Firefox 4 out today!

Get it, you foxy ladies (and gents).

ALSO, Yosemite pictures on facebook here!

Yosemite, My-semity*

Last weekend we went to Yosemite and met up with Grandpa and Ben.  It was perfect and I cannot wait to tell you all about it, but first I have some mushroom pizza to enjoy with my little Wagner boys.

*Scott was pretty sure that "Yosemite" meant "Your Semity", and kept asking about "My semety?  Our semety?"

Another site

Rooting for you, TEPCO and people of Japan ...

Reading that's not from a nuclear advocacy group:  http://armscontrolwonk.com/

Hooking you up

Need a science fix?  A nice physics lesson regarding Japan's nuclear reactors: here.

Perhaps a baby fix? Luke's taking over blogging about our boys: here.

Japan's Fukushima-Daiichi Reactor

I am nearly isolated from the media right now (yesterday, my mom had to call us when there was a Tsumani warning because she correctly knew we wouldn't hear), but I've still heard a lot of fear based reporting on Japan's nuclear power plants.  Some of it is irresponsible, some of it is just the nature of reporting.  There has to be a STORY.  (For instance, Mozilla has been getting a lot of press about the upcoming Firefox 4 release.  Even though they are a confirmed non-profit and their CEO repeats that firmly in every interview, there's a lot of buzz about the company going public.  Which they're not.  No IPO.  None.  If there is, we'll buy us a California house and you can all come live here.  But that's not happening.)

Two calm sites on the status of the reactor:

http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/information-on-the-japanese-earthquake-and-reactors-in-that-region

http://www.iaea.org/press/

And my summary: There has been damage to the nuclear power plant, including an explosion this morning that happened outside the primary fuel containment structure and didn't damage the actual reactor.  At this point the damage has all been economic and no people or environment has been harmed.

The tale of Scott and a snail

I do a stroller run with friends every Tuesday morning.  Scott does GREAT with Mark: holding his hand (usually not too tightly) and talking to him or "reading" him books.  We run along Steven's Creek Trail under 2 highways and over one (on a huge pedestrian bridge where I taught Scott to yell "Go Mommy!") and to the NASA Research property.  Here we let the children out for a break.  Scott has been finding snails and last week the snails were all locked in their shells!  We think this is because of the unusual freezes out here; they sealed themselves in for protection.

Ever seen snails like this?

Snuggling