January 2005 Archives

I found some cool frost patterns on a window in my apartment. This is my interpretation of them:

I've survived the dreaded Blizzard of 2005 this weekend. The Boston area had about 29 inches of snow complemented by 50+ mph gusts of wind and near zero temperatures creating -15 degree windchills. Just lovely.

The wind created snow drifts like the one shown in this picture of Pearl in the parking lot behind my apartment building:

I dug her out but didn't go anywhere because while the streets appear to be plowed (thanks to having a City councilman living on my block), nothing is open, plus I think it's illegal to park on the street or any of the City parking lots until the state of emergency is lifted by the Governor.

Most of the local city schools are closed on Monday...don't know if my office will be open, probably. I'll be happy to get out of the house.

By popular demand, here's a few alternative manga-style portraits of me...of course now I look like an acid tripping Doonesbury character:

I was surfing the net during my lunch break and I found this cool site called ABI-Station which creates a manga-style portrait of you. Okay, so the hair style is, shall we say generous, so this is more like me ten years ago than now, and the smile indicates a bit medicated with Vitamin P. Anyhow, it's still pretty cool.

This is what my friend Rob would categorize as a "Time Sucks" web site. Hope you enjoy!

I found this cartoon this morning on my 2005 Daily Dilbert calendar and laughed so hard I'm certain a portion of my green tea passed through my nose. Yes, I've experienced moments similar to this one when meeting new ladies...giving serious thought to being completely (read "self-destructively") honest:

Here's a photo my Mom took of me and my friend Debbie just before we left for Jennie & David's wedding reception:

While visiting friends and family in Buffalo over New Year's Day weekend, I took a trip with my folks to visit the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens in South Park.

My Mom wanted to check out the seasonal pointsettia display and see what else was growing in the Conservatory. Here's my folks in front of the giant Christmas tree.

We were very fortunate to discover that our visit to see the pointsettias overlapped with the beginning of the orchid blooming period. Here's a bunch of photos I took of these amazing flowers:

On New Year's Eve I attended my friend Jennie's wedding. Check out these photos from the festivities.

The bride and groom, Jennie and David: