(Title of this post is the first sentence of the introduction to No Pity by Joseph P. Shapiro ( Read more... )

This is going to sound potentially lame, but I watched the Academy Awards and almost felt like I was physically present at them, and like I had friendly relations with the celebrities. I know I'm grasping at straws here, but whatever, it's true. Haha. Like, they didn't seem all that much different than myself, and I wanted to be there taking all of ( Read more... )

A local town has made the BBC newsfeed!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6355981.stm

"Reports from New York state say 10 days of heavy snowfall has left snowdrifts of up to 12ft (3.7m) deep - a record if confirmed by meteorologists ( Read more... )

I've done this thing several times in the past, and it's always kind of staggeringly accurate.


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It's snowing. Just lightly, but it's snowing. And sticking. We've had one snowfall here earlier this month, but this seems more notable to me because I think it's been falling since sometime last night. I vaguely remember lying half-asleep in my bed last night, my mom and I on the phone with my grandma, and hearing her say: "Yup, it's snowing. Son ( Read more... )