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Tuesday March 27, 2007 6:45 am Lethbridge Sunrise 7:20 Sunset 19:53 Hours of daylight: 12:33
A. Morning Musings
6:45 am It is +2 C at the moment with a forecast high of +4 C. There is a light rain falling.
CBC Headline: Charest Keeps Seat As Liberals Cling To Power In Quebec
For the first time in 130 years, Quebec has elected a minority government. It was a very close three-way race with the Liberal leader Jean Charest barely keeping his own seat. The new ADQ party will form the opposition under Mario Dumont. Given that many voters were disenchanted with both of the traditional parties (Liberals and Parti Quebecois) this may be the best possible result. It gives Dumont an opportunity to show what he can do and if he does a good job then he will likely be given a chance to take power in the next election.
Canadian Headline: see above
Australian Headline: (from The Australian): Hicks Home 'In Months'
David Hicks, an Australian held in the US Guatanamo Bay for the last five years as an Al-Quada terrorist, has pleaded guilty to those charges in a US military trial, and will be extradited to Australia in the next few months to serve his sentence there. I am confident this will not be the end to this story.
My weight is up another 1 to 190. This is the second day when I have had a reversal. Terrible. One day once in a while is to be expected, but two consecutive days of increases is definitely a set-back.
B. Plan
Immediate Mathematics Read & make notes on The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems 1 hr Technology Convert LPs to MP3 format 2 hr Create Feb pages for Mexico trip using iPhoto images 1 hr Birds Create notebook pages birding in Mexico 2 hr Literature Continue reading "Of This Earth" by Rudy Wiebe
1 hr History Begin reading "Maya" 1 hr Philosophy Begin reading "How Are We To Live?" by Peter Singer 1 hr Later Technology Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac" Burn backup of images onto DVD Mathematics Make notes for "Mathematics: A Human Endeavor" ch 1 Read "Fearless Symmetry" chap 9: Elliptic Curves Begin reading "Algebra: Abstract and Concrete" by Frederick Goodman Model Trains Add ground cover to oil refinery diorama Follow tutorial for version 8 of 3rd PlanIt 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
Major Goals Learning Review week's pages each Sunday Review all pages for the month at the end of each month Technology Review & edit iPhoto files for 2006 Model Trains Become proficient with 3rd PlanIt software Install DCC on model train layout GO Learn to play GO at something better than a beginner level Drawing Learn to draw!! (I keep saying this, yet I have yet to put a pencil to paper). Mathematics Continue to play with mathematics. Literature Continue to read Literature Bird Watching Continue to engage in bird watching activities.
C. Actual/Note
7:15 am Top priority items today are Technology and Birds. These are both catch-up activities as I continue to digitize my LP records and make web pages for our recent trip to Mexico. I will still try to add a math session and do a little Literature reading. Now to brew a cup of coffee. The weather is not conducive to walking at the moment but it might let up later today. I do not want to get in the habit of avoiding my walk. I missed it yesterday as I got caught up in working on the computer and let it slide. Now that my weight has started to go up, I must focus on reversing this reversal.
9:30 am Two more LPs have been digitized, another Billy Vaughn album plus a guitar instrumental by The Phantoms. The rain is gentle, but still falling. This will be good for the land, even though it is not a lot.
2:10 PM Here are two more photos showing the beginning of the spring activity of the May tree in our backyard.
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D. Reflection