All I wanted to do was make a repeating purple paisley background for my website in Photoshop. I guess I never noticed how intricate a paisley pattern is. Three hours later... I'm pleased with how it turned out though. The trick is all in the layers and using the offset filter to make the patter repeat correctly.

That's how I feel right now on day seven of this stupid snow storm. I'm talking, of course, about Mangialardo's. Oh, what I wouldn't do right now for one of their meatball subs on a soft roll.

It's going on day six of the blizzard that has crippled the entire Washington region. Forecasts predict continued snowfall for at least the rest of today, and I've lost count of the total amount that has accumulated, but it's probably going to pass three feet today. The House of Reps is shut down, the above ground Metro is shut down and thousands of people have no power. The worst thing of all: I'm running out of tasty meal options.