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• Shiny Toy Guns
  Jeremy Dawson’s (of Cloud2Ground, Slyder, Spyder, RRDS, Right Bros.) fantastic new band
• Cat and Girl - The Blue Comic
  Christian Rock is cool! [kind of mean… but true]

• Hasidic Jewish Reggae
  Yes, you read that right. No, I’m not kidding. (Embedded WMV file)

• Drawing Description Game
  Cool art project - Creating drawings based on anonymous descriptions of an unknown subject

Yesterday (and today) we’re having a rare phenomenon for an Ohio winter… sunshine and blue skies! I snapped a crappy picture with my camera yesterday:

The unfortunate side effect of blue skies, however, is bone-chilling cold. As I write this, it’s a balmy 5°. So while it looks pretty outside, it’s just a trap to lure us into a frosty demise.

The new work schedule has been treating me pretty well. One very nice aspect is that I don’t have to change my sleeping times so I don’t get all screwed up when I switch back to normal hours in another week. Working late is definitely different, but it’s kind of fun too.

Excuse me as I begin layering clothes for my venture into the outside world. Yes, I don’t have to leave for several hours but it never hurts to start early. Especially when the only way to stay warm is to wear every single piece of clothing I own. The whole not being able to move afterwards thing is a bit of a bummer, but hey, at least I’m not getting frostbite.

♫ Bloc Party - Banquet

• Oolong - The pancake rabbit
  Very, very cute.

• The Comfort Zone
  Growing up with Charlie Brown
• daily dinosaur comics - January 3rd 2005
  “We can sexy” is totally going to be my epitaph.
• Chicago Mile by Mile
  [this is neat]
• Daft Punk return!
  Yay! New album in March.

Today, Bryan went out to Costco to attempt the purchase of some canisters for flour and other such kitchen-y things. I, being the sane soul that I am, decided to stay home in the warmth. There were several things that made this a sad trip for Bryan. First of all, right after he got on the highway, a blizzard descended on him. Then, once he got to Costco, there were no canisters. And of course, I wasn’t along, so that clearly made it less happy. Overall, a very disappointing trip.

However, there was one redemptive happening. While scouring every store in the shopping complex for canisters, Bryan happened across a very cute stuffed animal that he bought for me. Bryan christened him Mr. Lamb. Here’s a picture of Mr. Lamb on my shoulder from earlier tonight:

So cute!

♫ Howie Day - Bunnies (Live)

It’s been a pretty typical week… if you consider the WAY TOO COLD weather typical. The cold has been cold enough to freeze the lake at least a little way out in the shallow parts, though it’s probably not enough to walk on. I won’t be trying it, anyway.

A few weeks ago, one of the other contractors at work left. Unfortunately, he was the person who worked the 1 - 10 pm shift. So the other contractor and I are going to be taking turns in a two-week rotation. My first two weeks starts Monday. It’s going to be interesting, since I’ve never worked a shift like that before. The saddest part will be not seeing Bryan very much. I’m sure I’ll make it though, since it’s only two weeks.

♫ Lode - Is It Just Me? (Normal Mix)

• The perils of using XHTML properly
  Maybe well-formed HTML 4.01 is better than this mess for the time being… maybe.

• Michael Wolf - Architecture of Density
  Mmm… skyscraper I love you
• One does not simply walk into Mortor
  You totally need some Ninjas