. I didn’t ride. I took pictures. They seemed to enjoy it, though. Strange. Picture taken at Great America.

Well. Busy day. Got the shocks for the ‘Burb. I checked into exact replacements for the Bilsteins that were on there from the factory and they were either extremely expensive or mail order only. I ended up getting a set of KYBs. Behold . . . the MonoMax:

What a thing of beauty. Hopefully, it will keep the new tires from rapid degradation, like the previous set. Speaking of which, I got new tires too. They’re Michelins and seem like they’ll be really good too.

Anyway. Also worked a few hours and spent some time preparing my talk. Still need to wash a car, clean the pond filter, and whatever else was on my list yesterday. I’ll figure it out.

Congrats to LRN1 for his job offer! We were pretty sure it was coming, but it’s nice to actually have it in hand. I hope he at least hears back from the Apple guy so he can make an informed decision.

Of course, he may want to consider this opportunity instead. That’s way better than Monkey Man.

No toilet news, no food violence news. The world is safe. See you Monday.

Here’s your favorite cartoon character and mine. Photo taken at Great America, and featuring a rare cameo by your favorite blogger – if you can find it.

Once again, the weekend’s here. and I have lots of plans. Possibly the highest priority is finishing preparations for my Sunday talk. I have the general ideas ready and just need to organize them (link warning: video of a very bad – but short – speech). But it needs to get done.

Probably have to attend a couple of work meetings via telecon tomorrow morning.

Need to buy new tires for the Suburban – I discovered last night that one of them is completely worn out, so now’s the time. I also need to have new shocks put on, since the old worn-out shocks are what caused the premature death of the tires.

Around the house, the pond filter needs to be cleaned and a car needs to be washed. Pretty much any car will do. They’re all filthy.

Then there are the preparations for my brother’s possible visit. He just sent me a message saying he’s not sure whether he’s coming at this point. Hope to find out soon.

There are numerous Young Women Camp callings to work on, of course. Need to make real progress on that front.

Plus relaxation, of course.

Is that enough? I think so. It’ll have to do, at any rate.

Talked with LRN1 this morning. He had a third (I believe) interview with the company in Salt Lake City. It seems quite positive for him at this point. They want him as a co-op rather than in intern. That seems attractive to him because it makes him an integral part of their ongoing work, rather than someone temporary who does busy work. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

Any food violence out there? Just this: Spaghetti-O’s smell like death. Pretty chilling.

See you tomorrow.

Here are the Henry Miller ruins at Mt. Madonna. Part of my famous Camping series.

Happy income tax day! I trust my Loyal Readers have safely and prudently filed their tax returns and received their hard-earned pittance back. I certainly have.

No post yesterday. It was Massive Meeting Tuesday, and then I spent some time on the phone with LRN1, working with him on his generous tax refund. My Loyal Readers have my pity for their Morrowlife withdrawal symptoms.

Beatiful, sunny day today. Although the wind remained as a strong holdover from yesterday. We’re expecting Downright Hot Weather over the weekend. Looking forward to it.

Situation otherwise normal. I’ve been spending lots of time working on the Household Video System. Downloaded the latest general conference, which now comes in beautiful hi-def format. Truly a joy to watch.

Also received the new remote control for the downstairs TV, which I believes completes the current phase of the infrastructure buildout. I hope to find the time to install the remote tonight. Or maybe tomorrow. Or maybe Friday. No later than Friday. Definitely.

Let’s see if there’s any Food Violence news today: Indeed there is. I can think of better things to fight over. Spam, certainly. Maybe even corned beef hash. But pork and beans? I think not.

Not to mention this. Now that’s just wrong.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s Loyal Reader Number Three at the Wedding of the Century, looking just a little nervous. Maybe he didn’t want to be recognized.

Back to work. I’m sleepy – should have gotten to bed earlier. Probably won’t tonight either, and tomorrow’s Massive Meeting Tuesday, so I’ll be turning in late again. Sigh.

Things at work were about the way I left them, which is fine. At least they missed me. Sort of.

The weekend was nice – warm and sunny. Loyal Reader Number Two and I got a few things done on Saturday – cleaned the pool filters and washed the Miata, chiefly. He went over to a friend’s house on Friday afternoon, so Loyal Reader Number Four and I went out for Chinese dinner, which was enjoyable. Loyal Readers Numbers Five, Six, and Twelve came over for the weekend mid-day on Saturday. We did the Easter things together and had a very nice time. Jacuzzified on Saturday evening, which we don’t do often enough.

So it was just a normal, pleasant weekend. No complaints.

We have some highly important toilet news: They’re finally reaching potty parity in New York. The huddled masses are finally breathing free.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s Liberace’s water carrying statue. It didn’t appear to have any actual water in it, sadly. Part of my famous Statue series.

We’re back! Had a nice week, although it rained steadily from late Monday night until the time we left, with brief periods of mere cloudiness. Oh, and it never got out of the 40’s during the day. We decided to come home a day early.

It wasn’t all bad, though. The trailer was comfortable and we spent the time reading and playing games. I read five books I had borrowed from the library last Saturday and enjoyed them greatly. Also took afternoon naps. So it truly wasn’t all bad.

Also, Monday was sunny and very nice. We did a little exploring, including taking an interesting nature hike that included the ruins of the Henry Miller house – a rich guy who owned the place and built a mansion with spectacular grounds on top of the mountain as a summer home. There’s nothing left but some stairs, a wall, some foundations, and the basin of a fountain. Plus some old plants that have spread out some. It’s a shame – they appear to have torn the whole place down and sold it for scrap after he died. What were they thinking?

Also did some geocaching. We found five caches and had a nice time looking for them in some pretty locations. There are a bunch of giant redwoods in the park, which we wouldn’t have seen if we hadn’t gone looking for caches.

Trip Great Art is coming soon.

That’s about it. All’s well here at home and things are getting back to normal. Thanks to Loyal Reader Number One for making a couple of comments.

It looks like there was a little food violence during our absence. I’m not sure, but I think this can be categorized as food violence too. Be careful out there.

See you Monday.