1.0Joseph Mallozzi's Webloghttps://josephmallozzi.comJoseph Mallozzihttps://josephmallozzi.com/author/josephmallozzi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="E1763T8RAB"><a href="https://josephmallozzi.com/2008/12/25/december-25-2008-season-greetings-a-doggy-update-and-a-mountain-of-macarons/">December 25, 2008: Season Greetings! A Doggy Update! And a Mountain of Macarons!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://josephmallozzi.com/2008/12/25/december-25-2008-season-greetings-a-doggy-update-and-a-mountain-of-macarons/embed/#?secret=E1763T8RAB" width="600" height="338" title="“December 25, 2008: Season Greetings! A Doggy Update! And a Mountain of Macarons!” — Joseph Mallozzi's Weblog" data-secret="E1763T8RAB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Well, it would seem as if we got out of Vancouver just in time as, by all reports, the city has been blasted by another storm that has made getting around almost impossible.  “Christmas is cancelled,”my writing partner matter-of-factly informed me  Lawren, meanwhile, reports that his car is stuck, essentially trapping him at our house…http://josephmallozzi.com/files/2008/12/dsc01516.jpg?w=300