May 9, 2016 9 AM Update

As we head into the 9 o’clock hour we are up to 51 degrees on our way up to 61 or maybe 64 degrees. Things are really greening up in the city and there are nothing but fair weather clouds this morning. There are too many months of brown without leaves in Albany.

Definitely a nice day. I know when I have to head between buildings at work today, I’ll go above ground rather than the dark and dank tunnels downtown.

Three weeks from now will be Memorial Day with all the parades and such. While I’ve been waiting for summer forever, it still seems like Memorial Day is early this year with the cold April and May. I wonder how much of Moose River Plains will be open this year, I’ll though I doubt I’ll be heading up that way this year for the holiday weekend. In related news, six weeks until the official start of summer and eight weeks until the fourth of July. All Mondays this year, although since early 1970s, Memorial Day has been a Monday.

Today back in 1964, Ngô Đình Cẩn, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family’s toppling, is executed. This would be a factor that would lead to the American involvement in the disastrous Vietnam War.

Almost to work. Have a great day!