Good Morning Thursday

Looks like things were pretty quiet last night in England, thank goodness. Prime Minister Cameron had said yesterday that "nothing is off the table" for British police, "including water cannons."

Oh nooooooooooo! Not the dreaded water cannons!

Three people were murdered, countless buildings burned, property destroyed, people no doubt injured here and there, not to mention the rampant looting. After the first few hours of the first night, they should have brought in tear gas or stun guns or something useful. You cannot control a riot with batons. Not to mention, the police should not have to put themselves in that sort of hand-to-hand combat situation, when it's unnecessary.

On a vastly more pleasant note, Deborah is in Hawaii and I am so jealous! Kathy's now in California, also at the beach in the San Fran area. Keep those photos coming. :-|

Why is it that I always get 78-point words in the Words With Friends games where I don't need them, and 11-point words in the games where I do? Also, I'd like to trade letters with myself between games. I've usually got one game with a rack full of consonants and some other one where I'm trying to place seven vowels.

We got Logitech's Google TV box set up last night. It very recently went from $250 to $100, so we thought we'd try it out. (We use the PS3 for streaming, but it doesn't work with everything, like Amazon.) Google TV has a few annoyances, like the search function searches everything but Netflix. When we want to watch a movie or TV show, Netflix is the first place we look, because we have a paid subscription. On Google TV, you have to use the Netflix app or go to the web interface to search Netflix. If it isn't there, you can go to the general search to locate it on Amazon or other sources. Another big drawback- currently Google TV does not work with Hulu, which is always our second choice for streaming on the PS3. Hopefully they'll work out their differences soon and we will be able to access Hulu via the box. A big software upgrade is coming soon. Crossing my fingers it will be helpful!

It does look like Google TV will be a nice thing to have, either way. There are tons of things (including music) streaming, and of course you can Facebook or Skype or do anything you do on the web, and view your own photos/videos on the television, etc. Fun!