Stuff ...

* Hey look! I was able to use my toy camera to make some decent clse up shots at work (for a memo) the trick is that I used a magnifying glass. Wierd, eh?
* Took a chili dog to Lila at the church for lunch (she was printing newsletters).
* Lila got her name in the paper in an article about the autism meeting the other day.

News: Hurricane in Florida fizzled out.
Weather: Cool and overcast with occasional drizzle.
Sports:

Stuffed-nonsense

* Last relatives (Virginia & Joe) left our house on Sunday pm
* Lila and Marty weren't speaking much when Marty left (in a bit of a huff) Sunday after lunch
* Told Bill I'd see if I could arrange a trip down to his place for fishing before the snow flies.
* Chilled out last night while Lila attended and Autism group meeting
* Mark is starting very slowly at school. I mey need to ride herd on him.
* Read hundreds of blogs in response to "Don't Marry Career Girls" article. Female blogs to a woman were outraged but then, if you're not taking flak then you're not over the target. This guy may, however, have executed a career limiting move. His premises made pretty good sense because, after all, feminism was not developed to enhance male wealth, prestige, and power.
* Having raised four sons, I used to worry about the toll thy would pay for the feminist movement. I'm now of the opinion that self inflicted wounds are boys' worst problem. Feminists correctly say that "Just because girls are advancing doesn't mean that boys are suffering for it." Boys normally inflict MUCH more damage upon themselves than anyone else could. I guess the school of hard knocks will always be the ultimate teacher for those who survive.

End of the T Family reunion

We all visited the Lincoln Presidential museum yesterday. I cooked ribs on the grill (after Lila boiled them). We took some photo's which I'll try to post tomorrow. Everyone was finally tired and sated. This morning we're all going to church. Everybody leaves today.

Went to church ... getting ready to eat ... Marty wanting to travel ...

T Family reunion day

This is the T Family Reunion day.

Hump plus one - T Family Reunion Week

Here are photos from my toy camera taken at an outing by Lila, Marty, Beth, & I to the Carillon in Washington Park last evening.

A Largy Husky dog on a leash took a dip. Someone said that the dark blue water was caused by copper sulfate.




Here is the sunset sky reflected in the pool ...
A shot of the tower...
Another shot of the tower...
And Mary, Lila, and Beth (with chicken from the Colonel) ...

Hump day - T Family Reunion Week

Personal News: Lila's sister arrived yesterday with her friend and travelling companion. Company slept in the upstairs room while Ryan slept on the couch. Mark had a half day at school. I had a busy day at work. We'e going out to listen to the carillon in Washington Park (see photo) tonight and picnic.
News with Commentary: There will apparently be no "peace-keeping" troops in Lebanon (surprise, surprise!) and Syria vocally opposes foreigh troops in Lebanon. Europe seems perfectly happy to permit the Arabs & Persians to drive Israel into the sea with the concurrence of the American Left. The diatribes from the Left about the Iraq War drone on. It gets harder to excitedly defend the USA (verbally & mentally) from the unending onslaught by Muslims and Communists when half the USA agrees that the Great Satan must be brought low. So be it. After the Left finally achieves their ends by means fair or foul, I intend to become quite vocal in my criticism of Islam. I am, after all, a Christian and until I am brought down, I intend to exercise my freedom of speech to unmask the demon in the desert. Rminding Muslims jihadists of the fat population centers in blue state areas would be in order as well.
Weather: Nice and relatively cool for August. Mosquitos are thick.
Sports: KC beat Cleveland yesterday & play them again today.

Tuesday of T Family Reunion week

This is T Family Reunion week. Lila's sister Martha is due in sometime today. Lila has been remodeling (see photo) & frantically cleaning so, of course, Marlene calls from the church to ask Lila to help with some printing. I just installed the new toilet yesterday afternoon. (13:30) Martha is in the vicinity looking for our house.

Mark starts his sophmore year at Lutheran High tomorrow. Mom didn't answer the phone when I called Sunday afternoon so I called Don. Evidently Mom's phone goes directly to voice mail if she's on the phone (she was). Mom says that Felicia will move back to big house with her Dad and she and Cecil will sell their smaller (but not small) homes. Doesn't surprise me. Matthew will attend ITT this fall. Working on hourmeters, RFID keyswitch project, proportional retarder, shuttle speed control, etc. at work.

A mid-August Thursday ...

Grudzielanek agrees to $4 million, one-year extension

Personal: Ryan cut and laid the last bathroom tiles last night. I just dropped off 2 rolls of film at lunch for developing. Mark has Gregory coming by on Friday afternoon. Lila continues to wash and clean for her sister's visit. Mowed the yard last night.
Work: I ate some sausage loaf brought in by Dan Johnson. Ed Breitung stopped by the office this morning.
News: Jon Rene Ramsey's alleged killer has been arrested in Thailand. I think the girl's mother just died of cancer last month - tragic. Yesterday was the anniversary of the deaths of Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley.
Comentary: I read about a new term: "Transnational Progressive". This term (coined in 2001) described folks who reject national authority in favor of "group" authority - the next step after multiculturalism. This might explain the mystifying phenomenon of Liberals siding with Islamics (a marriage truly made in hell). Their common enemy may be the authority of national governments and they don't consider each other as immediate threats. I pity our children. It appears that they will live in chaotic times. Come, Lord Jesus.
Weather: Cool and comfortable weather.
Sports: KC (43/78 dropped 3 games in Cleveland and is 2 for 3 (out of 4 games) so far in Chicago (71/48). St. Louis (63/53) leads the NL Central while the Cubs (52/68) are in fifth.

2006 Hump Day No. 32

Tried for a photo with my toy camera of this fellow in the office parking lot this morning. Obviously too much sun in his face.

Randomizing ...

The phot to the left is from a camera at the fair. This 20' or so young Lincoln figure is seen by every fair visitor.

Its a good day to randomize:
* My Yahoo site won't let me log in unless I sneak up it through mail or bookmarks. I emailed Yahoo and they responded with four (as-yet) unhelpful suggestions.
* Looking at LOTS of blogs lately. Many are funny, useful, arty, etc. and many are wasted space. Don't see many comments.
* Blogs remind me of Geocities of several years ago. I let my old Geocities pages (I had two) lapse and fall ito disrepair and Yahoo cancelled at least one of them.
* Lila is in St. Louis today with some A/S mothers and Dr. Davis. She's showing them the health food stores while Mark fends for himself.
* Looks like I'll have work for awhile (RFID keyswitch CBA design and possibly programming).
* Conservatives suspect that Israel lost the latest Midwest dust-up. Conservatives believe that radical Islamics are waging a surreptitious jihad against the western world and I agree. The weak Left wing (and, to some extent, the Right wing) think that the "enemy of my enemy is my friend". It reminds me of American Indians facing the European invasion and may produce a similar outcome - failure. The Left wing would succumb to jihad to dislodge the hated Right wing from power. We indeed live in a fallen sinful world. Come Lord Jesus.
* Man it would have been fun to go the the fair today (the temperature feels GREAT and the sun is shining). Could have sucked down beer & food and listened to all kinds of music. Ah well, work before play.

After the Fair ...

Lila & I had a difficult day (my fault) and after 4 hours of printing and stuffing bulletins and other related items, we went to the fair on Saturday evening. We had a good time (ate food & looked at horses) and had a good day on Sunday. Photo above is of Lila in Lutheran Laymen League tent at the fair. I also took this blurry electronic photo in the "Pork Producer" shelter at the fair. On Sunday, I cut the side panels (a task that I had dreaded for a year) for the bathroom on Sunday. After all my worrying, the panels didn't look too bad. I assume Blockbuster is now officially closed to the public. I paid bills via the web (rather than paper checks) on Saturday and Sunday. Lila took Mark to hospital for fluid tests (blood & urine). I owe $10 to Ryan for gas.

News: The Mideast combatants ceased firing today, a Fox newsperson got kidnapped in Gaza & some more GI's bought it in Iraq. This world remains fallen & sinful indeed.

Weather: Cool and overcast.

Sports: Royals are losing steadily. Can't be much fun at their games.

More on coffee mug day ...

I just want to see if the coffee mug shows up as my member photo. I tried to photograph one of my hourmeter products just to see how the toy camera would handle it. Looks blurry to me. I alao found that increasing JPEG resolution (from the default value) doesn't seem to affect image clarity.

Coffee mug day ...

I recently bought a new toy digital camera (288 x152 pixels) for $10 at Walgreens and now carry it in my pocket pack (but I had to ditch my NKJ New Testament to make room). Here are pictures from the camera that I took of a keepsake coffee mug that I keep at my desk at work. (I bought the mug at a Medieval Arts Festival in Normal, IL the weekend that I met my wife in October of 1987). I can get good (for me) pictures if I am careful - but it is very easy to take bad pictures. Text messaged my daughter Annie to wish her a belated happy birthday. Lila is preparing for her family's visit in two weeks.

News: The Brits caught about 20 homegrown Muslims trying to blow up about 10 jets this week. Israel is still trying to clean Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon.
Weather: Rainy and cool and sometimes muggy this week. Grass (& weeds) growing well.
Sports: Royal swept three game series with Boston - but still have worst record in baseball.

New camera day

Bought a new digital camera on Saturday from Walgreen for $10 & I took the above pictures with it. It has a 0.9 mega-pixel resolution. Lila put the flag on our house on 9-1-1 and it is still up. Ryan works at Walgreen's but it is closing in a few weeks (a victim of mail order videos).

Lila finished installing tile in the main bathroom this weekend. ISO audits are being held at work but Engineering will not be hit this time. This is Anne's birthday (should give her a call. Lila's sister is due in on 8/23.

News: Gas prices are high due to the latest Mideast wars and an Alaskan oilfield has been shut down for maintenance due to rusty pipes.
Weather: Rained last night and is relatively cool today.
Sports: Minnesota thumped KC for several games. An American cyclist was bounced due to an apparent drug violation.

Saturday am at work

I'm Leo. I have just stolen my Master's blog - just like I do with his socks and underware. Arf-arf - this is fun ...

...Master's at work a little after noon to test hourmeters. Mistress Lila stayed up late to get the bathroom tile done except for the closet. Master will help with Lila with bulletins. I, however, will sleep & play & beg food while the humans work.

Its August now ...

Attended Microchip Masters Conference at the Marriott Desert Ridge resort in Phoenix last week. This photo shows s view of a desert "garden" below my motel balcony.

...Kevin bought a $300K house...Lila is doing bathroom floor...Rox bought a house in Austin...Martha here on 8/22...Mark in school on 8/23