Why?

I've been annoyed recently by an odd Microsoft Windows feature. If one clicks on a button and then quickly moves the mouse away, it will do the little animated shading thing around the border of the button, showing that it was clicked, but the actual action won't take place. You have to leave the mouse over the button long enough after the click for it to actually do anything. Why I would want it to do this I am evidently too dense to understand, and it is annoying me because I am regularly too quick for it.

Snow!

Good news for skiers in southeastern Wisconsin. Lapham Peak's trails are in nice condition following the recent snowfall. The lighted trails make for convenient after-work skiing. They are apparently making progress on the snow-making project there, with a few snow machines operational, but lots more money will be needed to complete the second phase and get a good length of trail covered.

One thing that is becoming clear as I ski and skate with the heart rate monitor is that all these special trips out to special locations to engage in some fancy winter sports activities don't actually constitute very much exercise compared to just cycling to work. Skiing is lots of fun, and is far more appealing than cycling when the ground is covered with icy stuff, but the less-icy-months are when the real exercise occurs, just going through daily life.