Weather Report

[shakatany]

We're having our first big snowstorm of the winter. Here in Manhatten we'll probably end up with about a foot of snow and this being Sunday, people are heading to the park with skis and children on sleds. There is little traffic and the snow makes the city nice and quiet and beautiful...on the first day. In a couple of days it will be black with patches of yellow and brown as it's piled up on the curbs making crossing the streets difficult. All the snow makes for narrow, slippery streets to drive on so tomorrow there'll be a great deal of honking. Then when the temperature rises there'll be lakes of slush at the street corners; this will go on for weeks until all the snow melts. Oh well I will enjoy it today.

I went to my local Barnes & Noble and skimmed the current Buffy magazine. There was an interview with James Marsters in which he said that his favorite childhood hero was Bruce Lee: "When I was growing up, he was doing the Kato thing, but he had humor, a sense of fun and a sense of, 'I'm definitely going to knock your ass but I don't want to have to go there.' And that struck me as a very manly thing to be - he's going to keep the peace. Spike is Kato really, or trying to be." Food for thought--is Spike Katoish?

At the Citicorp subway station I came across a little sparrow taking refuge from the storm. I've seen pigeons in the subway once or twice and always hope that they find their way to freedom. I hope this little guy makes it too.

ETA: Apparently I underestimated the snowfall--26.9" has fallen in Central Park.