Freezing Rain

We had our first batch of "severe winter weather" two days ago. Freezing rain is rain that freezes when it hits the ground, creating a coating of ice on roads and walkways ... and cars! Not very pretty, people. Freezing rain is harder than rain, not as big as hail, and probably the worst of the three. A lot of scraping and defrosting and scraping some more.

Today we are back to normal weather. You know, highs in the low 40s. At work we have an ornament swap, and then we get to decorate the Tuck tree! Last week they put up a huge Christmas tree in the middle of the Dartmouth Green (sort of like the Stanford Quad). It lights up at night and makes for a nice picture on the drive home.

More holiday news ... I created my first html message yesterday. The Center is sending out html holiday cards in lieu of real cards. Less waste, more technology-oriented. I can send one to you if you email me. You can also get a preview here. I was having trouble sending it through Outlook at first because I didn't want to send it as an attachment (people would think it was spam) and sending just the link was eh. When I first tried to import the file into Outlook, I lost the embedded link, or I kept losing the graphic and only getting the alt message. In the end, I browsed the html page in Explorer, "selected all" and then pasted it into my Outlook message. That seemed to work. It kept the graphic and link.

For tips on sending your own html message, click here.