MASS MoCA was great. I really enjoyed the exhibit by John Finch called "What Time is It on the Sun?" The piece in the photo to the right was my favorite. Finch took light readings one afternoon as the clouds passed overhead, casting shadows. Using that information he set up a bank of colored florescent lights and then that tangled mass of colored cellophane. To recreate the effect of the cloud moving by overhead, you walk in a circle around the bluish mass towards the bright florescent lights, and then all the way back around into the colored, shadowed light. The art captured and altered that specific natural experience in a very interesting way.

The Times was interesting this weekend, too. One small story immediately made me think of the start of a sci-fi film about the first alien encounter or maybe a space borne virus that wipes out humanity. But hopefully the astronaut just has the flu and will be better soon for walking in space.

New information is coming to light about the Société Générale scandal. Text messages between Kerviel and another person prove he was definitely not working alone, or at the very least that others knew what he was up to.

There were a lot of good political stories in the paper today. Obama's sweep, the tough choice for Republicans to use W as a campaign prop, and a nice piece on how just how much W likes earmarks, too.

Remember the paperless office dreams of the 90s? Still not here, because an email still isn't 'real' until it's printed on paper, for some people. But that perception is false, as anyone will tell you who has been convicted of a crime because of a purely digital missive. Digital is the master-copy now, and people are beginning to embrace that in their homes. I don't know if I can give up the sheer joy of holding a book in my hand just yet, but our photos are already digitally archived and perhaps next year we can do the same with receipts and other documents.

Those receipts are on my mind because it is tax time, and as much as taxes do suck, this article makes some points that are essential to remember and to appreciate. That money does a lot of good. Without it our society would certainly fail.

Okay, last 2 articles that struck me today. First one is from the Sports section, about the guy that first hired Eli Manning for the Giants. Although I'm not a big football fan, or a Giants fan at all, this is a well-written article that's just a great story and a lot of fun to read. Final article for tonight is from the Metro Section, about a building called 475 Kent. This one doesn't have a happy ending yet, but its got a better shot at it than most artist collectives.

Oh and just to keep you updated, my Mom is not going into surgery tomorrow. She needs some additional testing because of a few extra beats in her EKG results, so the surgery has been pushed till March. But she is feeling good and gettin' psyched for Bruce Springsteen later on this month.