Per Governor Patrick’s recommendations, I planned to work from home today; my train being cancelled just was icing on the cake.

As we New Englanders look forward to the first working day of the New Year tomorrow, just remember: “Winter is coming!” #snowontheway

Spent the last two days upgrading David’s Windows PC to an SSD. The hardware was nearly trivial; the Windows migration was a nightmare.

Thanks to #WCVB for interviewing Carolyn and me about @FirstNight about the Boston Marathon ice sculpture; it was a nice New Year present.

Geek version: Don’t quote me the second derivative when you don’t provide the base and first derivative too.

Public service announcement: News reports comparing growth rate increases among products are meaningless without citing the bases as well.

I studied David’s Culinary Institute of America curriculum yesterday. I got tired just reading it. tinyurl.com/m96wedk (click curriculum)

Great CIA student quote about favorite things: Butter (for versatility); Brake pads and tape are the only places that it doesn’t belong.

It’s official: David’s been accepted to the Culinary Institute of America in Baking & Pastry Arts. Way to go David! twitpic.com/dqbzz3

Have knocked out about a quart of homemade ice cream and two containers of homemade ganache truffles.