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Vacation time!  We spent 2 lovely weeks at the lake.<\/p>\n

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My goal this trip was to learn how to swim freestyle (aka \u2018the crawl\u2019) better.  Like many people, I could swim it clumsily for 10 seconds or so, then my lungs would stop me, complaining about either not enough air or too much water, or both.   A few months ago I saw a TED talk<\/a>  from Tim Ferris<\/a>  about a few simple tips that helped him swim better, so I was excited to try them out.   My first few days were un-impressive, but after about a week, I finally got the breathing figured out, and after 2 weeks, I could swim indefinitely!   Indefinitely being defined as to the island and back.   I didn\u2019t get any pictures to prove it, but I got one of  Helen taking on a couple of kayakers:  <\/p>\n

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We has lots of visitors (I counted 26, but not all at once).   Alex was our meat specialist:<\/p>\n

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This is Boris giving Noah a few tips on a piece he is practicing for an upcoming concert:<\/p>\n

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I took 2 big monitors and did part-time tele-commuting from the porch.   I also brought my electric keyboard which was fun.  More in tune than the upright, and the headphones let whoever wanted to escape into their own music land without disturbing others.  <\/p>\n

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We also spent 4 days at a Neurofeedback conference in Indianapolis.  A pretty state capitol town exactly in the middle of Indiana.<\/p>\n

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Helen learned about various stimulator and feedback devices and programs.  She took me down to the demo room and we both got to make a on-screen robot go down a slide using just our brains,  monitored with a sensor strapped to our forehead.   Here she is trying out some feedback software from a single channel EEG lead: <\/p>\n

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I touristed the city with a 1\/2 gallon of orange juice:<\/p>\n

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They had an impressive 3 straight blocks of war memorials (American Legion is headquartered there):<\/p>\n

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They guy, Pan,  is not a war memorial:<\/p>\n

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Because he is little and low to the ground, they have  a hard time keeping him around.   This is the 5th one they put there, the other 4 have wandered off.   Did I mention there are a couple of colleges nearby?<\/p>\n

Lastly, a mystery photo:<\/p>\n

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Backward hint 1:   derewop ralos is<\/p>\n

Backward answer:  thgil klaw nedrag a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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