Well happy spring to those in the northern hemisphere, and condolences about the beginning of autumn to those below the equator. The equinox was at 11:02 UTC (7:02 am EDT), and just for extra authenticity, that is the time right now as I type these words. The now-ended winter was not too horrible, but as noted yesterday, it was long, to the extent that there's still snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow, though it doesn't sound like it will be much. I'm not usually big on checking out the weather in advance, but I have been eager to take the wraps off Manstovia for the spring for weeks now, so now I'm scoping the weather report for reasons for optimism. And I have succeeded in giving life to hope, as the weekend looks sunny, and they are calling for a high of 43 °F on Saturday and 47 °F Sunday, so it sounds like Sunday may be my day.

Sprung Links:	Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play:	Liquid 2.
Stories:	In snow-socked Northeast, spring seems far away. Posing as fat cat, woman squatted in mini-mansions. Thanks Devicer.
Science:	Golf Channel Is Using A Drone To Film Golfers. Thanks Slashdot. Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA.
Media:	Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherf*cker' (Insane Office Escape 2). Lego paper plane folding machine V2.0.
Auction:	1,000-year-old Chinese bowl sells for over $2.22M.
Follow-up:	'Amazing Spider-Man 2' casts new Norman Osborn.