our alarm clock is one of those "atomic clocks." it has a little antenna and updates its own time, so it is accurate to the second. we have the radio set to NPR and every morning when the alarm goes off we get the news of the hour. for a long time i woke up every singe morning to "there was another suicide bombing in israel." (which probably explains some of my views on that whole matter) today i woke up with the news that i had missed yet another california earthquake. i am beginning to realize that perhaps this is not the best way to start my day.