It snowed last night!
Oh, yes, it snowed. As in any good first snow of the season, the snow that fell on the sidewalks melted almost immediately, but enough fell on the trees and grass to make everything very pretty. I think it is safe to say that special times like the "Holiday Season" or Valentine's Day or the NHL All-Star Game are enhanced by the intangible beauty created by a world covered with snow, surrounded by the odd ambient glow that radiates from big gray snow clouds. It is also why I looked for a university in places like Iowa and New York a year ago. I hear Troy is breathtaking in the winter, though that could just be the college brochure lying to me.
Right now, though, I'm sitting in the KURE studios, chilling to the relaxing sounds of Deep Dish and Dusted, attempting to help studious college students relax this week before finals at Iowa State. Chilling, of course, is the key phrase here, because for some reason it's freezing in the studio, along with most of the rest of the building. Brr. I have my toasty coat, though, and some good wintery trance, so I can't really complain. Hooray for winter!

To ensure that this update is worthy of your time, I present to you Benoit Mandelbrot, holding a chicken.

Postscript: It seems that the above image is also employed in The Utterly Surreal Test. Huh.
I am a minimalist cow sculpture, and you'll never see me fill out one of those again. Ever.

Post-postscript: So much for the snow... it's gone already. The campus is still white, but that's because the crows have come back. (Eww.) On the bright side... err... gas is at $0.99 per gallon. Yeah. But my car is frozen shut, so I can't buy any. Dohh.