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Just a note to assure you that I am still alive and kicking, just neck-deep in a rush freelance job, with no time to post, and not much activities to post about. Back to normal maybe in August. Ciao for now.

Sky is a nasty dark orange. Tornadoes spotted in the state but not in my area yet.

**Update: the worst seems to have passed us by.**

As a money-making venture, I’ve agreed to sublet my garage for the months of May through September. I’ve gotten used to always having a place to park and a place to store stuff, but during the summer, a garage is really a luxury I don’t need (I’m trying to reassure myself).  :O(

Taking the stairs instead of elevator to your appointment on the 13th floor might be a good idea exercise-wise, but it is not a good idea if you want to walk with any sort of normalcy for the rest of the day.

If you live in the St. Louis area, please enjoy the blooming trees on my behalf.

The Missouri Botanical Garden‘s cherry trees are blooming, as you can see in the below video. Don’t forget that residents of St. Louis City and County (with proof of residency) receive free general admission on Wednesdays and Saturdays before noon.

Well, we’ve done it! We’ve gotten through the whole month of March without any snow. Yee-haw!

This is a rare feat. The last time the Twin Cities had a snowless March was 1878.

Most of the month has been unseasonably warm. Gayle and I took our walk to the “Cinco de Mayo” tree a good month earlier this year.  Granted, there are no leaves or even buds yet, but still, we weren’t wearing parkas.

March 21, 2010

And we’ve ended the month in style with a 70+ degree day.

Now we just have to hope for a snowless April, too!

You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I’d like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There’s only an up or down — [up] man’s old — old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.

Hope you are well and happy.