Netflix Nights

Now that Netflix has decided that my Mac, its operating system, and Firefox are acceptable for watching movies instantly, Alexis and I have been watching season 2 of "Heroes." We gave up watching it on television because our reception wasn't good enough to read the subtitles. When they introduced two Spanish-speaking characters, that was pretty much the last straw. We tried downloading, but had technical difficulties.

So watching it via Netflix is actually working out quite well. My laptop "goes to sleep" at inopportune intervals, but that's not really a problem. The only bad thing is that every episode ends in a cliffhanger, so we "have" to see the next one! You know, if you watch three 40 minute episodes, all of a sudden two hours goes by! For a guy who wakes up a 5 in the morning, this isn't such a great idea.

The good news is that we only have one episode in season 2 to go. The bad news is that there are 13 episodes of season 3 available to watch instantly. Naw, that's good news too!

Noticing the year 12/31/08

It's very nice weather for sitting inside sipping hot chocolate. Heinous out there for anything else. Snowing at about an inch an hour with pretty strong winds. Fortunately Alexis and I were both sent home early (she just got home safely! yay!) so we can hide from it for a while. Nope, looks like she's going to bring Maggie outside. I've said it before, I'll say it again: Like weather? Get a dog. Anyway, absolutely wretched out there, with alloy primate neutering temperatures planned for the night.

My favorite old saw about New England weather (Don't like the weather? Wait a minute!) has really applied for December. This is our third snowstorm, we've had flood-causing rain, and temperatures ranging from about 15 degrees to the mid sixties. The sun's even come out once or twice.

I feel guilty about my ranting about New Years--apparently Alexis took me seriously and canceled plans. But looking out the window I can't imagine taking an unnecessary trip tonight. Apparently it's not the most dangerous night of the year to drive, but it is in the top five. It is, statistically (same link lower on the page), the night that a pedestrian is most likely to be killed by a car.

Drive safely everyone!