It started to snow again last night and when we walked out today there was only about 1 inch.

I did odd jobs around the house today and then sat down at the sewing machine with a leftover piece of fleece and made Dearest a lap blanket. I took it down and he didn’t want it -after complaining about being cold. ARGH! So, I took it for my office.

Hope you all had a nice day!

Recommended Reading

Burmese delight in books after censorship relaxed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21306566

New Paris Notre Dame bells blessed at ceremony
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21306111

The first signs of a toddler infestation
http://scientopia.org/blogs/proflikesubstance/2013/01/30/the-first-signs-of-a-toddler-infestation/

Stop saying Republican electoral-vote rigging is constitutional. It's not. Here's why.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/29/1183040/-Stop-saying-Republican-electoral-vote-rigging-is-constitutional-It-s-not-Here-s-why

Crimes against history are crimes against humanity
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/crimes-against-history-are-crimes.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Finally, Bank Officers Held Personally Responsible For Gross Lending Practices, Sued By FDIC
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/02/02/finally-bank-officers-held-personally-responsible-for-gross-lending-practices-sued-by-fdic/

Senate Republicans renew blockade of Obama's Consumer Bureau pick
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/280571-senate-gop-renews-blockade-of-consumer-bureau-pick#ixzz2JsrtZWVY

Is Everything You Learned About Breakfast Wrong?
http://www.alternet.org/food/everything-you-learned-about-breakfast-wrong?akid=10007.204376.jb7Siv&rd=1&src=newsletter788178&t=3

Extremely Rare Color Photography of Early 1900s Paris
http://curiouseggs.com/extremely-rare-color-photography-of-early-1900s-paris/

Etch A Sketch inventor Andre Cassagnes dies at 86
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21311866

Powerful 6.9 earthquake hits northern
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21312535

Petitions – Important

Tell Congress to Dump Monsanto's Riders!
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8644

Bury Power Lines in Cities and Towns, Prevent Long-Lasting Outages, Improve National Security
http://signon.org/sign/bury-power-lines-in-cities?mailing_id=7341&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=913515

Protect Global Internet Freedom - go sign the petition
http://protectinternetfreedom.net/

Fewer than 100 endangered wolves reside in Yellowstone National Park. At least ten of these wolves have already been shot this year simply because they wandered out of the park and despite having special collars identifying them as research wolves.

http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AhbTH/znhi/3R2f

Now Montana is considering allowing trapping to reduce wolf numbers. This could put Yellowstone wolves directly in the crosshairs! Please join me in uring the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission to stop this dangerous trapping plan before it's too late!

http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AhbTH/znhi/3R2f

In the coming weeks Congress will debate drastic changes to the federal budget to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic cuts to spending programs. There is right way out of this mess: end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent and cut the harmful subsidies to big oil, timber companies and other polluters.
Send the congress a letter here: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=9962



Do you really own the smartphone or computer you’re using to read this email?

If you sold your computer, would you be breaking the law? A federal court in New York says you would be.

It's unbelievable, but trademark and copyright holders really are trying to take away your right to sell things that you own. Please click here to fight back:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/

The First-Sale Doctrine gives us the right to sell most property we own. But if the Supreme Court supports the lower court’s decision, we won't really “own” anything if it's from a different country. We expect them to issue a ruling later this year.

The President can urge the Court to side with consumers; then Congress will probably weigh in on the issue, no matter how the Court rules.

If we lose this fight, anybody who wants to resell foreign products, from Macbooks and iPhones to our clothing and textbooks, will have to ask copyright holders for permission first. And they'll have the right to deny it!

It's bad for so many reasons: It'll undermine Craigslist and Ebay, hurt the environment, increase incentives for manufacturers to move jobs off-shore, and effectively ban the traditional American yard sale.
Just click here to email your lawmakers right away:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/

There are two very bad internet bills that you need to be aware of. The first concerns making streaming content a felony. Read about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ten_strikes?akid=700.450896.5hVZPC&rd=1&t=1

and the second is the Protect-IP Act that gives the government power to censor search engines and browsers. Read more about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/protectip_docs
Both of the above pages have a petition to sign so please do so.


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