In no particular order:

• I have really enjoyed watching the football playoffs on CBS. I've always enjoyed the commentary of Phil Simms. Also, CBS doesn't overproduce the show--no constantly intrusive graphics and gimmicks like Fox throws at you. A football game is long and the overall tenor should be steady.

• Great piece by Daniel Okrent today on numbers and journalism. I've noticed a certain innumeracy when it comes to reporting on the weather. Articles will say an area received "as much as" X amount of rain or snow, or was "as hot as" Y degrees, when in fact the average across the area is much lower. Interestingly, today's Times article on the storm correctly described the overall average of accumulations.

• As for the storm, Central Park received 14 inches. The ECMWF model did very well predicting the path of the storm, the area of coastal redevelopment, and the lack of high pressure to the north or northeast. The storm wound up redeveloping more fiercely than anyone expected and dumped around two feet of snow with 40-60mph winds on Boston southeast to the cape.