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I’m pretty sure the ground hog saw his shadow a few weeks back, but the weather here continues to blow.
Predicted: 4″ to 8″ of white stuff by tomorrow.
UPDATE: 7:52PM - We’re now supposed to get 12″. Have not seen anything yet.
UPDATE: +1 Day 8:03AM - 8.5 Inches and still coming down.

Last night I trekked down to Glastonbury, CT to see the Banff Mountain Film Festival
Although there were a lot more commercials this year, it was still a great show. Most impressive was a mountain bike movie that hoisted remote control cameras high over the dewey forest floor, and followed the bikers for […]

If you’re bored at lunch, give this a try. Think of an object. Answer a few basic questions about it… and, like magic, the computer will tell you what it is. (I happened to “win” with the object “an envelope”)
Check out Artificial Intelligence in action: WebOddity

Those who know me know that I complain about the local television news. Basically, it’s crap. Unless you want to hear about some impending snow storm, the size of the pot holes in some neighborhood, or what J.Lo is going to wear to the Oscars, you’re out of luck. Why not report […]

And I thought I had some rough run-ins with the ladies.
Alaska Woman Charged in Genital Amputation

Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Anita Shell said police received a call just after midnight that a 44-year-old man had been dropped off by his girlfriend at Providence Hospital with amputated genitals.
“It was brutal, brutal,” Shell said.
The man’s name has […]

“Nothing isn’t Real”
-Flava Flav referring to his reality TV show, Strange Love .

I was mesmorized by an essay I stumbled upon by George Orwell written almost 60 years ago. It seems they used to give much more consideration to the power of words. This essay, written in 1946, laments the decay of the english language and prescribes some antedotes. I fear, nearly 60 years hence, we […]

The weather outside is frightful. 5 to 8 inches of snow likely today and tonight. This time, I think I’ll leave my car buried in the snow and take the T to work.
UPDATE: We got two inches. Yes… another hyperbolized forecast from the local news.