An Interesting Thought
It occurred to me that this is the first time in my life that I’ve had real trust in my President. What an odd thing.
Weekend plans
In my new daily planner, I made a list yesterday of the things I need to do. They are roughly in order of priority: Get a present for my nephew Go to my nephew’s birthday party Learn how to use Gantt Project Create a master plan with timeline, resources, and subtasks for work Take down the Christmas tree – yes, really Get an oil change for my car Do laundry Call Mom and Gramma Pack away the clothes I’m not…
Photograph
This photo has been haunting me for days.
Obama is President
The audience wanted to celebrate but it was a stern – and brilliant – inaugural speech. I watched it in my office break room. It wasn’t my first choice for a location, but at least I got to see it with other people. Aretha Franklin! Yo-Yo Ma! And that rascal Roberts trying to get him to flub! He even skipped the part about protecting us from enemies, both foreign and domestic! But – wiping a tear and sighing happily –…
Buy John’s Book
I have been seriously remiss in my intellectual (and wifely) support! I haven’t even urged you to buy, read, and comment on hubby’s book – The Allure of Machinic Life: Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI (Bradford Books, MIT Press)! Preview The Allure of Machinic Life at Google Books. I’m a little annoyed about the title, since I preferred “The Lure of Machinic Life” to “The Allure of Machinic Life.” However, the absolutely wonderful bit on me me me…
Cold Moon
Nestled front and center against a huge cumulus cloud, the moon looks like a hole in the sky tonight. My camera can’t capture the mood, but there is a fiery/faerie halo around the whole moon. It’s beautiful. It rained last night, so the full moon was hidden, but tonight’s moon still looks pretty full to me. “Then came old January wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away; Yet did he quake and quiver, like to quell, And…