Today at work, we're scheduled to have a group party at a local hotel. There will be food 'n stuff, probably a speech or two, and opportunities to be formal and ill at ease. (We still recall the time when, several years ago, Sandra and I attended her company's holiday party. I stepped on the foot of the wife of the vice president of engineering.) I'm hoping that I can stay in the office and work.

The company closed its office in Maryland yesterday afternoon. For two inches of snow. Two inches of snow! We eat two inches of snow for breakfast.

But, then, we're not like the brave folks in Ottawa, where nails in their houses are exploding because of the cold.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Some people are marking this inauguration day with individual protest.