So some new photographic toys showed up from B&H PhotoVideo today--having completed my wedding kit (no one is more amazed than I) I still had a little left over from my MTG collection sales, and decided to order myself some "fun" photo equipment which is not strictly for the business I am trying to get off the ground.

When I went outside to meet the UPS guy he was sort of stalking around angrily in front of my house because I didn't answer the doorbell quickly enough. UPS, unlike FedEx and other delivery companies, does not do defacto signature delivery, they would just rather drop it on your porch and go. So when they have to get a signature, the driver tends to get annoyed. Which, as far as I'm concerned, is tough noogies. I'm not about to let thousands of bucks worth of equipment just sit on my front porch because UPS dude can't be bothered to wait a few seconds.

But I digress. So anyway I went out on the porch and he UPS guy spotted me with a relieved look and said "Oh hi, sorry, they want me to get a signature on this for some reason," and proceeded to throw my box of lenses and harddrives onto the porch. I looked at him like he was astoundingly dense and said "Yeah, they want a signature because its fifteen hundred dollars of extremely fragile equipment, imagine that."

Believe it or not, this didn't register. "Oh," he said, glancing at the corrugated box, "well it looks like it's in good condition."

No thanks to you, chucklehead. I thought as I wordlessly signed for it and took it in the house.

I haven't opened it yet, but I'm going to raise hell if it is damaged. You would think that the requirement of a signature on the delivery of a big box implies that perhaps whatever is in it should be treated with care. If you were inclined to think, that is...

Picture above is of Patty shoveling the front walk (yes I helped, I didn't just shoot photos!)  Lot of nice photos from these recent snows we've had.  Here are a few of my faves: