Veterans Day, 10:35 am: What a nice semi-sunny day for a holiday. The air is cool and crisp, and compared to recent days the humidity is relatively low. I should probably turn on my NOAA weather radio to see if this will continue.

Yesterday while in Presque Isle, I was pricing new computers. Mine seems antiquated by today’s standards, yet still works well; it’s just a little slow. It must be all the additional software running in the background, like my automated weather station and my Internet security software. My biggest complaint isn’t price or selection; it is whatever I buy will be outdated by the end of next week. I am sure you’ve heard that before. It is impossible to keep up with computer technology. I recently saw or heard on the news that Iran is limiting Internet connection speeds within their country to 128 kbs. Lucky them, my normal dial-up connection speed is 28.8 kbs. Iranians have faster connections speeds then I have?

Our new dog, Cosmo, is doing great. He’s a clever fellow: He sits in front of our refrigerator trying to figure out how to open the door, at least that’s what I think he’s doing. Border collies are very intelligent dogs. If they knew how to play chess they would probably win. For the time being he’s content running circles around our other dogs – it’s part of his herding instinct.

Current values from our wireless Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 45.1° (F.)

Barometer: 29.972 & steady

Humidity: 60%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles under the scattered cloud base

Skies: Variable cloudiness

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 35.5° (F.) 2:01 am

High wind: 7 mph at 2:44 am