(to-do) The extended morning version

Due to the Blizzard of Doom currently enveloping New England, I am going in late to work today. That's the plan, anyways. If by the time I'm supposed to leave it's still whiteout/nasty conditions, I think I'll call in fully. I do not like driving in the snow - not because I'm bad at it, but because I hate dealing with the macho idiots with their 4-wheel drive who think that because they have 4-wheel drive, they can do 60 on the roads, which is moronic. I do not want to get hit because someone else is driving with their penis.

So I am home, and because my landlord rocks, he and his brother have already done one pass on my driveway with the snowblower. Yay, snowblower! Considering we're supposed to 10-16+ inches here, that makes me very happy. To thank them, I am making banana bread. Totally a fair trade, I think.

Thus, a to-do list!

1. Bake banana bread.
2. Put laundry away.
3. Shovel walk again.
4. Print out stories for S&S edits.
5. Work on dress.

I am hoping to be going to work tonight. Really.

Time for breakfast.

(writing) Because this deserves to be quoted everywhere possible

anywherebeyond has an amazing post today on piracy, and how it affects author's careers.

Go and read it. And then share it with everyone. Because this is why books go out of print. This is why we don't get endings to series we love.

Because, as she points out, people are thinking more about their own convenience. That's kind of a sad commentary on human society.