Weather Report

Heavy December rains and snow lead me to consider the issues of global warming. Although the US is set to benefit from warmer winters, the south Pacific is already experiencing the effects of global warming. The US is the ONLY major country where the legislative leaders question the reality of the effects of a warmer earth. During the next 10 years we will witness the deaths and damages directly attributable to changes in weather. The Cancun Conference http://www.daraint.org made several things clear. We can no longer worship at the altar of Adam Smith,

SF Giants Rule Forever

Now that the Giants are the world champions, one would think that all those "friends" who took me to task for supporting Barry Bonds would call me to say they have been wrong. Bond holds more baseball records than any other player and had a real role in building this team. Oh well, next year - the Oakland A's.

Waiting for the Crown

Now that the San Francisco Giants have won the first two games, we are entitled to hope for 2 more wins. Then, everyone who has trash-talked my favorite player Barry Bonds can hear me say "I told you so!" Stay tuned.

New Computer

After 25 years of using a personal computer for the first time my hard disk failed. I thought everything was properly backed up. It wasn't! Now the transfer from XP tp Windows 7 also fails. I was able to save all my word processing material but so far have been unable to recover several years of financial records. Worst of all, my genealogy data is still not on the new machine. There may be a message hidden in there somewhere. Tomorrow will be the first game of the World's Series here in SF. Keep your fingers crossed.

Keith

Computer Woes

For the past 3 weeks, after my older computer died, I have been struggling to get my new machine working - a Gateway. I can only use it in "safe" mode and that is frustrating. Pray for me.

WHO IS THE WINNER? ND or Golf

Congratulations to ND state agencies for continuing investigation into issue of ground water dangers.

NEW YORK(Reuters) - Dallas-based Denbury Resources said it stanched an oil and fracturing fluid leak froma broken well in North Dakota, and will plug the well withcement later Friday before investigating the cause the two-dayleak.

The well near Killdeer, North Dakota spewed 246 barrels ofcrude and 2,200 barrels of fresh fracking fluid - a water-basedmixture containing chemicals -- before it was suppressed withdrilling mud early on Friday.

At Least It's Not Earl

As we listen to reports about hurricane Earl, we have been reminded that we live surrounded by several active faults. "Is this a precursor of the big one?" Who knows. Perhaps!

Magnitude 3.3 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA

Shades of BP

Even a small spill like this should cause North Dakotas residents to be a little uneasy.

"There are more than 5,000 wells now producing more than 320,000 barrels of oil a day in western North Dakota, a record amount. As of Wednesday, there were 142 rigs drilling new wells in the state, at the rate of about one well per rig per month."

Jason's New Job

After searching since graduation last May, grandson Jason is in the process of being hired by St. Vincent's School for Boys in San Rafael. The school is operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco through Catholic Charities and Catholic Youth Organization. We keep our prayers focused on this process and pray that the employment process soon be completed.

The King, The President and Me

I don't know if King Harald is part of the Nobel selection process, but his views and mine coincide with President Obama's views.

The Norway Post: "King Harald's
New Year speech to the nation
Excess consumption, the climate crisis, the
hunt for profit, intolerance and 'Berlin Walls' that create hate and mistrust
were the main themes of King Harald's traditional speech to the nation on New
Year's Eve.
King Harald fears that excess consumption at the worst may
create a dramatic imbalance in the global climate. He urges us all to take this
challenge seriously, in order that our earth may be passed on to new
generations."