Sing some carols loud and clear

I regret to disappoint folks but with everything happening I haven't had time to write up the most recent big thing bunny_hugger and I have done. I hope to get to it tomorrow. I should have time to write, what with there being nothing to do except watch the snow fall. Most likely six to ten inches, although yesterday the local weather guy put up a projection showing 30+ inches and explained he saw no way that could possibly happen. He left the projection up behind him, though, as he tossed the show back to the main anchor. Anyway, instead of hearing about what I've done, please enjoy a bunch of pictures of what I've done over a month ago now:

We dared duck in to the General Store, the gift shop for Crossroads Village. It was nearly empty, to our comfort. Here's one side of the place. On the other side the selection of Dover books was nearly exhausted and we were sad for that. There wasn't even a good selection of stickers or a color-in Wonderful Wizard of Oz or anything. But there was ...

The Tale of Frisky Squirrel! Hey, they're reprinting books by the guy who wrote The Tale Of Fatty Raccoon! Also, hey, this cover also applies to one of the alt.devilbunnies stories bunny_hugger wrote!

While they did not have a copy of The Tale of Fatty Raccoon, they did have a second Arthur Scott Bailey book there, and don't ask me why.

Watching the Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad return from the previous trip along its short track. The General Store's visible in the background there.

And here's the train parked, ready to let the last round of lights-vieweres off. The village's overly-decorated tree is in the background.

Venturing through the Boarding tunnel and, I'm pretty sure, the Monolith that David Bowman passes through at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Trivia: In 1880 there were 485 persons employed full-time for the United States Weather Bureau. (There had been 233 at its establishment in 1871.) Source: A History of the United States Weather Bureau, Donald R Whitnah.

Currently Reading: Lost Popeye Zine, Volume 15: Limbo, Tom Sims and Bela Zaboly. Editor Stephanie Noelle. It's a Quest for Popeye's Mother story that I had overlooked in reading these pay-what-you-will books before. It's got some first-rate gags in it, have to say, and considering how much time is spent on the Quest for Popeye's Father it's surprising how little impression the search for his mother has made in pop-culture consciousness.