From the Austin-American Statesman, some stuff about the freakish weather we just had here in Texas: Weather improves, but driving doesn't and Snow, ice leave at least 14 dead.

Almost everything was closed yesterday and off to a late start today. I didn't get to work until about 1pm, and that was after scraping ice off the apartment stairs. I spent all day Tuesday holed up in my apartment. It was kinda fun actually. I never got out of my pajamas, and I was able to catch up with some studying. I tookoccasional breaks to read email, post notices to the University's main web site, and peek outside at the freezing rain and icicles.

This freak storm in Texas makes these images of a freak snow storm in the middle east all that more precious. I love the one with the two Hasidic men building a snowman. If only it could stay this peaceful and happy looking.

I do have to admit that by the end of the evening I was getting some serious cabin fever. I was eager to get in to work today, if only for a change of scenery! Still, it was some warm and cozy time at home. I picked out stuff for wedding registries online and made shrimp scampi for dinner. (First time I've ever done that and I was THRILLED with the way it came out.)

There's lots of interesting things in the news today. The "Story Images" along the left side of this article are pretty powerful: Recyclers Pledge to Cut E-Waste. I had no idea it was this bad! I've never thrown away any computer equipment - it still seems too ... usable and expensive to me to simply throw away. Hell, I think the very first one my family ever owned - a Zenith that had two 5.5 drives and no harddrive - is still in the garage somewhere! I'd thought about recycling a lot of them these past few weeks, but these images give me pause. What the heck am I going to do with this old stuff?

This was also an interesting article: Chipping Away at Workers' Privacy.

A few nifty things in science news too: Pioneer 10 Spacecraft Sents Last Signal To Earth and NASA starts countdown to Mars mission. Also, Palaeontologists say a new fossil find from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania could simplify our understanding of the origin of humans.

More stuff to post, but I'll do that later.

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