I'm not being funny or ironic with this request. Pray for Britney. She could really use the support. I feel bad for her.

… is heart-acceleratingly cold.

Fox News has denied Ron Paul from participating in the next Republican candidate debate. New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen is against it, and “calls upon all media organizations planning pre-primary debates or forums for both parties to include all recognized major candidates in their events.”

We'll see if it helps. Fox News: Fair and Balanced? Uh, not exactly. Shock and Awe? Sure… at their audacity.

It has been snowing since I got up this morning at 10:22 (the kid didn't go to bed until after 10 last night, which worked out OK for all concerned) and hasn't stopped snowing since. Just when I think it can't snow any harder, it does. Freaking insane here with the snow. The plows aren't even plowing, which means we're going to keep having snow for a while. Sooo, Happy Snow Year! Y'all come dig us out of this and I'll share my CrockPot full of black eyed peas, which is as close a cuppa kindness as this reluctant New Englander can offer.