Weather forecast is calling for a warmup into the fifties and rain for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Then it will turn cold once again. I was hoping for snow, but I don't think we will have anymore this winter. It looks like it may be cold, but I think it will be dry as well. We had a really wet November and December, so I wouldn't be surprised.
On the other hand, my son in Maine is saying they are expecting snow from a storm that is due to start Friday and run through Sunday. If is does happen, he said they would measure the result in feet, not inches. Unfortunately, he found out why the people they bought the house from left the snowblower behind... It doesn't work anymore!
We survived the first snow in good fashion, which is why it wouldn't bother me if we had another storm or two this year. Only, this time, I wish it would snow during the day instead of during the night when I'm asleep. I like watching it fall. It's nice and white, and quiet, usually.
We took one of our granddaughters to the movie yesterday. We had a great time and enjoy getting to spend some time with her. It won't be long before she'll be so busy in her own life we'll be an afterthought. The movie we saw was Alvin and the Chipmunks... It was cute, I guess, and the special effects in those movies are amazing. However, I can't say any chipmunk I've ever seen was the size of a large squirrel, but hey, details, details.
I began working on a new short story yesterday. Don't know what I'll do with it after I write it. Maybe a contest, maybe submit for sale. I have another one I want to write as well, and want to do that before I start going through my book again for another pass before sending to a possible publisher.
Ah! I am SOOOOO glad I don't have to go back to work after the holidays!
I saw a bit on TV where they can now teach people to be happy. Amazing! I find it interesting people need to be taught to be happy. I guess they don't learn that from their social networking or games they play on the computer.
I also saw where they are experimenting with game like devices to teach in the first grade. The children using these don't need to be taught how to use the device as it is just like the mindless video games devices they have their little faces glued to most of the time anyway. The teachers using them say the children's test scores have improved quite a bit. I guess the children feel they can gain some local fame by scoring big that way. It will be interesting to see what the retention is during the following years. If it works, and they actually learn to think as well as learn, I'm all for it. If they become more like robots and are powerless unless they have one of these devices in their hands, then I guess the government will consider them a success. Pop out the battery, and you have a robotic slave who will do anything they are told...
Many years ago I was at a seminar on databases outside of Miami. While having dinner one evening after a session, I began to talk with another man. I made a comment that I seriously felt that the use of calculators in grade school through sophomore year in high school was wrong, as the students needed to learn to use the calculator they had between their ears. Boy! This guy went off on that. I think he must have been a calculator salesman or something.
Well, on that note, I will leave you, whoever you are. I have no way of knowing if anybody is reading this or not, but I'll keep writing anyway. Good practice!
