Time zone issue...

It would appear that everything timestamped by my computer since entering the Eastern Time zone reflects Central Time. This is no longer an issue (at least, not until I change time zones again without making the corresponding change on my laptop).

We now return you to your regularly scheduled... whatever.

Cheers...

A marvelous word...

...even if not all that useful.

From a Samidata post on media spin:

What's really damaging to the BBC's credibility and to the honesty of public debate is what is next.

The crime costs the economy about £1.7bn a year, according to government estimates, with 171,488 cases coming to light in the UK during 2006. Recent surveys suggest as many as one in four people may have been affected by identity theft.

"Surveys" by whom? I wonder if the reporter knows. I can guess: Experian. But I can not readily find where this headline comes from. It appears in a more nuanced version on the National Identity Fraud Prevention Week site as...

"A quarter of the UK population has been affected by identity fraud or knows somebody who has."

My emphasis. Not remotely the same thing. I know several Catholics quite well. My catechumenacy is a distant unlikelihood.

From the context, it was clear to me what was meant, and the similarity of the word "catechumenacy" to "catechism" supported that understanding, but I had never heard of "catecumenacy."

Google to the rescue!

A catechumen, apparently, is a person receiving instruction in the principles of Christianity, with a view to baptism. The "-acy" suffix creates a noun denoting state, quality, condition, or act of being a catechumen.

Obviously, I have a lot of free time this morning. I have some loud mechanical road noise to thank for that.

Cheers...

Taking it easy...

I've returned from taking Natalie to the airport. Going there was a lot less stressful, traffic-wise, than coming back.

I am sad, but dealing with it.

Cheers...