Friday morning: A day off . . .

1. I do feel a little guilty about having Good Friday off, even though I am not a practicing Catholic. [It's hard to explain. I believe in much of the Catholic/Christian philosophy, but I believe in other thinsg too. I do not go to church at this point, so the point of the day is sorta lost.

2. I think the plan for today involves driving the back roads of Vermont on my way to Rutland to hit the health food co-op and a couple of other places. I will haul the camera out, I think. I do need to go get pictures of the lambs on Route 29.

3. Here are the Hugo nominations if you have not seen them. I have to wonder about John Scalzi being nominated for best novel and as "best fan writer."

4. This was interesting: I called my bank about the Hannaford situation where credit card numbers were exposed, and the guy -- who said he shops there too -- said it would be best *not* to cancel the debit card and that they were being extra vigilant and would reimburse any illegal transactions.

5. We got an inch or two of snow last night. I thought it was Spring.

Friday morning: Part The Second . . .

1. I guess I *am* addicted to coffee. I could hear the coffee maker *click* as it kept the coffee hot, and, in a rather Pavlovian way," I got up and filled by cup. I am still drinking Foglifter from Cool Beans.

2. I wonder how many other folks follows "Doonesbury" and "For Better, For Worse." Interesting story lines going on with each of those. I hate to admit it, but I really cannot deal with "Get Fuzzy" any more. It has lost its edge,

3. On the sportswriters' board, someone asked: "What five things do you wish you had written?"

One list included two gems that I highly recommend. One is an amusing series of "guy answers" from Reick Reilly, to the question, "Why are we here>" and the other is Jim Murray's piece after he returned to work after losing his "good" eye.

"Funny You Should Ask"

"If You're Expecting One-Liners"