Yes, your roomate tells me that she heard your neighbor walk outside and then say "Oh, fucking fuck."

I would have said the same thing if I'd been planning to drive to work. That's a lot of goddamn shoveling, especially with heavy, wet snow.

ick rain. am happy I do not have to go outside from the subway to get into my office.

ION - I have a new Dr. - saw her this morning and it will be one stop Dr-ing for me and mac. YAY!

IOON re: feeling old at work. I called someone "son" yesterday when he was being a smartass to me. Everyone looked at me odd. I am pretty sure, most of them are close to 10 years younger than me, they just don't know it.

We have a snow day. I got the call at 5:30, turned off my alarm, and slept till 10. I have to go up to school at some point and get the cat, who, I'm sure is sure she's staaaaaarving.

Sorry, Miracleman. I'm just glad it's not us getting the snow, finally.

We celebrated Liv's birthday by eating cake for breakfast.

Is anyone following the Anonymous/Project Chanology stuff?

I've been reading on it a bit.

The thing that I just can't wrap my brain around is why people still join. There's the crazy tom cruise shit and the xenu and the clams. Scientology is a laughing stock, isn't it?

I miss snow days so much! Don't miss the unrelenting cold, though.

Fwiw, Jessica, I understand how you feel. I always preferred the snow to the cold rain in the winter. Rain is so much more depressing.

Mostly I'm just cranky with everyone who's freaking out about the snow. "YES, IT IS A LOT OF SNOW. So what? It happened, like, yesterday, and two weeks ago, and the week before that. Have you lost your long-term memory? The the hell is wrong with you people? We have the infrastructure and equipment to deal with this. It's not like it's snowing at the equator!"

Hee--The March of the Librarians, the ALA Midwinter Conference covered like a nature documentary.

Allyson, have you read Under the Banner of Heaven? It's written by the same guy who wrote Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer. My friend David told me yesterday that it is the best nonfiction he's ever read, and I would think it might appeal to you, too. It's about the history of Mormonism and spends some time dissecting the more radical and bizarre aspects of its history/faith. I need to pick it up; I'm very intrigued.

The thing that I just can't wrap my brain around is why people still join.

From what I can see, people join for the same reason they try fad diets: this time, if they only try hard enough, they'll become slim and lovely people whom everybody will love! And maybe they'll get to meet John Travolta! (Okay, the grapefruit diet does not involve meeting celebrities, unless they do their own grocery shopping.)

What's funny to me is how, despite all the hoopla, Scientology is actually a really tiny bunch of people. Wikipedia says there are only 55,000 of them in the US. Shoot, I could probably find more people in this country who think the world is flat!