Apr. 11th, 2010

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Saturday 10- I did my stretches, ran a mile, lifted weights, and rode my bike.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 46 and 77 degrees, SSW winds 10 to 14 MPH, humidity around 13 percent, somewhat clear skies with lenticular clouds flowing off the mountains to the west.
According to the National Weather Service: “Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south between 18 and 21 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Breezy, with a southwest wind between 14 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.”
I went over to Stoney’s after Roger Smith called and told me that the locks on the garage were missing. Everything looked like it was there and nothing I or Roger could see was missing, except the locks. We found new locks and put them on, but the mystery remains; who took the locks?
I called Family and Friends throughout the day. Seimi came by to collect a book he had lent me that I haven’t read yet, so he could give it to another friend of his to read. We chatted for a spell and he mentioned that Brother Michael (I’ve never met him but I can see his house from where I live) had been found dead in his home after many months without anybody seeing him. Only after a neighbor found his truck when the strong winds of two weeks ago had blown down some plywood that had sheltered his truck from view, and called the police. On the front of his house there are these large words painted in black: He Is Risen. When he first moved up here he handed out twenty dollar bills to some folks in our area, otherwise he kept to himself. I hope he finally found peace!
I went for my evening walk listening to Astro 10: General Astronomy: How Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces.
Bob Vandenberg called needing assistance with a very bad Trojan Virus called “Personal Security Virus” that is a fake anti-virus program. I spent an hour on the phone with him trying to get his pictures and docs off his system but his CD drive wouldn’t recognize the CD, dang! I had him go out to WalMart and pick up a USB thumb drive and we will try that tomorrow. I’ve played around with this fake ant-virus program many times in the past and the best thing to do is get your files off and do a clean install. I will try some new tricks I found first but it seems that there is always some remnants of this program lingering behind to restart again. So I found that a fresh install saves time and a lot of frustration; I will write about our efforts tomorrow.
I read aloud from the textbooks: “Astronomy Today" started the chapter on Jupiter; “The Cell: a Molecular Approach” about The Fidelity of Replication.
I spent the remainder of the evening reading “U is for Undertow” by Sue Grafton, and read it late into the night.
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.

Sunday 11

Apr. 11th, 2010 11:26 pm
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Sunday 11- I did my stretches.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 48 and 81 degrees, SSW winds 6 to 14 MPH, humidity around 17 percent, clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Monday: Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a southwest wind 13 to 16 mph increasing to between 25 and 28 mph. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a west wind 23 to 26 mph decreasing to between 13 and 16 mph. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.”
I decided that I’m just going to kick back today, rest and let my body catch up with me. I did go and finally figured out how to put the headlights on the Gross Polluter and got that done. Now I can drive it after dark and to town without the feeling that I’ll get pulled over and ticketed.
I have two more dove nests around my house. One of them is right next to my front door and has two eggs in it. I try not to go in and out that door too much so I won’t disturb the mother bird which flies away every time I go outside.
Bob Vandenberg called and said that he got his picture files off his infested computer with the USB thumb drive I told him to get at WalMart. So I instructed him on how to do a clean install that will get rid of that “Personal Security” Program that is a virus in and of its self. His computer booted up to the original factory setting and he got online and was good to go. He was going to take it down to the “Geek Squad” who said they’d fix it for $120. I thought my way of doing it was cheaper, faster, and you are sure you got it all. Bob is out the money he paid for a USB thumb drive which isn’t much these days.
I got an early start reading “U is for Undertow” by Sue Grafton, and read it late into the night and finished it. What a fantastic writer Grafton is! What a great book! She only gets better!
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.

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