Sandra and I are going to North Adams for the night. We will stay at The Porches at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) and see Sweet Honey in the Rock. North Adams is about 100 miles away, in the northwestern corner of the state. It may take us two-and-a-half hours on the two-lane roads. We'll go through many small towns, such as Florida, and then around the hairpin turn on Route 2 into the city.

Sandra's parents will take care of Marley, which he won't mind a bit. Last night, though, he hurt his foot and been less than enthusiastic this morning. These things tend to take care of themselves, but we'll take him to the vet on Monday if he's not better.

I may work from home for a bit this morning. Sandra has a dentist appointment and we plan to be on our way by 11:00 or so. Yesterday I finished a script (a small program) that converted a document in just the way that I wanted, only to discover that my solution worked with Firefox, but not Internet Explorer. The solution is tantalizingly close. We need to have something working by Tuesday of next week.

The Eastern Graphic is a weekly newspaper that serves the eastern end of Prince Edward Island. There's an ad in this week's classified section that says, and I am not making this up, "Phone disconnected? This is your lucky day. Call now to get reconnected at the cheapest price.... Call Easy Reconnect at 1-877-xxx-xxxx." That's right up there with a solar-powered night light.

Lori's on her way to Los Angeles today. We had a nice email exchange the other day, mostly about options for her to get wireless Internet connectivity. She can't get DSL in her new apartment and the TV signal is from satellite, not cable. She'd rather not have to get a landline just for dial-up access. (She uses her cell phone as her only phone.) In many cases we can deal with the big things, such as moving across the country or changing jobs, only to find that the things we expect to be easy, such as Internet access, are the things that give us the most trouble.