Happy Anniversnowry

To celebrate six years of nuptial bliss, Jenelle and I ventured north to Door County, for a one-night stay at The Blacksmith Inn on the Shore" in Baileys Harbor. It was a lovely bed & breakfast right on the "main drag" (Highway 57).


With the weather on the cold side and a lot of stores not opened for the peak tourist season, we spent most of our time relaxing in the room. They had free popcorn (which was really good) and a large selection of DVDs. We watched North by Northwest, an old Cary Grant film. I also found an edition of Groundhog Day with special features that my version at home doesn't have, so we took in the deleted scenes and a couple of other things.

For dinner, we went a bit further north to The Inn at Kristofer's in Sister Bay. Jenelle had the halibut, and I had chicken roulade. For dessert, we split a chocolate baked alaska with caramel topping. All quite delicious.



On Sunday morning, the actual date of our anniversary, we woke up to see snow covering the landscape, notably the pier leading out to the lake.


We would have liked to spend more time outside, especially on our private balcony, but it was too cold. After a breakfast that featured blueberries, muffins, cereal, juice, and milk, we traveled back to Kenosha. The roads weren't too bad.



The toughest part was arriving at home and having to clear out several inches of wet, heavy snow. While it wasn't the most exciting anniversary celebration, it was great to spend lots of quality time with my sweetie.

Getting it right, part 2

When covering a story for Milwaukee's new Arena Football team (the "Iron"), channel 4 made a horrible error with the on-screen caption:
This next image isn't exactly a mistake. It was taken at a hallway intersection at a church. If I was a newcomer looking for a restroom or a stairway, I might be a bit confused:

I've been there enough to know that there are multiple restrooms and stairways in the building, so you'll soon find one no matter which way you go.

Coming soon -- a post celebrating our sixth anniversary, which was yesterday.

CST vs. CDT

Over the past couple of weeks, I've read four different announcements and web sites which state that a particular event in the near future is occuring at a certain time "CST". The reference is most likely to Central Standard Time, since I live in the Central Time Zone.

There's only one problem. Most of the Central Time Zone is not using CST right now. Since the "spring ahead" a few weeks ago, we are now on Central Daylight time (CDT), which is one hour ahead of CST.

For example, if an event starts at 7:00 p.m. CST, that's the equivalent of 8:00 p.m. CDT. However, it would be silly for someone to use CST when everyone else is on CDT. The likely scenario is that the person writing the announcement means to say "CDT", but he/she is used to always writing "CST".

In my opinion, it's perfectly acceptable to just say "Central time" or "local time", and then it doesn't matter if we're currently on Daylight saving time or not.

Perhaps I'm the only one who notices these kinds of details. However, when making statements to the masses, I think it's important to get it right.

And while I'm at it -- it's called "Daylight saving time". There's no "Savings". If you can figure out how to keep extra daylight in a bank, I'll reconsider my position. :)

Fun with Fondant

Jenelle is always adding new skills to her repetoire. She recently learned how to make cakes with fondant. For Valentine's Day, she made me this tasty yellow cake with vanilla frosting, and it's nicely decorated with pink and white fondant on top. Yum!