puppetmaker | Happy New Year 2007

The Gregorian Calendar was instituted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to solve some problems of the Julian Calendar including stopping the vernal equinox from slowly drift backwards in the calendar year and since Easter is on a lunar schedule, it kept the holiday in about the same position and puts in within the limits set by the Nicaea Council. It is the mostly widely used calendar on this planet. Overall it is not a bad set up and gives us some consistency with where the holidays fall.

Weather up here in the Northeast and outside my window is rather depressing. Lots of rain and wind with no break until tomorrow. Fortunately Ariel doesn't have school until Wednesday. We can use the rain but still it is a grey day.

We're going to watch the Tournament of Roses Parade today. George Lucas is the Grand Marshall this year. I have watched the Parade on New Year for as long as I can remember.

My short-term goal is to unload the pictures from my old camera and get acquainted with my shiny new camera which I got for Christmas.

I hope each and every one of you has a great 2007.

I am grateful for the Gregorian Calendar.