Creative ways to deal with the cold

Even though it's warming up here in London (finally), I've nearly forgotten how chilly it could get in the sometimes dreary months of November - February.

So I don't forget, and so all you Americans out there remember to appreciate your effective central heating systems and double paned windows, here's a picture of my home-made attempt to keep the freezing air from our drafty window outside our room. Yes. That is my flimsy summer duvet draped over our curtain rod.

Note: Just in case you think I'm some pansy, whiney ex-Californian, I will say that a temperature gauge in my room would read 55 degrees; that was when the heat in the house was ON. That's chilly folks.

The Little Ones in My Family

In case you forgot that my niece/nephews are adorable (post here and here), these pictures below from my trip to California in February will give you more reminders.

The whole little crew.

Brothers Bobby and Billy.

Cambry

Brothers Dallin and Thad

Bienvenido a Miami

I went to Miami for work a couple months ago - it's a pretty nice place. Especially when you're coming from a dreary mid-winter London to shorts, sun, flip-flops, and an ocean side hotel where there are literally dolphins playing in the water below.

Thanks to the jet lag, I got to enjoy the sunrises on the water and they were be-a-u-ti-ful. (Maybe sunrises are always pretty. I'm not too sure - I really only see them when I'm jet lagged...)

My overall impressions can be summed up in a few phrases: Spanish language spoken by everyone, colors you'd only see in Disney movies, SUN and warmth.

Thankfully, I brought my camera. Here's a picture of me during one of our lunch breaks.

It's about another time for a graph

This doesn't have to do with the big, important things in life. But I do get a lot of awesome (at least I'd consider them to be awesome) ideas of ways to entertain myself / my friends in my spare time.

Unfortunately, most don't come to fruition because of the curse of "diminishing motivation" related to awesome ideas.

As per usual, a graph represents my thoughts sufficiently. You can click to enlarge if needed.

Any ideas on how to improve this curve?