Memorial Day 2010

It ended up to be an okay weekend.

Friday night, Lenore and I went to see Bounty Hunter at the dollar theater. It was just okay. And it's a good thing we got there when we did we got the last two contiguous seats in the third row. The theater filled up. It really was amazing how much I did not laugh during this movie. We picked up Big Daddy's pizza on the way home.

I rode Saturday morning (under constant threat of worsening weather) for 40 miles. I only felt two raindrops. The weathermen seemed to think the weather was going to be worse. We did some work around the house and Lenore and I went out in the evening with Steve and Michelle Young. We went to see Iron Man 2 (which again was okay, not nearly the ride that the first one was) and then ate at the Five Guys hamburger place afterward. It was just slightly better than okay.

Monday morning I drove  down to the Legacy parkway trail to do a 50 mile ride. There were quite a few people on the trail. I didn't have too much trouble with traffic except two yahoos came at me two abreast inside the long tunnel. I don't know what the one rider expected me to do. I yelled at them. I saw a guy on a very low riding handcycle that at first I thought I was going to be able to catch. He seemed to be a little bit more apt to maneuver through that traffic quickly than I was. Then at my first turn around I had a flat tire. So, I rode gingerly back to the Farmington Train station and sat down on a bench and fixed the tire. No more problems after that.

There were a couple of times where I had pretty good speed for extended periods because of favorable winds. But, I was expecting that wind again for the last 5 miles and it didn't materialize. I think the overall impact of the wind was negative. Still I managed to maintain slightly over 19mph and I felt pretty good doing it.

When I got home I did some more yard work with Jensen. Lenore had already spent a couple of hours in the yard. Then I helped Geri put in her window air conditioners. Then it was off to aunt Bless' for the "pool" party.

The whole day was cloudy with nice enough temperatures. We got a small window of sunshine while at the pool. Good thing because the water temperature was only about 58. I went in and Ameer and Laney..... on air matresses. I did get to enjoy the Sun a little. But, we need to get that water warmed up.

Places in my Mission

Google maps and Street View are amazing.

First apartment in Torino.


First apartment in Genova. It's been extensively updated.


Second apartment in Genova.


Apartment in Milan.


Second apartment in Torino.


First apartment in Cremona.


Second apartment in Cremona.

Something to Say

After reading the Articles of Confederation a week or two ago, one idea that comes to me is why are our Senators and Congressmen paid uniformly through a body of the Federal Government? Utah Senators and Congressmen should be paid by their state and their benefits set and regulated perhaps by their State Legislature. Same thing with the State Legislators. Perhaps it would be best if their pay and benefits were established by and paid out from their own districts. So each level's benefits were set by and came from the level it serves. This way they might feel somewhat more beholden to their constituents and somewhat less to the Federal. It almost seems like a conflict of the idea of Balance of Power to have them set their own pay and be paid by a central (federal?) body.

Diktat

I don't like it when Lenore tries to limit my sodium intake. Why should I like it when the FDA steps into her place. Now, if the Government had some sort of interest in my health..... Oh Wait!

Creamy Boy

Drawing of Great Grandmother Olga Lindgren Wade by Grandfather Edward Boone Wade

Honeyville (Hunsakerville)

This is the old Lillywhite family stone house between Honeyville and Brigham City in the Calls Fort area.

Ross Wight (first cousin once removed in ascendancy) son of Lucille Lillywhite Wight sister of Joseph Clinton Lillywhite, my grandfather.

The world struggles to find spirituality where it lies only shallowly.

Draw a Line

"They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far and no further!