Sunday January 21, 2007 8:15 am Lethbridge Sunrise 8:18 Sunset 17:07 Hours of daylight: 8:49

A. Morning Musings

8:15 am It is -13 C at the moment with a high of -1 C forecast.

Here are the news.

CBC Headline: 7.3 magnitude quake rattles Indonesia

The epicentre was 10 kilometres below the ocean floor. There are no immediate reports of damage or deaths.

Canadian Headline: Eaton's workers may get one more payday

The large Canada-wide department store chain went bankrupt in 1999, putting about 30,000 people out of work. Although most of the former employees have received their share of the final disbursement, about 6, 000 have yet to claim about $1 million that is still left. It is felt that many of these may be people who have since died and the estates do not realize that they are eligible for a further payment.

Australian Headline: Premiers Back Rudd's Water Plan

Kevin Rudd, the new federal Labour leader, has put forth a plan for a national water authority that would reduce duplication between federal and state governments. Australia is in the midst of a serious drought. As always, this seems like a good idea, but talk is cheap - particularly when it is by an opposition political party. Perhaps this will unfold similarly to Canada where the federal government recently took many of the ideas about conservation and the environment that the Liberal opposition put forward and made them new Conservative policy.

 

I am a bit slow, and late, off the starting blocks this morning. Perhaps a coffee will help.

My model train activities are slow as I wait for glue to arrive. However I should be making a better effort at learning to use the 3rd PlanIt software.

On a positive note, my latest effort to add a cookbook to my website, is off to a promising start. The idea is to have a new recipe every week. I now have 3 recipes and the fourth week is just beginning.

From rear window	South patio
Both images taken at 1:10 PM

B. Plan

Immediate
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Technology	Begin reading "iPhoto"	1 hr
	Digital photography - learn about using the various manual settings	1 hr
Model Trains	Follow tutorial for 3rdPlanIt (Manual p. 8 - 13)	1 hr
Literature	Complete reading "Passage to Juneau" by Jonathan Raban	2 hr
Later
Chores	Investigate water softeners for home
Technology	Read manual for cell phone
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Burn backup of images onto DVD
	Edit iPhoto images
Mathematics	Read "Fearless Symmetry" chap 9: Elliptic Curves
Model Trains	Add ground cover to oil refinery diorama
	Continue assembly of coaling tower
	Purchase DCC system
History	Read Watson "Ideas"
Philosophy	Read & make notes for "Breaking the Spell"
GO	Complete reading "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go"
Puzzles	The Orange Puzzle Cube: puzzle #10

C. Actual/Note

While glancing out our back window, at about 4 PM, I noticed a raptor on our fence. A check of my books suggests that it is a female merlin.

D. Reflection

8:05 PM A fairly busy day. The wind was up so walking was out. I did spend a couple of hours culling a few books from my shelves. I was surprised at how many were still important to me, but I did make up a box for the local library. Between those and some that went straight into the bin, I did make shelf space for about 40 books.

I also finished reading "Passage to Juneau" by Jonathan Raban. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I plan to make a few notes tomorrow. By waiting, I get one more opportunity to revel in his words.

The following two photos properly belong in this section. Home made cappucino at 8:30 PM. Decadent. I love it!

Tassimo at work	Cappuccino!