For Marko...

I'll see his Castle Frostbite, and raise him Hypothermia Manor:

Yes, that's the scene after an hour and a half of shoveling. Why no snowblower, you ask? Well, it's light, fluffy snow. In some spots it had drifted over two feet; in others it was less than 2". Using a 25 HP snowthrower would have resulted in me turning into a JayGsicle - notice the flag flying briskly - winds are gusting at like 30 MPH. As it was, I wound up more or less impersonating Nanook of the North:

Surely it couldn't be that bad, you say. Surely Jay's exaggerating the temperature, right?

Ah. Nothing like starting the new year with a big ol' heaping helping of Global warming...

That is all.