Good morning! It's Monday and time to get in gear. Lord, help us make the best of this week ahead. It's another brisk morning here in the Souhegan Valley at only 35°F. Hopefully these cool mornings end soon. We're down to our last 200 lbs of wood fuel. A fresh 6000 lbs comes in early May to be used next winter.
Happy Patriots Day! Dropped the girls off at school. The Race™ starts in an hour. Looks like the weather will cooperate. Because of the Iceland volcano eruptions, several racers from overseas are no-shows. Wonder how this will affect the outcome.
"If I confused correlation and causality the way some do, I’d be tempted to say that socialism causes volcanic clouds!" [Hat tip: (related link) ].
My girls are home from school. They both had their one mile runs today. Little known fact: real running is far harder than it is on WiiFit+. Congrats to Claire who was the fastest girl in her class.
Back from a great Step class at Golds. So glad that the sun came out today and it's 60F.
Back from an Opus Dei Circle. yawn Good night all! I bet I'm asleep in ten minutes or less.
Bookmarks I made today:
Droid Incredible review -- Engadget
Comment: An HTC-made, Verizon-locked device sporting a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 8GB of internal storage, 748MB of ROM, a microSD slot (with support for up to 32GB cards), an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and autofocus, 480 x 800 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, and most importantly, Android 2.1.
Excerpt: Let's just put this out there: the Droid Incredible is the best Android device that you can purchase in America right now. It's better than the Droid, better than the Nexus One, and certainly beats the pants off of any previous generation handsets like the Eris, myTouch, or Cliq. It's not just a ver...
Faith of the Early Fathers: Three-Volume Set
Comment: At Gus Lloyd's recommendation, just ordered this. http://amzn.com/0814610250
Excerpt: Taken together, these three volumes represent a basic English-language reference book of patristic works. Volume 1 ends circa 382; Volume 2 concludes with Julian of Eclanum (d. 454); Volume 3 ends with St. John of Damascene (d. 749).
This Is Apple's Next iPhone - Iphone 4 - Gizmodo
Comment: I'm thinking either this was an intentional accident meant to leak details or someone's head is gonna roll in Cupertino.
Excerpt: You are looking at Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details.
Benedict XVI Celebrates Fifth Anniversary Of Pontificate
Comment: Happy 5th Anniversary Pope Benedict XVI !!
Excerpt: VATICAN CITY, 19 APR 2010 (VIS) - Benedict XVI today celebrates the fifth anniversary of his election as Pope. On 19 April 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, succeeding Pope John Paul II, became the 264th successor of St. Peter.
Unemployment filings
Comment: "We are beginning to turn the corner ... the worst of the storm is over".
