The three most wonderful things about snow days in NYC: the already-beautiful topography looks even more interesting dusted with snow; the flakes absorb sound and keep a lot of cars off the road, making the city quiet; you can't see any garbage.

I'm going to stay in and relax, maybe make a run for coffee provisions, work on my new site a bit. Last night was a late one. I'd planned to just rest and relax but then I got the word that it was my friend Jay's birthday, and I hadn't seen him since last may in Washington DC. Going out with Jay generally means being in for the long haul, so I consider myself lucky to have gotten home at 5:30.