Today I joined the prestigious ranks of the aging, over-educated delivery drivers. If you have a hankering for a sandwich, and you live in dinky town, just give me a call. Yes it is depressing. Especially since it won't pay enough to cover my bills, let alone pay down my enormous credit card and school loan debt, or even allow me to get my own apartment. It does have the potential to fit into my portfolio career as the semi-stable 15-20 hour per week position. Needless to say, I continue the job search. I still have hopes of finding a summer field position, even though I've been turned down at every consulting firm I know of in the Twin Cities Metro so far. Sometimes I think I made a mistake in going to grad school and other times I think I am just going to have to get my PhD. At least I get a free sandwich at the end of each shift. I hope they are good sandwiches.

Now that I've run it out I guess I can let you in on the latest in Internet sitcoms. Now that it is so last week, and I've out grown it before it became really popular, I can let you in. The Burg is a hipster indie tv serious about five friends from Williamsburg that listen to emo and go to bars named after what they used to be to drink PBR in a can because it's ironic and funny.

















I think it's hilarious. I've seen all the episodes now and am eagerly anticipating episode 11. You can watch them in any order but it's best if you start at the beginning.

Backyard Bird Count

This weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count.



I rode my bike to the an island where I was watching robins the other day. I didn't see any robins there today though, just two cardinals and two chickadees.

Riding over snow with slicks is not as hard as riding through sand.

I tried to digiscope a downy wookpecker but just missed her. She's in the top right corner of the image.

A cardinal is taking some of my offering of 3 week old bread heels.

More Frozen Goodness

The warm weather this weekend brought lots of people out to recreate on Lake Calhoun.

Fishermen, people walking their dogs, cross country skiiers doing laps on the lake, and a hockey game at one end of the lake.

Lake Calhoun

Never saw a frozen waterfall

It warmed up to 8 degrees today so we decided to go for a stroll in the park.

























I guess Ceri never thought about frozen waterfalls despite her preoccupation with the weather. This was her first.















Minnehaha Falls after two weeks of highs ranging from 20-45 degrees below freezing.










The blue just isn't the same on the computer screen.









It was actually pretty cold out so we took some pictures and then warmed up with some coffee.