“Hi There. My Name is Doug. My master made me this collar so I may…SQUIRREL!!!!”

There’s a scene in *Iron Man: II” where, after seeing Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) in a boxing ring, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) turns to Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and says “I want one” (referring to the previously mentioned Ms. Johansson). Pepper quickly, and cutely, responds “No”.

When I first saw Olivia Wilde’s character Quorra in the TRON:Legacy trailer, I immediately turned to Elyssa and said “I want one”. Channeling a slightly cuter version of Ms. Paltrow, she quickly responded “No.”

I was, as a result, understandably surprised when I opened by Valentine’s Day gift to find out that Elyssa had, in fact, got me Quorra. I admit, she’s a little smaller in real life then she looked on the screen. but she does light up all TRON-like:

Opening tip from the Clemson v. Carolina basketball game on Tuesday, January 18th. Overall, it was a solid game to watch…I can’t even remember who won…err….

One last (most likely) picture of the snow in Maine. It’s supposed to be 60 degree in North Carolina for the first day of 2011, right?

Ultimately, the forecasts for 14-16 inches of snow were a little overblown. It was only about 6, 8 tops. It wasn’t the snow that caused the problems though, it was the wind. Just driving to the store resulted in a couple of “white out” situations. I think I’d be fine to not be around for a storm like this for another 5-7 years.

My father made the suggestion of taking a shot of the fully decorated Christmas tree with the lights turned off. To be honest, that had not even occurred to me. I was very pleased with the results.

Sure the benches and trees make entering the door a little tougher, but it looks so pretty. Even though it’s snowed all day, the amount has been so light that there’s barely a dusting on the ground.

Around 3:15 yesterday, just as the darkness started to roll in, a light dusting of snow started up. It only lasted about 3 hours and was a total of about an inch of accumulation on the ground. It hardly even registered in Maine, though it might have shut down North Carolina for a day or two if it had happened done there.

It’s started snowing, which means it’s time to really get the fire going.

The christmas tree is up and ready to be decorated.