WCVB-TV is reporting there was a one-hundred-car pileup on Interstate 95 in Attleboro Massachusetts today, due to a couple inches of snow on the ground and low visibility. Fortunately, it seems like most injuries were minor.
It’s pretty hard to imagine going back to commuting each day after a year in the home office.
Wasn’t Halley skiing only a few weeks ago, in twenty below weather? It’s two weeks until the astonomical end of winter, and usually a few more until New England can really claim to be in Spring. I was just talking with a fellow Contoocooker (Contoocookian?) and she was complaining that winter has been so looooong. It’s been cold, and the snow’s been a bit more than usual, but I can’t wait to see what comes next. To paraphrase Twain, if you aren’t griping about the weather, just wait a minute. Much as I gripe, too, living in someplace where the weather hardly ever changes would be pretty dull.
The Pathos of Blogging. In a wide-ranging interview, Vint Cerf, the serendipitously-named Father of the Internet, explains the popularity of blogging: I think this is merely an indicator that we would collectively and individually like our lives to “count” somehow and if someone finds our blogs of interest, it is confirmation that our lives and opinions are making a difference to someone. I am not that pathetic! Ok, yes I am…. [Joho the Blog]