Update on potential weekend snow

With the latest forecast models out, the weather geeks are now saying this weekend snow is looking more to be on the lighter side. This is good news for travelers, not so good news for sledders!

…LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE IS TRENDING TOWARD A LESS SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ON SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…. TWO DIFFERENT MECHANISMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH SUNDAY. THE FIRST AND WEAKER SYSTEM IS A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORT WAVE IN THE NORTHERN STREAM THAT MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY/SOUTH APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY. THE OTHER AND POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IS A SURFACE LOW THAT DEVELOPS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON SATURDAY AND THEM MOVES UP THE EAST COAST SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY.

via National Weather Service Text Product Display.

Vintage 1970s Lunch Boxes Revisited

For kids in the ’70s, the cartoon characters and pop stars on their metal lunch boxes were more important than the sliced apples and PB&Js inside. In fact, the coolness of your lunch box could determine your social status for the whole year. In this interview, painter and graphic designer Dee Adams explains how lunch boxes affected playground politics when she was kid, and how she puts her collection of vintage metal ones to use in a think-outside-the-lunch-box way. To learn more about Adams, visit her blog or Flickr page.

via Vintage 1970s Lunch Boxes Revisited: When Pop Culture Ruled the Playground | Collectors Weekly.

Highlights coming up

It’s about time for my annual highlights list, where I look back on my year. The trend has been to wrap up the list in early January, so as to cover everything properly. It has been a full year, no doubt.