We've been getting tons of snow in Chicago over the past few days. I'd say we have about 12-16 inches of snow. I've let my car slowly get completely buried in. I've also managed to lose both my snow hats. I think I will need to dig my car out today and go buy a hat, because it's supposed to be a high of 4 degrees on Thursday with a low of like -5. Awesome. Right now I'm cooped up inside. I woke up today and noticed I was out of clean underwear. Therefore, I'm working from home now and doing laundry. Our kitchen is a mess too, so I'll probably clean that up.

Couple notes on the beer taste test. It was blind. We went in a few shifts and we numbered the cups from 1-10. We didn't include Sam Adams Light, because we were trying to do it with "cheap" beers. I personally don't think Michelob should be included in the "cheap" category. We are talking about doing it again and knocking it down to beers that are accessible and cheap. These beers would be Coors Light, Miller Lite, Bud Light, Keystone, and Busch.

I saw one horrible and one great movie in the past few days. Over the weekend, we watched Wanted. I figured it would be kind of dumb, but would have some good action and likely be pretty entertaining. I was wrong. It was terrible. I ended up falling asleep for part of it towards the end. Bending bullets is just an idiotic concept. Last night I watched the Last Samurai. I'm pretty surprised I have never seen it. I think the reason that was the case was because I just don't like Tom Cruise. His movies in recent years all suck. However, Last Samurai was during that transition period when he went from being a legit actor to a fucking nutjob who made shitty movies (ie. War of the Worlds). Anyway, Last Samurai was badass. It was the best movie I've seen in a longtime. I was strongly debating this morning if I should keep the movie and watch it again before I sent it back to Netflix. It's a good story with good acting and a bunch of awesome sword fights/battle scenes.

Don't have a whole lot of interesting stuff going on. I've been spending a lot of time wrapping up financial and other loose ends from 2008. I'm nearing an end to that. I took it pretty easy over the weekend. I'm going to see the Bulls - Cavs game on Thursday. I can't wait. I've been wanting to see Lebron up close for a long time. It will be fun to hang out with my brother before he heads back to Iowa for school. I'm going to take some pics at the game and put them up here.

I'm considering taking a trip out west for a weekend to do some skiing. Any suggestions on where to go? I've been to Aspen and Telluride, so I'd like to try somewhere new. I'm a good, but not great skier. I like to ski black diamonds. Doubles are typically too hard for me.