A couple things...

A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

I put my X-Mas Tree up, just as I usually do the day after Thanksgiving. I was still contemplating just doing without this year but after I wrapped a couple presents I decided to go on and put it up. Wrapped presents just sitting in the middle of the floor, just aren't the same as presents sitting under a tree. Putting my tree up does not require a lot of time or planning. I simply have to take it out of the box, put the 3 pieces together and plug it in. As an added bonus I add a few ornaments and some bows. Nothing special. I still haven't found a Black Santa or Black Angel to grace the top of my tree so I'm stuck with a not very attractive felt star. My tree looks pretty damn good to me, but when I took this picture for the post I couldn't help but see it's similarity to A Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

BBBBRRRRRR!

When I left out for work this morning temperature was a balmy 20 degrees-in the teens with the wind chill! I had on my long down coat, ski mittens and hat. As I walked to the bus stop I noticed a girl waiting for the bus across the street. Did my eyes deceive me? This child did not have on a jacket. Not only did she not have on a jacket but she had on short sleeves. My guess, is that in her hurry to get up and "make the bagels" (she had on a Bruegger's Bagel apron) she ran out of the house without layering.

Thanks again to my cheap pap camera the picture is not very good. But if you look closely, you can see her frozen fleshed arm.