Olympic Fever

Like many, I am truly enjoying watching the Winter Olympics on TV. I admire humans who push their bodies to the limit and defy the laws of gravity and physics. I imagine the exhiliration they must feel at achieving such pinnacles, of knowing their names will be forever etched in the Olympic history books.  I …

On cake and misnamed holidays

Instead of being in school, thousands of school children are sitting at home today, on a holiday we've come to know as Presidents' Day, when in fact, the Federal law designates this holiday as Washington's Birthday. Check this out, from http://www.opm.gov:  This holiday is designated as "Washington’s Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of …

Day Four: Are we done yet?

OK, so it's day four of being snowbound. Actually, it's day six, but the first two days were last Saturday and Sunday, and it was all still new and pretty.  Then the reality of "what do we do with all this snow?" set in. Seriously? Where do you put all those cubic tons of frozen …