Friday May 18, 2007 6:30 am Lethbridge Sunrise 5:43 Sunset 21:12 Hours of daylight: 15:29

A. Morning Musings

6:30 am It is +9 C with a high forecast of +21 C.

Here are the news.

CBC Headline: Greyhound Labour Dispute Curtails Travel Plans

Just in time to be a hassle this long weekend, Greyhound Canada has suspended bus services in four provinces due to a strike threat, forcing holiday travellers to seek a backup plan. Greyhound Canada, in a dispute with 1,150 workers in the Amalgamated Transit Union over a demanded wage hike, has stopped moving passengers and parcels in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and most of British Columbia. Even though we do not seem to have as many strikes as a few years ago, there must be a better way to resolve disagreements than to have strikes that affect the general public, particularly when in a situation like this, it disproportionately affects the poorer people who cannot afford the alternatives.

Canadian Headline: see above

Australian Headline: (from The Australian): Howard Plans IR Ad Assault

THE federal Government is planning an advertising blitz to counter Labor and union advertisements slamming its workplace relation regime. More pre-election stories.

B. Actual/Notes

7:00 am Today will be very low key. The lawn needs mowing but other than that it will be a day for reading and relaxing. At least that is my thought at the moment. Now to make some coffee and see if I still think that.

C. Plan

Immediate
Literature	Read & make notes for book 10 of "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky	1 hr
Later
Technology	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Learn how to attach a digital camera to my spotting scope
	Burn backup of images onto DVD
Mathematics	Read & make notes on The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems
	Continue reading "Algebra: Abstract and Concrete" by Frederick Goodman
	Read "Symmetry" by David Wade
	Make notes for "Mathematics: A Human Endeavor" ch 1
	Read "Fearless Symmetry" chap 9: Elliptic Curves
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
Literature	New York Times easy crossword puzzles
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.

D. Reflection