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*  Uncle Arne gives a speech.  I agree with basically everything he says, or at least everything in this bullet-pointed version as published.  I think the "doctors and lawyers don't work nine months a year" line is a little glib, but I am broadly in favor of increased school time.  

*Fun with Blogger stats, updated.  So in my post marveling over Blogger stats, I was amazed that I had people coming to my blog after searching for auto mechanics.  Well, it turns out that I actually wrote a post about auto mechanics.  'Course, it wasn't about auto mechanics.  Further, it turns out that the person who got here looking for auto mechanics left a comment on the blog.  It got caught in the spam filter.  S/he asked for advice on how to find auto mechanics.  Poor devil.