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I managed to have an enjoyable election night by ignoring all media and finally starting a new computer game, Forspoken. Needless to say, the news the next morning cast a pall over the next few days (and years, I suspect.) I've also been plagued with some serious fatigue; I assume it's a heavy period (which also started election day.)
Work's been busy and I spent my birthday much like any other Thursday working in the morning and doing surveys in the afternoon, but in the evening we went to the local Chinese buffet, but the others weren't impressed with the food (and why was the floor so slippery?) The Moutain Dew was good and we got a birthday discount, at least.
At home we once again had technical difficulties. We couldn't get Disney+ or the Bluray player to work, to my great frustration. For presents I got underwear, socks, lots of chocolate, soda, gift cards, Aladdin, and Frozen II.
We set the alarm for nine, but I woke up about 8:45 am. We had a leisurely morning; Key watched church and we had breakfast before leaving for the Detroit Art Institute at ten. Once again we were fortunate to find free parking on Sundays. There were other museums in the area. Outside a couple were taking engagement pictures.
We started on the top floor with European and Dutch art and quickly got lost. We had a map but it was still confusing. There were some paintings by Gainsborough, Rembrandt, and Rubens. The descriptions were very opinionated.
We took the elevator down to see more European masters and medieval art, including a small chapel transported from France. There was a spiral staircase down to the ancient Middle East. I loved seeing the ancient cuneiform--three-thousand-year-old recipes and student practice lists of kings.
The Egyptian section had a Book of the Dead--I've never seen written hieroglyphs like that--and a Roman mummy with a face painting. I quickly walked through the Asian section before leaving.
Greenfield Village was closed but we still planned to see the Henry Ford. We decided not to do the factory tour (since we'd already gone on a car factory tour) but go through the huge museum.
We started in the civil rights section, containing early copies of "Common Sense", the Constitution, letters of Washington, and Rosa Parks's bus. There was the chair Lincoln had been assassinated in and a collection of presidential cars, including Kennedy's Lincoln.
We continued past cars to trains, more cars, and more trains. Then we came to planes and aviation. There were giant steam engines then electricity and generation machines. We enjoyed a section on history by the decade.
We decided to get tickets to the last IMAX movie in an hour. In the meantime we looked at a glass art exhibit, a mathematics exhibit (which was old but interesting), and the gift shop. There was an interesting mix of people visiting the museum as well--a lot of Asian people, some Spanish speakers, and what looked like a Mennonite or Amish family.
In retrospect, I wish we had skipped the movie and just left to get a proper meal. The movie (on urban design) was fine but not worth it. We'd skipped lunch and I had a bad headache so we went straight back to the hotel and slept until 8:45 pm. I needed food so I went and got Arby's at 10 pm.
Work's been busy and I spent my birthday much like any other Thursday working in the morning and doing surveys in the afternoon, but in the evening we went to the local Chinese buffet, but the others weren't impressed with the food (and why was the floor so slippery?) The Moutain Dew was good and we got a birthday discount, at least.
At home we once again had technical difficulties. We couldn't get Disney+ or the Bluray player to work, to my great frustration. For presents I got underwear, socks, lots of chocolate, soda, gift cards, Aladdin, and Frozen II.
We set the alarm for nine, but I woke up about 8:45 am. We had a leisurely morning; Key watched church and we had breakfast before leaving for the Detroit Art Institute at ten. Once again we were fortunate to find free parking on Sundays. There were other museums in the area. Outside a couple were taking engagement pictures.
We started on the top floor with European and Dutch art and quickly got lost. We had a map but it was still confusing. There were some paintings by Gainsborough, Rembrandt, and Rubens. The descriptions were very opinionated.
We took the elevator down to see more European masters and medieval art, including a small chapel transported from France. There was a spiral staircase down to the ancient Middle East. I loved seeing the ancient cuneiform--three-thousand-year-old recipes and student practice lists of kings.
The Egyptian section had a Book of the Dead--I've never seen written hieroglyphs like that--and a Roman mummy with a face painting. I quickly walked through the Asian section before leaving.
Greenfield Village was closed but we still planned to see the Henry Ford. We decided not to do the factory tour (since we'd already gone on a car factory tour) but go through the huge museum.
We started in the civil rights section, containing early copies of "Common Sense", the Constitution, letters of Washington, and Rosa Parks's bus. There was the chair Lincoln had been assassinated in and a collection of presidential cars, including Kennedy's Lincoln.
We continued past cars to trains, more cars, and more trains. Then we came to planes and aviation. There were giant steam engines then electricity and generation machines. We enjoyed a section on history by the decade.
We decided to get tickets to the last IMAX movie in an hour. In the meantime we looked at a glass art exhibit, a mathematics exhibit (which was old but interesting), and the gift shop. There was an interesting mix of people visiting the museum as well--a lot of Asian people, some Spanish speakers, and what looked like a Mennonite or Amish family.
In retrospect, I wish we had skipped the movie and just left to get a proper meal. The movie (on urban design) was fine but not worth it. We'd skipped lunch and I had a bad headache so we went straight back to the hotel and slept until 8:45 pm. I needed food so I went and got Arby's at 10 pm.