Friday March 30, 2007 7:00 am Edmonton

A. Morning Musings

I do not have Internet access this morning, so there is no update for the weather or news.

The plans for today involve a quick trip to Stony Plain to buy some fresh sausage, then back to Edmonton for some possible shopping.

B. Plan

Immediate
Technology	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
	New York Times easy crossword puzzles	3 hr
Later
Technology	Convert LPs to MP3 format
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Burn backup of images onto DVD
Mathematics	Read & make notes on The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems
	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	Begin reading "Maya"
	Read Watson "Ideas"
Philosophy	Read & make notes for "Breaking the Spell"
	Begin reading "How Are We To Live?" by Peter Singer
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

9:00 PM This was a relaxing day. I now have the shutter release for the camera and it works fine. I have yet to take some distance pictures to see how much difference it makes to the sharpness of the images, particularly when I use the digital zoom feature.

We did some window shopping but with nothing in particular in mind we soon realized that this wasn't a good idea. I spent about 3 hours working on The New York Times Easy Crossword Puzzle Omnibus, volume 5. I am thoroughly enjoying these.They are at my level: not too hard but not too easy. I like the word play and the puns. This is definitely going to be another time sink for me, but one which I am going to enjoy. Much to my surprise I opted for this activity rather than reading a novel. I have decided to include this activity as falling within the Literature category as it does involve working with words.

D. Reflection