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Snowbound
“High today: Not very”
The beginning of today’s weather forecast on the radio at 6:50 AM. Specifically, the high is expected to be between -5oF (-21oC) and 0oF (-18oC). Temperature at the time: -9oF (-23oC). But I am coping
“Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?”
When think about Perham the incident I just wrote about dominated my thoughts on Sunday afternoon and evening. That same problem individual was responsible for needlessly distressing someone else on Saturday.
However, these are colgaffneyis problems. None of them can be blamed on the Perham Pioneer Festival. We were made to feel very welcome and it was a lovely event, well worth the long drive.
Another Minnesota bridge!
Irish workshop–Saturday night and Sunday
High Mass
Incense is psychoactive: Scientists identify the biology behind the ceremony
New study in The FASEB Journal shows how and why molecules released from burning incense in religious ceremonies alleviate anxiety and depression
Sadly, in general the Episcopal churches in Minnesota do not use incense nearly as much as those in Chicagoland.
By way of Dvorak Uncensored and this post in episcopal.
Chicago in the Twin Cities
Walking
Walked the skyway over lunch hour both yesterday and today. The usual–from Government Center to the Hyatt Regency and back. I am looking forward to warmer weather so I can go outside. There is essentially one way to walk much more than a mile on the skyway and I need a change of scenery.
Lunch hour
I started out from Government Center in the Skyway, but after a short time realized that the weather outside was not bad at all (50oF/10oC and fair), so I went outside and walked southwest along 3rd Ave, around the far side of the Convention Center, then northeast on LaSalle for most of the return trip.
I stopped at the downtown Barnes & Noble before going back to the office. This had the useful result that I was able to look at a few books that had interested me when I read their listings at Amazon.com. A few minutes of browsing convinced me that they were not worth buying after all.
Lunch itself was a bag of raw vegetables at my desk. Fear not that I becoming overly virtuous: I had blue cheese dressing with them. Also, last night Mia made Chicago-style pizza for our dinner.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 