There is a device called TV-B-Gone that you might want to keep in your pocket for this kind of outing.

The cold was still here this morning, but wind has been pushing it around. I felt it buffeting me on the road. Tonight I'll probably have to pick up more of the neighbor's paper that blew down the street from his trash (I found a magazine with an address in the next block - with wind pushing magazines you know it is pretty gusty).

Slogging my way through the work week. Editing today, and I find to work here I have to put on headphones and turn on music loud enough to drown out everything else in the room. I enjoy telecommuting so much when it comes to this kind of work and controlling the light and sound in the environment.

SRS