summer is coming

But it ain't here yet. The boats are frequent but unfilled, the restaurants open on weekends to train their new staff, the checkers idly gossip in Russian at the grocery store. All is expectant, awaiting the summer people, hoping that recession will stay on the mainland and bypass the little island in the sea.

For some good news, other than J's Champagne breakfast, check out Ray Kurzweill's predictions at the recent World Science Festival: competitive solar in five years, all clean energy in twenty, magic diet pills, etc. in this New York Times article.