MOTS

Still cold -- another subzero morning, although something like 10 degrees higher than yesterday. Not particularly windy. May consider a ski outing this afternoon, although the stuff out there has turned crusty. Maybe University Forest, where they groom trails?

Still no move on the computer front. I have this high level of inertia when it comes to spending money. Any money, especially large sums. And we have two functioning (sorta) computers already. Why do anything before we hit panic mode? (Yes, I never _did_ like bosses who put me into "Lack of planning on your part does not equal a crisis on my part" situations.)

OTOH, I received another business check in yesterday's mail, which brings the total awaiting deposit to very nearly the exact sum needed to buy an iMac 17" 2GHZ with 2GB of memory, modem, and associated software...

Or for half that I could get a functional Windows machine and LCD monitor.

Dither dither dither.

Need more snow

Another 12" wouldn't be amiss.

Did go up to the university this afternoon, in search of skiing. They _had_ groomed the trails. This broke up the crust, but allowed rocks and sticks and grass and stuff to intrude upon the surface. Noted several rocks with colored streaks on them, residue of someone's late lamented ski.

Wild turkey on the shoulder of the road on the way up, pecking at gravel for her crop. Mein Gott, those birds look Jurassic.

Numerous deer tracks all over the place, plus what I think were moose tracks. Also canid scats, some with enough hair in them that I diagnose coyote or fox rather than dog.