The Waiting

Since we receive a wide variety of questions about our lives, this post is somewhat like a buffet. It can be divided into two parts. The first half will deal with some short anecdotes about various things that have happened since we wrote last. The second half of the post will contain the unsolicited snide commentary that became characteristic of a previous blog some of you used to read.

Half One

First off, in the spirit of full disclosure, we have dabbled in Pokemon GO this past week. We have slowly played, not paid, our way up the ladder. Since we live right next to a university, local hunting has been rather successful. Because we only have a single smart phone between the two of us, this has been a beneficial exercise in teamwork. We are not ardent players, and probably only devote an hour or so at night to walk around campus. In another week the fad will have likely passed and we will all move on with our lives. Who knows. All we can do is wait and see.

Engineer J has recently taken up a musical instrument: The ukulele. 

As some of you are aware, Engineer R has dabbled for several years in the guitar. This has included visiting local guitar stores to test guitars. He probably could actually write a blog just about guitars, which. His main mode of purchasing and selling guitars is in fact eBay, but going to stores allows him to do some hands-on testing. While on a visit to one of these stores, he tested the following guitars (we include this only for you guitar fanatics, skip this list if you desire): Fender HSS American Series (3-tone Sunburst), Ibanez Artcore AFS75T (maroon with gold hardware), Gibson Les Paul Standard (Heritage Cherry Sunburst), Martin D15 (Natural). 

BUT, while testing these guitars, we also stumbled onto the ukuleles. Long story short, Engineer J ended up buying a soprano ukulele (natural finish, with creme body and neck binding). We probably were the first people to ever buy a uke in that store. Nevertheless, Engineer J now is the proud owner of a ukulele.

Since Engineer R occasionally receives questions about his line of work, here is a one sentence synopsis: 

We just proved strong consistent screening (meaning P(S_H = S_T) approaches 1 as n goes to infinity) for the Cochran-Armitage trend test applied to ultrahigh dimensional data by using the weak law of large numbers and the Mann–Wald theorem for continuous mappings.

Maybe this will lead to a publication. All we can do is wait. 

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Half Two

As some observant readers noticed, we missed posting last week. The chief writer was sick, and this obviously complicated matters. Moreover, we just did not have that much to write about. Let's face it, people find your life boring when you are not trying to potty train an offspring or attempting to make sure said offspring doesn't eat (too much) dirt. (And let's not even get started on potty training children that eat dirt). If your offspring does not eat dirt, count your lucky stars. (Although, then you can only post on your blog about how your child does not like dirt, which severely lessens the relatability of your character development and plot).

As was to be expected, some people have given themselves to much fretting over the timing and or imminence of the bearing of late-stage-compost eating offspring. We here at DE are not excluded from such worries, just in the opposite direction as most. This probably makes us awful people or something, but we at least want some time to form a contingency plan for what to do if our child eats dirt. (Please don't make me get out the Power Point and flow charts about life goals or give the oak tree in a field analogy). Besides, I have better things to do with my life, such as lying awake at night and wondering why they cancelled that one TV show I liked, or listening to two-and-a-half hours of dial tone infused classical music, just to be told it's not happening yet. (But it will happen, right? Riiiiiiight?) This is the high life, let me tell you. Oh, and don't forget the fact that this gives us more time to play Pokemon GO.

Since readers of this blog come from all points of the ovine and caprine spectrum (aka the OCS), I will have to leave the postulating about future events for another day. But there will be a day of dividing and ascension, that much I feel certain of.

Overall, I guess the lesson of the week is as follows: It will happen when it happens. Amazingly, that applies to red-headed children who eat dirt as well as red-faced adults who eat crow. All in good time. (For the record, I hope the adults eat their meal before the children).