Heavier Snow

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I tried trekking through blowing wind and knee-high snow to the grocery. Wow, it’s pretty extreme out there. And the grocery was closed, too. On the bright side, I have a veritable army of eight nine ten mini-snowmen eleven mighty snowminions guarding my windowsill. (see melt.mov)

USA Jobs

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USA Jobs. The one-stop shop for all your Evil Empire Employment needs.

Snowball Botany

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Today I watered my plants by getting snow off the outside windowsill, packing it into little snowballs, and leaving them in the pots to melt. Now I’m wondering if you’re allowed to do that.

This is excellent snowball snow; soft and fluffy, but squeezes into a tough, moldable throwing mass. Too bad I have no one to attack. I’ll just settle for making little craters in the snow pack on the sidewalk below my window.

Heavy Snow

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So where were you when Google bought Blogger? Me, I was sitting by the window, watching the heaviest blizzard I have ever seen in my life dump over a foot of serious snow on Little Italy. It’s beautiful from inside, but I don’t think I’m going to church today. Or the grocery tonight. Or work tomorrow. Or school the next day. Gosh, have I bought enough duct tape to feed me for that long?

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Frozen Harbor

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In answer to the question as to whether Baltimore Inner Harbor ever freezes over, the answer is yes.

Electric rental boats hibernate through the winter.

Photos taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP SD.

“Asinine and Benighted”

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Tonight I have a group exercise in the sound booth at MICA: we each need to record a 2-3 minute reading of any text we choose. I’ve narrowed my selection down to either Lamentations 3 or The Ultimate Flame. Which should I read?

Update: I did the Flame. In my Home Shopping Network voice.