It's snowing in Wales

Yes, the one in Massachusetts.

It's been snowing for hours. It's the fine, little flakes that fill the sky and take forever to accumulate, so we've only added 2" to the snow already piled high on the ground.

The 4-8" of snow that we were supposed to get the rest of today (followed by another 1-3" tonight) has been downgraded to 3-6". Lest you think this good news, I will also mention that the 0.3" of ice that was forecast is now listed at 0.8" of ice.

My meeting in Cambridge tonight was cancelled. My class at the elementary school gym here in Wales was cancelled. I have a holiday box of Lush treats from lsanderson and fresh, clean sheets on the bed. The only drawback to the day and night ahead is that the Cocoa Latte is with the rest of the Reno party supplies that I left at the NESFA Clubhouse. I don't have to have the Cocoa Latte to make hot cocoa; the small kitchen appliance just makes cocoa dead simple and frothy, too.

Oh, there is that little matter of having piles and piles of stuff that needs doing, um, now.

Fortunately, they're pretty much all inside projects.. Win-win.

Stay warm, everybody.

Improbable Perspectives

I picked up another Improbable Research Investigator credit today, thanks to Marc Abraham's deft and speedy handling of the football & concussions announcement and news link that I sent his way last night.

Yes, Mr. Improbable himself knew the exact link to the "makes people LAUGH" part of our mission. When I first read the CNN article, I went straight from the "well, duh" moment to the "then makes them THINK" stage.

Wander on over to Improbable.com to read all about Woodpecker Brains and the Super Bowl.

While you're there, you can also take a look at the latest I issue of the Annals of Improbable Research, chock full of coverage of this year's Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony and related goings-in. Though I must say -- and from extensive, highly personal experience with the printed magazine, the PDFs, and the html -- the high-res PDF has all the pictures at full size, as big as subscribers see them in the printed magazine....and they're in color, too.

Big fun. New subscribers always welcome. :-)