so we're having a blizzard in nyc. a real blizzard - no hyperbolic exaggerations. by noon today there were 23 inches in central park, and that was four hours ago; it's been snowing the whole time since then. this is the second largest snowstorm to hit new york ever. and of course new yorkers are so g-d tough, it's not at all a given that we'll be out of school tomorrow. in fact, it seems more likely that we will be there. there is zero chance i will be able to dig my car out by tomorrow, so chances are, i have a nice mile-and-a-half snowy hike to look forward to in the morning. man, i miss VA where the mere prospect of snow would at least get a delayed opening.

it's gotten so bad that gus can't even really get into my yard. the snow comes up to his shoulders and he does not really seem fond of acting like a plow to get through it. i did get this picture earlier before it was too horrible:

'snow dog'

and this was my street earlier this morning, when the plows had just come through:

'mingo? is that you?'

the white blob with the hints of red in the bottom right hand corner is my car. when i went out a few hours after i took the picture, i had to scratch away the snow until i saw red to know it was actually mingo.

guess who still has to go to school tomorrow despite 28 inches of snow on the ground?