A Whale of a Snow Sculpture

Schofield School Dance

Sledding at Warren Park

My Two Cars

To give an idea of how much snow we have been getting, here is a picture of my two cars in the just-shoveled driveway:



In the rear is my commuting car (tan Audi), and in front is my other car (a 1984 red Alfa Romeo Spider).

Yes, I actually been very diligent about keeping snow off the soft-top of the Alfa.

UPDATE FOR MY COMMENTER:

As you cannot see from the picture posted what I can see first hand, I just took some additional photos.

Also, I measured the thickness of accumulation on top of the soft-top (well, on top of the tarp) - it is less than one inch. This less than one inch accumulation was actually ice from the New Year's Eve storm that I didn't want to try to remove until the weather had warmed to the point that I wasn't at risk of damaging the tarp by removing it. Given the accumulation we have had so far this winter, I do believe I meet the threshold for "diligent".

BTW, today is that day I can remove the ice, as we have finally exceeded freezing, albiet by one degree.

Trashed: Christmas in Wellesley

Katie and I made the prestigious Wellesley Townsman in the hard hitting investigative piece Trashed: Xmas in Wellesley.

Katie and I were asked why we were going to the local dump on the busiest day of the year.

“We have lots of stuff,” Paul Pyzowski said after he and his 9-year-old daughter, Katie, pushed a whole box full of cardboard into its respective recycling area.

Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease

JAMA study as summarized by CNN:

"People with Parkinson's disease who have a pacemaker-like device implanted in the brain spend an extra four-plus hours a day free of tremors and involuntary movements than they do on medication, according to the largest study of the treatment, which is known as deep brain stimulation....

"* Brain implant gave Parkinson's patients more tremor-free hours daily than meds
* Deep brain stimulation delivers electrical impulses to movement control center
* Surgery is complicated, carries risks including infection, depression
* Treatment, introduced in 1990s, becoming more widely accepted"

Happy New Year!

Once again we brought in the New Year with chocolate fondue (and sledding).