It’s Memorial Day once again! Yours portly has one more day of work tomorrow, then it’s summertime. I’ll spend the first week in June running my annual Minecraft Camp and teaching some lessons; otherwise, it’s gearing up for Dr. Wife to finish residency and for us to get the house in order.

For today, Dr. Wife is going to make us some hot dogs and hamburgers (which I will go forth to procure shortly) for lunch. We’ll do some additional, light unpacking of the house. The Boyz and I will do a little gaming this afternoon, and at some point I’m going to finish watching 1970’s Cromwell, which is free (with ads) on YouTube:

It stars Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) as Charles I, who is portrayed as a nuanced villain here, more a weak man buffeted by external forces and engaging in deceit out of desperation than a wicked tyrant. I haven’t finished it so I’m not sure how Cromwell comes out, but he’s already becoming more of a tyrant in the wake of the superciliousness of the other members of Parliament. We’ll see!

Here’s hoping you have a relaxing and restful day for those of you here in the States. For my English readers, here’s hoping the first day of your workweek goes well.

Happy Memorial Day!

—TPP