Stiff drivers

Here's a beautiful old Ford being driven by a somewhat stuffy couple. In fact, we never got a word out of 'em. If I'm not mistaken, this is a rare Ford Model K - an expensive precursor to the Model T. Great Art taken at the Sacramento auto museum on Christmas Eve and part of my famous Machinery series.

The weekend's here! Tomorrow's my off Friday, and it's Thursday evening, so that counts. Good day at work - got a few things done, didn't get a few others done. Some great stuff is happening, which will probably be discussed at a future date. Also, I got a few man-months added to my funding this year, which is really good. Really.

No post yesterday - I stayed home sick. Had a very sore throat and a pretty serious headache. Slept it off and felt much better by evening. I faded a little this afternoon, but all's well. Thanks to Anon for noticing, as usual.

Went to my first Scouting district committee meeting this evening. I already knew most of the people there, including my counselor Jason and my former colleague on the high council Rich. Not to mention everybody else. Pretty productive meeting, although I'm still not quite sure what an Assistant District Commissioner is supposed to be doing. Maybe I should just keep attending meetings until somebody asks me to do something. Or maybe I should go to the Scouting website and look for training. Which is probably there.

Anyway. I signed up for the family history indexing program yesterday and indexed my first 51 names. Also took a bunch of their training. I've decided to bring my personal laptop to work every day for a while and index on the train during the ride home. I did another 100 names today. It's great because you can work offline - just have to download some batches ahead of time, and you can submit them the next time you have a connection. Pretty slick. And it's fun too!

There's a ward challenge going on right now, pitting the Young Men (my department) against the Young Women, Melchizedek Priesthood, and Relief Society to see who can index the most names during the month of February. The YM are widely thought to be the underdog in the competition, what with their heavy videogaming requirement and extreme sleep training. I'm trying to do my part, anyway. You would think that such a computer-savvy group would be way out ahead, but I haven't spoken with any of them who are too interested. I'm having fun, though.

And that's about it for tonight. Lots to do this weekend. Unfortunately, we decided to cancel our family camping trip due to the expected heavy rains and strong winds and cold temperatures. Not the best combination for a fun camping experience. So we'll probably go to the ward dinner on Friday night and get a bunch of other things done. Need to reserve plenty of time for fun and frolic, though, this being LRN1's final weekend at home before his full-time mission starts. I can't believe it's upon us already! I'm really going to miss him, but he'll be having a wonderful experience and the time will pass much more quickly than any of us realizes.

I'll leave you with this shocking Food Violence news: biscuit crash! Be careful out there when going out for breakfast.

See you tomorrow.

Moroni

Here's the Angel Moroni statue on the Sacramento temple. Great Art courtesy of LRN1 and my classic Olympus OM-1 film camera. Old school. Rock on.

I don't use that camera anymore, though. I have a nice shiny new Olympus digital camera. You can take this old school thing too far.

Fine day. Nothing to report. Woke up, commuted, worked, commuted, ate, and blogged. I'm planning to head for the gym in a few minutes.

And I had better get going. LRN4 has a church meeting and either I need to watch LRN12 or get to the gym. I'll leave you with this shocking combined toilet and food violence news: meat urination. Disgusting. Not recommended.

See you tomorrow.

Three fourths

Here are LRN1, LRN2, and LRN5, having a nice time. We miss you, LRN3! Little bit of redeye in this original, unretouched photo.

Nice day. We went to the movies for Home Evening. Saw the new Jackie Chan movie - The Spy Next Door. It was really cute. Strangely, I really enjoy Mr. Chan's body of work. He doesn't seem to take himself too seriously.

I'm sorry to report that LRN5 has broken her big toe. Ouch! She tripped while doing a babysitting exchange and reports that she had three little girls following her around afterward complaining that their toes hurt too. LRN12 is coming over for a couple of days so her mom can rest. Get better quickly, LRN5! Broken toes hurt like the devil. You have my pity.

I have discovered a great job opportunity: Hotdogger. This is even better than Monkey Man. LRN2's updating his resume as I type this. I'm thinking of doing the same.

Otherwise, a normal day. The weekend was also pleasant. Went to a Scouting event on Saturday morning and the opera on Saturday evening. We saw The Merry Widow at the Gallo Center, as discussed in this space earlier. It was quite well done, especially considering that Saturday evening's cast consisted (mostly) of college students. Unfortunately, the young lady scheduled to perform the title role took sick and had to be replaced with the professional who was part of the cast on the other nights. That's fortunate for us, come to think of it. Anyway, we had a very nice time.

And I'll leave you with this shocking food violence news: beef vs. chicken. Can't the meats all just get along?

See you tomorrow.

Cool truck

Here's LRN2 in front of one of the coolest trucks I've ever seen. It's unrestored and in great condition. I want one. Now. Great Art taken at the Sacramento automotive museum and part of my famous Machinery series.

Extreme Short Shrift. Another busy night. I spent most of the evening training my replacement on the high council - an extremely nice young man who will do very well. I'm sure going to miss those guys. Have plenty to do now, though.

No post yesterday. Worked, ate, exercised, and slept. Good day, but no time for blogging. Sigh.

LRN2 got in the newspaper today - front page! Congrats, LRN2! You're world famous in Lardville.

Gotta get to bed. I'll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking domestic food violence news: meatloaf attack.

See you Monday.

Antique art

Here's a closeup of some Art in the antique-filled hotel room where LRN4 and I stayed in Moke Hill. Great Art, once removed.

No post yesterday. It was Massive Meeting Tuesday. I'm still going to have those fairly frequently. Not to mention Massive Meeting other days too. But I'm having a great time so far. Went to the BSA LDS Relations meeting at the Scout Center in Modesto. Met some people, including our new Council Exec. Nice guy. Learned some too. Got home at about 10:00. So no post.

And Extreme Short Shrift tonight. We went to LRN2's Eagle Court of Honor! Congrats, LRN2. You earned it. It was a very nice court of honor and extremely well attended. LRN4 worked her dainty fingers to the bone on this one, and it showed. There were two other young men from the ward who also got their Eagle awards, so it was a pretty big deal. Just like LRN1's court. There was a reporter and photographer from the local paper, so I expect there will be an article coming up soon.

Did I mention LRN1 had a article in the local paper about him recently? They had a very nice writeup about his upcoming mission. Have a look.

Otherwise, worked, ate, and slept. Life's good.

Oh, and my non-loyal-reader brother-in-law Ken was in town, so he came to the Court of Honor with us. Also LRN5 and LRN12, who are spending the night, after which LRN12 will be here until sometime on Friday. Ought to be a fun week. Thanks for coming, Loyal Readers!

Time to get a few other things done and get to bed. I'll leave you with this tragic Food Violence news: crab cake attack. The people of Maryland aren't going to like this one bit. They take their crab cakes pretty seriously out there. There may be some retaliation coming. Which will of course be reported here. As long as Food Violence is involved.

See you tomorrow.