Sunday May 20, 2007 6:15 am Lethbridge Sunrise 5:41 Sunset 21:15 Hours of daylight: 15:34

A. Morning Musings

6:15 am It is +7 C with a high forecast of +14 C.

Here are the news.

CBC Headline: Alfredsson Sends Senators To Cup Final

Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored 9:32 into overtime as the visiting Senators captured the NHL's Eastern Conference title with a 3-2 victory Saturday in Game 5 of their series against the top-ranked Buffalo Sabres. It must be a very quiet day in the newsroom when a hockey score makes the top headline.

Canadian Headline: see above

Australian Headline: (from The Australian): Hicks Taken To Adelaide Jail

Confessed terrorist supporter and Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks has arrived at Adelaide's Yatala prison to serve the rest of his nine-month sentence, after his flight landed earlier this morning. It is fascinating to me that a young man who's claim to fame is that he attended a terrorist camp becomes a regular headline story.

B. Actual/Notes

6:55 am The coffee is ready. I will begin the day with a cuppa and a little Dostoevsky. That feels right this morning. I am still having difficulty realizing that this is the first long weekend in May and that all the eager campers are out. It is a bit cool for a tent at the moment but the predicted rain has failed to materialize which is a good thing for them.

C. Plan

Immediate
Literature	Read & make notes for book 11 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