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Project Scorpion, D-Day. 7+ hours nonstop, no meal. We sawed and glued stuff, then rolled marbles from great heights.

Project Scorpion D – 1. Will the Canadians win? Video. We must build a Bigger Machine.

Project Scorpion D – 1. The Big Machine is taller than your front room. Will we have to cut a hole in the ceiling?

Project Scorpion D minus 2. Hey guys, what are these sounds? The Big Machine we build on D-Day may sound like this.

Project Scorpion D minus 2. Essential materiel. How many things can you name? What do you think is in the secret box?

C, D: We’ll be using these tools on D-Day. Can you name them? Which one would you use to cut a hole in the ceiling?

Project Scorpion (Top Secret) D minus 3. My walkie-talkies are not working well. C, D: do you have walkie-talkies?

Project Scorpion (Top Secret) D minus 4. Requisitioned essential materiel at Ax-Man surplus store.

Today is D-Day minus 4. Top Secret. Project Scorpion. Prepared vault that can only be opened with the secret code.

Today is D-Day minus 5. Top Secret. Project Scorpion. C, D: Stand by for further information and orders.

We both love soup (a hilarious line from “Best in Show) so we’re attending a winter soup (demonstration) cooking class this evening

Snow falling, making fresh footprints. Walk and chat with a friend up one side of Mississippi and down the other.

Sunny winter’s day. Walked to library, Downtown.

Today, worked on shortlist of places to hike. Used Google, Google Earth, Garmin MapSource, Evernote, and a paper map.

Hacked garage door opener controller board. The heavy duty soldering iron didn’t fry the board, and the hack worked.

At French Meadow Bakery/Cafe today, waiting for Cajun hashbrowns: the meal fortified me for a 4-hour business meeting.