Gud, that third picture would make an awesome post card. Just the right color and amount of shadow. Or, a pretty print for a prezzie. We haven't had any nasty ice here yet. It could still happen, but I definitely hope not.

Man, the news can't get over the pantsless rescue. I've seen it 4 or 5 times now.

I just ate oatmeal (not steel-cut; just regular, with applesauce and protein powder). Yum.

It was a pretty ice storm, but it was awfully hard on the trees.

We're getting our ice storm tonight. One-half to one inch of freezing rain.

I will have to try extra hard to keep my new-year's resolution to not break any limbs this winter....

I did not have oatmeal, steel- or any-other-cut. I'm a rebel!

I have absolutely fuckall to do today. However, I don't think eating oatmeal will be among my timesucks.

Also, I didn't eat oatmeal this morning.

but it was awfully hard on the trees.

It definitely can be. And the trees can be hard on people. I had a near miss after one ice storm here while walking past some huge old trees that border the sidewalks the lead up to the Capitol building. I heard this snap and a huge thud behind me and a big old branch had broken off and plummeted 30 feet or so onto the sidewalk. I don't know that it would have killed me, but it sure could have broken a few bones if it had landed on me. Still gives me shivers.

Good luck, Sue.

I saw the most hilarious fingerless gloves the other day: they had stuff embroidered across the fingers. Stuff like "Thug life." I was dying.

Sue, I'd go back to bed NOW. How could you later regret spending the week sleeping?

In "that'd be an interesting precedent" gossip news:

The former girlfriend of Ellen DeGeneres is considering legal action against both the comedienne and her new lover, Ally McBeal actress Portia De Rossi. Chat show host DeGeneres ended her four-year relationship with photographer-director Alexandra Hedison last month and is now sharing her Hollywood mansion with De Rossi, who recently split up with Ringo Starr's step-daughter Francesca Gregorini. Hedison is now planning to take palimony action against DeGeneres, and is reportedly suing De Rossi for "alienation of affection" - a legal phrase dating back to when seducing a spouse was regarded as theft. However, Richard Barry from the American Academy Of Matrimonial Lawyers tells British newspaper The Sunday Times this could be difficult to prove: "She would have to prove the seduction took place in those states which still recognize the law, like on holiday in Hawaii. If she can do that, she could cause a lot of financial damage."

I have this "alienation of affection" thing. But I don't have anyone to sue....