#NoPoles

<p> if i lived there, there would be months where i would never leave my house

everyday seems like it is amazng where you live, Mt Blanc! do you have any neighbors? how far a drive is it to buy groceries or other things? you take pics from an elevated location, do you hike up,or do you live in an elevated area?

i honestly don't think i have the mental fortitude to live in Alaska...mosquitoes the size of elephants, it's either always sunny, or always dark...the brown bears always want to eat you...and it's either way below freezing, below freezing, or freezing...although, i've heard AK has the highest percentage of single men...which is right up my alley!

you live in such a gorgeous place!!! as always, thanks for sharing!!! Happy New Year! (from my time zone )

Patrick, those pictures are beautiful!!! Hope you, the fam, and friends have a Merry Christmas!!! and you are having a white Christmas- that totally rocks!!!

HI! glad you are feeling better We are way above normal here in New England as well...no snow for us...every storm tracks west of us and brings 50's and rain...brown muddy Christmas incoming... Merry Christmas and warmest wishes for a wonderful New Year!

I hope Mt Blanc is ok...he hasn't posted in a while!

Dang, Patrick...that sounds like an awesome balloon launch!!! wish you had taped it and put it on you tube!

*sigh* i wish something like that monster could hit the east coast...i would be in heaven!

what is cold bay like? is it lonely out there?

glad the weather is keeping you on your toes...things have been boring and too warm along the east coast of the U.S.... *sigh*

i was a freshman, in trig class...just staring out the window...the wind kept gusting and i would look as hard as i could to see if i could see any snowflakes mixed in when the rain hit the windows...i think i started hallucinating snowflakes...since it didn't change over at my place until 6am on saturday...but i was useless all day in school...

i do remember this storm!!! it poured all day the first day...and by 6am the following morning it had changed to snow...and it snowed until a bit after sunset...i eneded up with 24inches of heavy wet snow! school was cancelled m-w the following week...i can't even imagine if it had been all snow!!!

i wish i could use that as my excuse...but i've been a huge weenie since i was 4...my brain is just weird about the details it stores and the details it doesn't...i do remember the winter of 95-96...that pattern brought in a storm every other day...i think 2005 was the year the Cape got demolished...my sister lives in plymouth...she kept getting hammered while, i kept getting 6inchers... i wish i could remember everything about everything...

this thread totally just made me geek out on you tube looking at past storm images and video...i wish i had a brain like Will's...some of the recent storms from 2005, and 2007 i don't remember and the April Fool's Storm...i don't remember anything about the snowfalling or intensity...i just remember measuring various places on my driveway and in my back yard ang getting 36inches... my brain sucks!!!

http://www.toastmasters.org/ or something like you local unemployment/workforce central office...i realize that you are in western mass, so i'm just using the Milford, MA office as an example...but once or twice a week they offer free classes on subjects such as resume writing and interview practice...you can start out by doing a mock 1 on 1 interview...and they also have mock group interviews...most people don't even think to utilize those resources... like i said in my prior post...you will never be perfect...but you can make improvements and build self confidence...