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It's Snowing! In Austin!

Like the typical Texas idiot, I ran outside to snap a few photos as soon as it began snowing . We may get 1 to 3 inches here in Austin, which is major for us. It only snows once every couple of years and almost never accumulates. Of course, we had ice before the snow, then it changed to a mix of sleet and snow, and now it's back to snow.

Unfortunately, you can't see the flakes in these photos, but they were gently falling all around me when I snapped took this picture.

I put a few more pictures on Flickr.

For the first time in 50 years, they had to move the gubernatorial inauguration inside. We had planned on attending the inauguration and the barbecue dinner afterward on the capitol grounds. I may be a Republican, but I'm not crazy (well, except for the pictures-in-the-snow thing); nothing could make me venture out on the icy roads.

Not even Texas barbecue!

Blogger Stories: In Good Company

Today was a red-letter day* for this relatively recent comer to the blogosphere. Toby Bloomberg, author of one of my favorite blog hangouts, Diva Marketing, e-mailed to say she had published my blogger story. Thanks, girlfriend. I love your Friday happy hour!

And wow, was I ever honored to be in the company of two outstanding bloggers I've been following for a while: Ted Demopoulos, author of Blogging for Business—whose book by the same name (coauthored with Shel Holtz) I happen to be reading at the moment; and Lewis Green, whose Business Solutions blog is part of the Marketing Profs Daily Fix lineup.

The collection of Blogger Stories Toby has put together is great reading, and always good for a bit of inspiration when I start wondering what possessed me to start not one, but three blogs. The stories have also introduced me to some interesting voices I might not have discovered otherwise.

* Writer's curiosity struck when I wrote the words red-letter day, and I suddenly wondered where the old expression had come from. Wikipedia, of course, has the answer.