Wakana and I went to see The Guardian yesterday. By the end of the movie she was in tears. This morning I had to explain the role of the Coast Guard to her. She'd never heard of it before. From the movie she'd thought they were another branch of the military.

The weather has been mild lately, not too hot in the day, nice and cool in the evenings. I've heard there is an El Nino brewing. Is that so? One rumor I've heard is that the el Nino will give us this kind of weather for a long time. I hope our good luck doesn't prove the undoing of other people elsewhere.