Yeah.

I've started saying "Structural Biology." It doesn't make any more sense to most people than "Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography" or "Microbiology and Molecular Genetics," but it is faster to say.

Sam wants a snowblower for Christmas.

Why do snowplow drivers have this unerring instinct for pushing huge mounds of snow in my driveway? If a neighbor with a snowblower hadn't taken pity on me I might still be shoveling out my car. 

In other news, the dumber of our two cats finds this "snow" thing absolutely fascinating. She keeps trying to go explore it, even though it's deeper than she is tall. By about 200%. Darwin missed a few.

I am seriously considering trying out hibernation for this winter. Tonight it's supposed to be -20 to -29F windchill (for you snobby metric types that comes out to -28.9 to -33.9C). It's only December...it's only getting worse from here.