My latest column is live on Mediaite.com. It’s too late for Vancouver. But maybe by the time the London Olympics roll around in 2012 we’ll be able to convince NBC that the time delay on its Olympics telecast is an idea technology has marched past.

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Bill Clinton has heart surgery	26
Olympics begin today	25
Iran forces clash with protesters in Tehran	12

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Winter storm buries East Coast	17
New aerial photos of 9/11	15
Olympics	15
Charlie Wilson dies	11
Valentine’s Day	11

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I got a big reaction to this Tweet this afternoon: 

Just so everyone understands the limitations of science—you can’t melt 6 inches of snow with chemicals. Try a shovel.

I try not to overplay the “I know winter because I grew up in Canada” card. But seriously—no matter how much ice melt you buy at Home Depot it’s not a substitute for getting out a shovel and clearing the snow away.

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On Saturday I was on the street in my neighborhood reporting for NY1 about the storm that didn’t hit Manhattan. Today it’s a different story. It’s been snowing all day.

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Toyota recalls Prius	17
Another winter storm coming	15
Obama presses for bipartisanship	14

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I’m headed to Vancouver this weekend for the Winter Olympics. I’ll be checking in on the blog with updates. Today’s New York Times previews the games with a look at Canada’s unapologetic quest for gold.

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Thanks to Serbia, I am the master of my shortened domain. Short links to PatsPapers.com stories (including the links I send out on Twitter) are now routed through my pape.rs domain.

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If your New Year’s diet has already gone by the wayside and you’re just biding time until Chinese New Year rolls around to give it another go, this might be the solution you want to try in the interim: the Completely Fake Diet.

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