The Weather Channel web
site is displaying the following header:
Winter Storm Atlas Forecast: Heavy Snow,
Blizzard Conditions in Parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Western Nebraska
At the same time, it
is over 80o in New York again today. So I have a simple question:
why would anyone want to live in South Dakota?
On his (relatively)
new iPhone, Barry has SIRI. For those of you who are not familiar with it,
Siri /ˈsɪri/ is
an intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator which works as an application for Apple Inc.'s iOS. The application uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform
actions by delegating requests to a set of Web
services. Apple claims that the software adapts to the
user's individual preferences over time and personalizes results.[4] The name Siri is Norwegian,
meaning "beautiful woman who leads you to victory", and comes from
the intended name for the original developer's first child.[5]
So, we asked SIRI, “why
does anyone live in South Dakota?” And SIRI answered that she had no
information on that. Being a clinical researcher at heart, I needed to know if
that was the answer she would give no matter what place we asked about. So I suggested
we ask SIRI “why does anyone live in New York City?” And SIRI came back with lots
of links to recreational activities in New York City.
So there you have it,
from SIRI. There is absolutely nothing in particular to do in South Dakota. And
so I ask again, why would anyone want to live in South Dakota?
I had a little time
this morning and started to work on the NY Times crossword puzzle. This was
wishful thinking at best, because to the best of my recollection I have never completed a Friday puzzle. I
finished about half of it in the first hour, and then was busy with other
things and had to set it aside. Then I came back to it a few hours later and
very quickly was able to finish it. A FRIDAY PUZZLE!!! But lest you be
excessively impressed with my crossword puzzle skills, I just took a look on
Rex Parker’s puzzle blog and, not surprisingly, he rated today’s puzzle as “Easy/Medium.”
Nothing like bursting my bubble!
A new exhibit called “Kiku:
The Art of the Japanese Garden,” opened for members today and will be opening
to the public tomorrow at the New York Botanical Garden. These folks have again
simply outdone themselves! I will post a few pictures but I simply cannot do
this any justice. It only runs until October 27th, so if you are in
New York and can find any time this month I do urge you to go see it. We tend
to think of chrysanthemums as “throw-away” flowers, but this will give you an
entirely new view of them.
Have a wonderful
weekend!
Love,
Rebecca
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