Yesterday morning as I was driving to work it was -17°F. No joke. I was surprised and thankful that my poor little car managed to produce some heat for me.

Flickr Stats can be a source of amusement. A few days ago, someone viewed one of my photos of a plate of spaghetti and broccoli. Their search terms had been: joy alive oil chomp model. WTF? I can't even begin to imagine 1) how those terms applied to my photo, and 2) what they were really looking for.

World Without End arrived for me at the library. This means I have some serious reading ahead of me. It's 1,000 pages long and only a 2-week loan.

For those who aren't familiar with it, WWE is the sequel to Ken Follett's earlier work, Pillars of the Earth. Or so I thought. Today I saw a newly republished PotE, redesigned to complement WWE, and the bottom of the front cover said: "The prequel to World Without End." Huh? So if I write a book, and then write another book that takes place in a time period following the first, the first book becomes a prequel? That stinks suspiciously like a marketing ploy, especially given that PotE was recently chosen for Oprah's book club.