downfall of civilization

When I headed out for work today, the weather was warm (warm enough that I considered shedding the inner lining of my coat). It was sunny and what the weatherpersons would call “mild.”

Which means that when I reached the bottom of the stairs, I was not expecting ice.

Yeah, that’s right, you know where this is going.

Needless to say, I ended up flat on my ass, my keys skitting across the ice and coming to rest alongside my car. At least they managed to make it there without coming to any harm.

I tell ya, having full glass coverage was the single smartest thing I ever did when I bought car insurance.

There are times when you should recognize that the Fates don’t want you to leave the house. Here are some things that should have made me stay at home this morning.

I went down to the waterfront of New London the other night so that I could take some long exposure photos.

Some samples (click more to see the others):

IKEA is one of those stores that you have to be careful entering, because not only will you find what you’re looking for; you’ll find about five hundred other items that you need but didn’t realize you needed.

It feels like each year seems to move by faster than the last, and I’m just not sure what I can do about that. We just can’t seem to stop the steamroller of time—and nor would we want to—but it just seems to remind me of all of the things I have yet to do.