From the safe distance of six time zones, I really regret not witnessing the big storm that has hit the northeast firsthand. You see, having grown up in the Netherlands, I've never experienced a foot or more of snow. Sure, I've been skiing and such, but that's different. The climate here in the Netherlands, especially in the western parts of the country, is pretty horrible. It's long been one of my complaints, as it seems that rain and gray skies go on forever. Even on days like today, where we had blue skies, it still feels no different, because the threat of Grayness is always present. At some point in my life I will move to an area that has Real Winters and Real Summers, just so that I can experience the extremes of weather for a change.

Meanwhile, I still haven't managed to readjust completely from the 8 hour time difference between Amsterdam and Colorado. Usually I've been able to bounce right back from such distant travel, but this time I am having great trouble. Perhaps I am getting old. Perhaps I need to sleep more.

As for digging out from the metaphorical snow, I'd just like to apologize to those of you who've sent me email recently; I am working on the backlog. Fortunately, the emails I receive are polite, unlike the vitriol that more popular bloggers seem to receive. I guess the only reason I am not getting hate mail is because my blog is relatively obscure, but I would not be surprised to receive it either. It comes with the territory. Oh well. I do hope Megan will bounce back and continue to blog.

It's only 9 PM, but I am going to bed. Eventually I'll return to the proper time zone. Meanwhile, here's a cool gadget that will soon become a must-have: terahertz cameras, which finally fulfill with old cartoon favorite of X-Ray vision. You can be Superman too! (And you thought those pop-ups for webcams were annoying... wait till you see the advertizing for this one.)