When it's Spring Time

The commute this week has been quite nice, for the main part... during spring break, there's so much less traffic - we can actually drive at freeway speeds during rush hour.

The exception was our spring blizzard. The office shut down early, and the commute home was SLOW. I'm glad that I had swapped cars with Scooter for the week (so that I could fix the radio and the window crank). The Festiva handles so much better in the snow than the Insight, which is so close to the ground that it gets high centered and/or scrapes the bottom on whatever snow is on the roads.

This mornings drive was on snowpacked freeways. It's exciting to be driving on freeways without lane markings. The car right in front of me about 2 miles from the office was moving too fast and he started fish tailing, then slid off the road. Always good for a bit of excitement. Tonight the roads were all clear. I wouldn't be surprised if by tomorrow night all the snow has melted.

And Scooter's car is "fixed", the necessary spare parts were donated by the spare parts Festiva, "Steve".

The Wizard Needs

Top 10 list from google:

1. The wizard needs food badly


2. The Wizard Needs No Bailout


3. The wizard needs to be pluggable


4. The Wizard needs to load the new Wizard image


5. The wizard's node name needs to be confirmed


6. The wizard needs Previous and Next buttons


7. The wizard needs information from users


8. The Wizard needs your teens


9. The wizard needs your help


10. The wizard needs at least 1024 x 768

We're moving...

We used to be 3.2 miles away from the Church. Then there was a ward division and we were moved into the Stake Center, which is 4.3 miles from the house. But as the church keeps growing (we have 12 units in our Stake, 4 in each building), we have the need for a new building, which will be done in June. So, we get to move again. This new building is just down the road from the house.... 5 miles down the road!

You'd think we were in Utah, where it's likely that you drive by at least one other building on the way to yours.

On a sad note, the new building is not wired for internet access, so we'll have to go back to the old way of getting/sending information - - - modem.

Mileage 2009 (Jan - Mar): Jan 1: Skate the Lake (41 mi); Crew meetings: 8 meetings that I've been to so far this year (36*8 = 272 mi); Trips to the Stake Center: 20 trips to date that I can count (170 mi); one round trip to the "close" building (6.4 mi); one round trip to the neighboring Stake Center for Regional Training: (15 mi). Numerous other trips that I can't recall, but ya gotta start somewhere: 504 mi YTD.

Ashes to Ashes

The sequel to Life on Mars is now airing on BBC/America. This time, instead of dropping in on the 70's, the cop in question drops in on the 80's... with knowledge of Sam Tyler's escapades in the 70's... also she visits the same crew that Sam was with in the original episode.

It's quirky enough that you have to pay attention and it's got enough twists to keep it from getting boring.

I made Chaelomen watch it with me... don't know if I got him hooked yet. I'll look for the second opinion.