Happy Patriots' Day!
Today is Patriots' Day here in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts (also in Maine and--oddly-- observed as a public school holiday in Wisconsin). Patriots' Day is celebrated with obscenely early-hour reenactments of the first battles of the American Revolution in Lexington and Concord. It's also the day the Boston marathon is run now. It's a day off from work few other people have, so it feels special. Today, to celebrate the consistent warmth of the past week I'm taking the insulating caulk and plastic off the house's windows. Nothing like fresh air! Of course, every year when this happens I expect a cold snap, just to teach me not to expect spring to show up anytime before mid-May. We New Englanders are a cautious lot when it comes to weather.
I have the day off from MIT. I think I might go for a walk later, but for now I think I'll do a bit of writing. Nothing affords the chance the get work done like a day off!